Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

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Development Characteristics
At NUK, the Department provides a vigorous education to prepare students to become highly qualified chemical and materials engineers and tomorrow’s technology leaders. Additionally, the Department aims to expand and advance the frontiers of technology through research and innovations.
Our initiatives focus on three major themes:

■ Nano and Molecular Engineering 
■ Advanced Materials Technology 
■ Biochemical Engineering

Goals

To provide students with a solid foundation in both chemical and materials engineering.
To cultivate students with a liberal arts education, critical thinking, effective verbal and writing ability, and research and innovation ability.


Postgraduate Opportunities

Advanced Degree Study
Graduates may pursue an advanced degree in chemical engineering, materials engineering, nanotechnology, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental engineering, energy technology, biomedical engineering, management, electrical engineering, information engineering, industrial engineering, etc.
Career Opportunities
Students have a broad array of industry options available upon graduation: electronics, optoelectronics, semiconductor, materials, petroleum, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, environmental protection, mechanical and metal industries. Our graduates’ average salary is usually higher than graduates whose majors are arts, law, or management, and is also one of the highest among science and engineering graduates. According to statistics, chemical engineers in Taiwan can make, on the average, an annual salary of NT $1000K within 5 years of graduation.

Future Outlook
Currently our department is strengthening its teaching and research laboratories with new equipment and modern instrumentation. These laboratories will allow us to better train our students to acquire the necessary experimental techniques and research capabilities.
At the same time, we are planning to establish a new Ph.D. program in nanotechnology and chemical& materials engineering to offer Ph.D. degree in addition to the present MS program. These programs intend to provide the highly skilled engineers and researchers necessary to meet the demand for talent of Taiwan’s technological development.


Courses Offered 
■ Compulsory Courses

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Calculus
General Physics
General Physics Lab
General Chemistry
General Chemistry Lab
Introduction to Chemical
Engineering
Materials Science
Introduction to Life Science.
Electronic and Electrical
Engineering
Engineering
Mathematics
Physical Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Lab
Organic Materials
Chemistry
Materials Chemistry 
Lab
Physical Metallurgy
Thermodynamics of 
Chemical Engineering
and Materials
Transport Phenomena
and Unit Operations
Physical Chemistry Lab
Chemical and Materials
Engineering Kinetics
Chemical and Materials
Engineering Lab (1)
Materials Physics
Seminar
Chemical and
Materials
Engineering Lab
Transport
Phenomena and
Unit Operations


■ Elective Courses

Sophomore Junior Senior
Polymer Chemistry
Special Topic on Electric
and Electronic Engineering
Introduction to
Optoelectronic
Engineering
Quantum Physics and
Chemistry
Surface Chemistry
Applied Electrochemistry
Introduction to
Biotechnology
Biochemistry
Composite Materials
Optoelectronic Fine Chemicals
Functional Polymers
Inorganic Materials Chemistry
Ceramic Materials Engineering
Mechanical Properties of Materials
Metallic Materials
Special Topic on Physical Metallurgy
Basic Principle of Sensors
Sensing Devices
Semiconductor Devices and Physics
Polymer Physics
Introduction to Nano and Molecular
Engineering
Techniques of Surface Treatments
Instrumental Analysis
Material Surface Analysis
Biochemical Engineering
Microbial Engineering
Special Topics on Biochemistry
Biomaterials
Introduction to Biomedical
Engineering
Display Materials
Liquid Crystal Materials
Optoelectronic Materials and
Manufacture Process
Microelectronic Package
Materials
Thin Film Engineering,
Introduction to Crystal
Structure and Diffraction
Theory
Photo Catalysis Materials
Semiconductor Manufacture
Process
Communicating Materials
and Engineering
Nanoelectromechanical
System
Polymer Processing and
Applications
Smart Materials, 
Nanomaterials
Biomedical Nanotechnology
Chemical Sensors
Chemistry of Catalyst
Applied Colloid Science and
Technology
Principle and Applications
of Electron Microscopy
Reaction Engineering in
Solid States
Protein Engineering
Gene Engineering
Cellular and Tissue
Engineering
Drug Delivery and Control
Release
Remarks:
The minimum number of credits is 136 for a BS degree (including 77 departmental compulsory credits, 27 departmental elective credits, 4 university compulsory credits; and 28 general education credits) and is 24 for an MS degree.