Introduction The Diploma in Chemical Technology programme is geared towards providing training in the basic skills and techniques of chemical laboratory operations and chemical engineering processes. The curriculum is broad-based enabling the graduate technologist to find employment in a wide variety of occupational fields within the chemical and allied industries. Since the chemical technologist assists chemists and engineers in technical and managerial positions, there are usually opportunities for advancing to supervisory management positions within both thepublic and private industrial sectors. This programme is designed to provide students with, the basic scientific concepts required to understand the processes in chemical technology, elementary management and information processing skills, the basic skills and techniques of chemical laboratory operations and chemical engineering processes, the need for and the techniques used in pollution control and the appreciation and techniques of quality control. Training includes both theoretical and practical laboratory skills required to cope with a wide range of instrumental techniques used in the fields of analytical, organic and physic chemistry as well as general process control methods and techniques.
Practical work is supplemented by regular visits to industrial and pilot plants.
At the end of the second programme year students are normally expected to serve a 4 week placement in an industrial plant. The selection of students to the programme is within the discretion of the University. Applicants should satisfy the following minimum conditions. Applicants accepted through this route are required to submit documentary evidence of academic transcripts and certified copies of course curricula studied. In addition, all qualified applicants must pass a final selection interview.