Message from the Department Head

Welcome to the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. The department is made up of a dynamic group of individuals whose desire is to provide an excellent education to students and to perform groundbreaking research to help society advance technologically.

Whether you are a high school student thinking about coming to the U of C to study either chemical engineering or oil and gas engineering, a prospective graduate student looking at our researchor a member of the general public interested in finding out more about chemical and petroleum engineering, I hope that you find our website informative and easy to navigate. I sincerely hope that you will discover that the U of C's Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering is the place to be for an advanced education in chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, energy and environmental engineering, or biomedical engineering.

We are strongly committed to undergraduate and graduate education. A number of faculty members in the department have won various teaching excellence awards such as the CCPE Medal of Distinction in Engineering Education (Canada-wide), the APEGGA Excellence in Education Award (province-wide), the University of Calgary Students' Union Teaching Excellence Awards (university-wide), and faculty and department teaching excellence awards.

The department is internationally recognized for its research in areas such as biomedical, chemical processing, energy, environment, and advanced materials. The department attracts over $15 million per year in research funding. Our faculty members are regarded as leaders in their fields and several professors have won major national and international research awards. The department has many partnerships with industry and international education programs.

The City of Calgary, which hosted the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, is the engineering capital of Canada and is avibrant and exciting city. The Rocky Mountains, includingBanff National Park, Kananaskis Provincial Park and the Lake Louise, are very close and offer a wide variety of recreational activities in summer and winter.

If you are interested in learning more about studying at the U of C or exploring research opportunities, please feel free to contact us at chemandpeteng [at] ucalgary [dot] ca for further information.

Sincerely,

U.T. Sundararaj, Professor and Head
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering