Chemical and Polymer Engineering: Career, Placements and Education Information

What is Chemical and Polymer Engineering?

Chemical and Polymer Engineering imbibes innovative ideas in students on the application of polymer materials and developing polymer processing. The job of a Chemical and Polymer Engineer relates to converting natural and synthetic raw materials into a host of products that include plastic, rubber, textile fabric and advanced materials. Chemical and Polymer Engineering is the amalgamation of chemical engineering with polymer science. Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of Materials Science concerned with polymers. The students are trained in various Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software such as Accelrys, Material Studio for molecular simulation etc. 

Scope of Chemical and Polymer Engineering?

• Polymer engineers can also opt for teaching jobs and work as lecturers or professors in engineering institutes.
• Research and development, processing, quality control, design and manufacture of molds, training, management and related activities are some other areas where they can find jobs.
• They can even work as technologists or polymer scientists in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Oil laboratories, and petrochemicals engineering plants.
• Graduates/postgraduates can be employed as production supervisors, quality control inspectors, mold designers, and production planners in several private and public sector companies.

Placements

• Aarti Industries Ltd.
• BASF Construction Chemical India Pvt. Ltd.
• Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
• Linde India Ltd.
• Pidilite Industries Ltd.
• Solar Industries India Ltd.
• Tata Chemicals Ltd.
• United Phosphorus Ltd.