HANYANG UNIVERSITY

About the Department

History

The undergraduate program in Chemical Engineering was established in 1948 and welcomed its first cohort of students the same year. Despite the challenges of the Korean War, the department celebrated its first graduating class of 36 students in 1954. Over the past half-century, more than 5,900 undergraduate students have earned their degrees here.

The Graduate School of Chemical Engineering was officially founded in 1956, conferring its first master’s degree in 1958. Since then, the program has produced over 1,600 master’s graduates and more than 300 Ph.D. holders, contributing significantly to academia, industry, and research worldwide.

~2025

  • 2025

    Selected for the BK21 Four Project – Advanced Materials for Carbon Neutrality

  • 2021

    Designated as a BK21 Four Education and Research Group in Advanced Energy Materials

  • 2017

    Ranked as an “Excellent Department” in national industry-oriented university evaluation (Petrochemical Engineering)

  • 2015

    Chemical Engineering separated as an independent major from the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • 2014

    Recognized as the top department in Petrochemical Engineering by the Korean Council for University Education

  • 2013

    Ranked within the Top 100 globally in the QS World University Rankings for Chemical Engineering

2000’s

  • 2006

    Selected as a BK21 Phase II Major Research Group in Energy and Process Materials

  • 2005

    Designated as an “Excellent Specialized University,” securing government funding for the Global Leaders Program in Convergent Materials

  • 2004

    Renamed the School of Applied Chemical Engineering to the School of Applied Chemical & Biological Engineering, offering majors in Chemical Engineering, Molecular Systems Engineering, and Biotechnology

1990’s

  • 1999

    Selected for the BK21 Materials Research Workforce Development Program

  • 1998

    Celebrated over 5,400 bachelor’s, 350 master’s, and 50 doctoral graduates since establishment

  • 1996

    Restructured into the School of Applied Chemical Engineering, with majors in Chemical, Industrial, Polymer, and Ceramic Engineering

  • 1995

    Designated as one of six National Graduate Schools of New Materials Processing Engineering

  • 1994

    Integrated Chemical, Textile, and Materials Engineering departments into a unified school
    Received top ratings in national evaluations of chemical engineering programs

1980’s

  • 1986

    Established the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Ansan Campus

  • 1983

    Increased undergraduate enrollment to 80 students

  • 1982

    Expanded undergraduate enrollment to 70 students

  • 1980

    Closed the evening program in Chemical Engineering

1948~

  • 1979

    Abolished the division-based undergraduate system

  • 1978

    Graduate enrollment quotas reorganized by discipline groups, with Chemical Engineering placed in the Natural Sciences division

  • 1975

    Ministry of Education reorganized 19 departments into 5 divisions as part of the “Experimental University” policy

  • 1959

    Established the Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering

    Introduced an evening program in Chemical Engineering

  • 1956

    Established the M.S. program in Chemical Engineering

  • 1954

    First graduating class of 36 students

  • 1948

    Established the Department of Chemical Engineering with the founding of Hanyang College of Engineering