University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Faculty of
Engineering

The Department of Chemical Engineering

The Department aims to provide graduates with the required background and skills to easily undertake work in their chosen discipline. We offer several programmes for the award of degrees in BSc and MSc in Chemical and Process Engineering; MPhil and PhD in Chemical Engineering; BSc, MPhil, and PhD in Petroleum Geoscience; MSc, MPhil, and PhD in Food Science and Technology; MSc, MPhil and PhD in Petroleum Engineering; MSc in Reservoir Engineering, Diploma and MSc in Petroleum Engineering and Management. Our programmes are accredited by International Institutions. The Department provides local, regional and international students with high quality and professional education through its teaching, research, and civil society engagement and aims to produce highly motivated, civic-minded, entrepreneurial and innovative graduates who will be able to have successful careers in the local, regional and international workforce.

Please visit the Chemical Engineering Group, Food Science & Technology Unit, and Petroleum Studies Unit webpages for more information.

News Updates

Petroleum Experts donates Educational License for Integrated Production Modelling (IPM) software

The software is valued at GBP 3,360,244.63. Students of the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago will benefit from the donation.

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The Department of Chemical Engineering is pleased to announce the offering of scholarships in Petroleum Studies funded by the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) for the academic year 2024/2025 in the following:

MSc Petroleum Engineering – 10 Scholarships
MSc Reservoir Engineering – 10 Scholarships
MSc Petroleum Engineering & Management – 10 Scholarships

For Further Information please send email to:

Email: Petroleum.Engineering@sta.uwi.edu / Chemeng.Group@sta.uwi.edu Or Telephone: (868) 662-2002 ext. 83412

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Graduate Statistics

80% — Postgraduates would recommend their programme to others.

81% — Undergraduate Employment Rate between 2010 to 2018.

84% — Postgraduate Employment Rate between 2010 to 2018.

600+ BSc Graduates & 400+ MSc Graduates.

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