The mission of the Department of Chemical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals is to provide an innovative educational program that is rigorous and challenging as well as flexible and supportive. The department strives to provide the most advanced technical knowledge to its students in all classical and allied fields of chemical engineering, i.e. in transport phenomena, separation processes, chemical and catalytic reactor design, and process control. The department is also conducting basic and applied research relevant to the needs of the Kingdom. Furthermore, the department has a major responsibility to disseminate knowledge by  

1. Publishing the researches of its faculty and graduate students. 

2. Offering continuing education short courses for the private and public sectors, and 

3. Providing technical services and consulting to the local industry.