Master of Science in Polymer Engineering
Master of Science in Polymer Engineering (Download Program Details)
Program Objectives:
The objectives of the program can be summarized as follows:
- Prepare Saudi engineers to advance and meet the work requirements of the polymers industry sector.
- Encourage the scientific research in the professional field of polymers engineering and its applications.
- Co-operation with polymer industry to improve manufacturing practice.
Admission Requirements:
- The admission requirements enumerated in the unified bylaws organizing the graduate studies in Saudi universities.
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (Bachelor’s degree in other related subject can be accepted as well).
Degree Requirements:
- Successful completion of a 24 credit hours of graduate courses distributed as follows:
- Fifteen (15) credit hours from core courses.
- Nine (9) credit hours from elective courses.
- Completion and successful defense of a master thesis. The student is allowed to register for the thesis after completion of 12 credit hours.
Program Structure:
|
Number & Type of Courses |
Credit Hours |
|
5 Core Courses |
15 |
|
3 Elective Courses |
9 |
|
Thesis |
- |
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Total |
24 |
Core Courses:
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Course Code |
|
Course title |
|
CHE 545 |
|
Advanced Transport Phenomena 1 |
|
CHE 561 |
|
Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering |
|
CHE 562 |
|
Polymer Reaction Engineering |
|
CHE 563 |
|
Polymer Properties and Rheology |
|
CHE 564 |
|
Polymer Processing |
Elective Courses:
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Course Code |
|
Course title |
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CHE 544 |
|
Advanced Reaction Engineering |
|
CHE 565 |
|
Polymer Characterization and Synthesis Laboratory |
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CHE 566 |
|
Polymers Degradation |
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CHE 567 |
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Micromechanics |
|
CHE 568 |
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Polymer Surfaces and Adsorption |
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CHE 569 |
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Advanced Topics in Polymer Engineering |
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CHE 570 |
|
Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Synthesis & Processing |
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CHE 571 |
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Non Newtonian Flow and Heat Transfer in Polymers |
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MATH 506 |
|
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations |
|
CHEM 581 |
|
Polymer Solutions |
