Promoting excellence
Preparing the next generation of professionals and leaders that will be capable of following the rapidly evolving scientific developments based on research and learning
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New Faculty Openings
Several new positions in all areas of chemical engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Patras
Highlights
@ChemEngUP is the newsletter of the Department of Chemical Engineering and includes information and news about the most important activities of…
Moderna co-founder Robert Langer: 'I wanted to use my chemical engineering to help people'
The chemical engineer Robert Langer co-founded Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna, and his…
We all know that entropy and friction go hand-in-hand. Friction creates irreversibility which results in the generation of entropy. This…
Presenting a fresh look at process control, this new text demonstrates state-space approach shown in parallel with the traditional approach to…
Atomic veil to save fading Van Gogh sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh’s sunflowers are wilting. Each time a photon of light hits the paint on the…
Our Department has the honor to welcome as visiting scientists two International Scholars, Prof. Athanasios Nenes and Prof. Vassily Hatzimanikatis…
The UT Austin Portugal Program, a Science and Technology Partnership between the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the…
Origin of the Sharkskin Instability: Nonlinear Dynamics
Numerical simulations reveals the intrinsic mechanism for the onset of the sharkskin instability in polymer extrusion processIn this paper, we…
Since its isolation in 2004 by Geim and Novoselov from the University of Manchester (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010), graphene has been termed as…
News and Announcements
Upcoming Events on Seminar Rooms - Webinars
Videos
Invited Talks - Webinars 2021 -2022 - Hermenegildo García (UPV)
Every year the Department invites distinguished scientists from universities, research centers and industry to talk about their work and professor…
The Health and Safety Committee of the Department of Chemical Engineering is responsible for the organization and the supervision of the…
ChemengUP masters and doctoral degree conferment ceremony - March 2021
The Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras masters and doctoral degree conferment ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 31, 2021…
Waste4Think - Experimental runs in progress on the pilot of Halandri
In the framework of the European Project Waste4Think experimental runs are in progress in the Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering and…
Mission
The mission of the DCEup is the advance knowledge in the field of chemical engineering science and to educate students in chemical engineering and chemical technology from undergraduate to postgraduate and doctoral levels.
Strong background in science basics
Provide our students with a strong background in mathematics, physical sciences and chemical engineerin g science, as well as train them in engineering design through education and practical experience involving data collection, critic al evaluation, analysis and synthesis.
Create new knowledge
Using fundamental and applied research we are creating new knowledge and advance existing one, thus pro moting multi- and inter-disciplinary research strategies
Life-long learning and development
Instill to our graduates the idea of life-long learning and continuing professional development.
Contribution in region and country development
Contribute to the reconstruction and development of the region and the country in collaboration with lo cal organizations and enterprises and within the frame of research excellence and innovation
Internationally accredited Diploma
The Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, becomes the first Greek University Department, awarding an internationally accredited Diploma. The 5-year, 300 ECTS, Diploma is accredited by an independent international organization as an Integrated Master of Engineering (MEng), qualified at Level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework. This level includes the first and second cycles, according to the Bologna process.
