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Diploma inChemical Engineering (DCHE)Chemical Engineering is an important discipline in the management of the chemical processindustry. This industry covers a wide range of manufacturing sectors, with products as diverseas petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors as well as food andhealthcare products. Critical operational issues include process optimisation, environmentalsafety and health management, energy conservation and workplace safety. Running theseindustries efficiently and safely in a cost effective way demands exceptional talent and skills.Chemical Engineering technologists mustbe good communicators, quick learnersand self-motivated individuals who are teamplayers and able to work under pressure.These attributes are developed throughoutthe course to enable graduates to acceleratein their career advancement. Students willundergo extensive practical work in thelaboratories and an industrial internship toprepare for a challenging career.Our teaching staff comprises of highly qualifiedand experienced engineers who have jointlyestablished a strong network with industry aswell as universities and research institutes.Our chemical engineering laboratoriesare well equipped with instrumented pilotplants and state-of-the-art computer controlsystems. Students will benefit from handsonexperience in operating a whole rangeof process equipment, supplemented bymultimedia-based process training anddynamic simulation.SP’s Diploma in Chemical Engineering (DCHE)course is the FIRST diploma programmein Singapore to be fully accredited by theInstitution of Chemical Engineers, (IChemE,)United Kingdom. The full IChemE accreditationsignifies recognition of the rigor and quality ofSP’s chemical engineering programme.A Head Start to SuccessDesigned for students who wish to embarkon a career in the chemical industry, theDCHE course offers a rigorous curriculumthat balances theory with realistic handsonpractices.Our DCHE course adopts the CDIO (Conceive,Design, Implement and Operate) Frameworkas the main learning methodology. CDIOis also practised at leading institutions likeMIT (US), KTH (Sweden) and the Universityof Liverpool (UK). With this framework, ourstudents learn chemical engineering in anactive, experiential manner using simulatedreal-world scenarios. The CDIO educationalframework transforms traditionally boring anddry engineering education to an exciting andpurposeful one. Our students are imbued withskills in teamwork, communication, critical andcreative thinking, as well as life-long learning.Diploma in ChemiCAL Engineering (DCHE)SCHOOL OF chemical & life sciences 119