Overview

The Chemical Engineering program from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals is committed to prepare the students perusing a successful professional career in different areas such as academia, research and development, process design and management. The graduate programs are focused on the key areas of Chemical Engineering such as Energy, Petrochemicals and Environment studies.

Key Facts

The growth in manpower in the industry that is related to refined petroleum products, chemicals, rubber and plastic, minerals and basic metals is exceeding 200,000 according to a report from the Saudi Industrial Development Fund. Major Saudi companies such as Saudi Aramco and SABIC aim to develop fuels that are more efficient and produce base chemicals, respectively. These two reasons are the main motivation to hire well-trained and qualified chemical engineers for decades. We believe that our chemical engineering graduates have the required qualifications to play a significant role in oil and gas sector, petrochemicals, energy, and environment. 

The recruitment of trained highly qualified researchers in the Saudi petrochemical sector is expected to be getting higher in the coming years due to the large expansion in petrochemical economy. These industries require highly trained chemical engineering graduates to play a leading role in their operations and R & D section.