Academics Programmes - CB

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (2022 Batch Onwards)


Unique and positive points of the program are:

  1. Provides a multidisciplinary learning experience.
  2. The design of the programme allows the students to broaden their scope beyond chemical engineering and learn principles of biology and chemistry which will be highly useful in their future career.
  3. Allows the students to pursue higher academic or professional careers in the interdisciplinary areas of chemical engineering.


Semester-wise course credit structure of the program is as follows:

Semester - I
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 CH 102 Fundamental concepts and applications of chemistry 3 0 0 6
2 MA 109 Calculus I (1st Half) 3 1 0 4
3 MA 121 Calculus II (2nd Half) 3 1 0 4
4 PH 101 Quantum Physics and Applications 2 1 0 6
5 BB 103 Introduction to Modern Biology 3 0 0 6
6 CS 103 Introduction to Programming - 1 (Using C) (1st Half) 3 0 2 4
7 EE 103 Introduction to Programming - 2 (Using Python) (2nd Half) 3 0 2 4
8 PH 113 Hands on Science Laboratory - I 0 0 3 3
9 HS 103 Introduction to Fine Arts 1 0 0 PP/NP
10 HS 106 Design Thinking and Creativity 1 0 0 PP/NP
11 NO 101/ NO 103 National Sports Organization (NSO)/National Service Scheme (NSS) 1 0 0 PP/NP
Total Credits
 37

Semester - II
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 MA 102 Linear Algebra (1st Half) 3 1 0 4
2 BB 201 Biomolecules 2 1 0 6
3 ME 111 Engineering Graphics Laboratory 1 0 3 5
4 EE 101 Introduction to Electrical Systems and Electronics 3 0 0 6
5 CS 106 Data Structures and Algorithms 3 0 0 6
6 CS 111 Data Structures and Algorithms Laboratory 0 0 3 3
7 ME 113 Hands on Engineering Laboratory 0 0 3 3
8 CB 101 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 3 0 0 6
9 NO 102/ NO 104 National Sports Organization (NSO)/National Service Scheme (NSS) PP/NP
Total Credits
 39

Semester - III
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 MA 102 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 3 0 0 6
2 ME 207 Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers 3 0 0 6
3 ME 203 Fluid Mechanics 2 1 0 6
4 ME 201 Engineering Mechanics 2 1 0 6
5 EE 221 Introduction to Probability (1st Half) 3 0 0 3
6 EE 227 Data Analysis (2nd Half) 3 0 0 3
7 BB 301 Basics of Cell Biology and Genetics 3 0 0 6
8 CL 211 Chemical Engineering lab -1 (Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics) 0 0 3 3
Total Credits
 39

Semester - IV
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 ME 220 Heat Transfer 2 1 0 6
2 ME 222 Mechanics of Materials 2 1 0 6
3 CH 306 Electrochemistry 3 0 0 3
4 CH 304 Introduction to Computational Chemistry 3 0 0 3
5 MA 407 Introduction to Numerical Linear Algebra (1st Half) 3 1 0 4
6 MA 103 Differential Equations - I 3 1 0 4
7 BB 404 Biophysics 3 0 0 3
8 CH 201 Organic Chemistry 3 0 0 3
9 CL 203 Mass transfer 3 0 0 6
Total Credits
 38

Semester - V
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 HS 201 Economics 3 0 0 6
2 CH 402 Catalysis 3 0 0 3
3 CL 202 Reaction engineering 3 0 0 6
4 CL 212 Chemical Engineering lab -II (Heat Transfer & Solid mechanics) 0 0 3 3
5 CL 213 Chemical Engineering Lab III (mass transfer and reaction engineering) 0 0 3 3
6 Programme elective-I 3 0 0 6
7 Programme elective-II 3 0 0 6
Total Credits
 33

Semester - VI

(Yellow highlights are courses must for honors)
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 CE 301 Environmental Studies 3 0 0 6
2 CL 301 Process Equipment Design and Economics 3 0 0 6
3 CL 301 Process Equipment Design and Economics 3 0 0 6
4 Process Control 3 0 6
5 Programme elective-IV 3 0 0 6
6 Scientific presentation 0 0 3 3
7 CL 401 Chemical Reaction Engineering-II 3 0 0 6
Total Credits
 33

Semester - VII

(Yellow highlights are courses must for honors)
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 HSS Elective 3 0 0 6
2 Institute Elective-I 3 0 0 6
3 Institute Elective-II 3 0 0 6
4 Programme elective-V/ BTP-I 3 0 0 6
5 Programme elective-VI 3 0 0 6
6 CL 402 Advanced Transport phenomena 3 0 0 6
Total Credits
 24

Semester - VIII

(Yellow highlights are courses must for honors)
S. No Course Code Course Name L T P C
1 Institute Elective-III 3 0 0 6
2 Institute Elective-IV/ HSS elective 3 0 0 6
3 Programme elective-VII/BTP -II 3 0 0 6
4 Programme elective-VIII 3 0 0 6
5 Programme elective-IX 3 0 0 6
Total Credits
 18
Overall Credits Required (Minimum)
 261

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