Undergraduate Curiculum in Chemical Engineering
Program Educational Objectives
The Chemical Engineering Program prepares students with knowledge and skills so that they can go to work immediately after graduation or continue their education in graduate programs. We expect our graduates, after a certain time (from 3 to 5 years), can achieve the Program educational objectives as follows:
Graduates of the Chemical Engineering program will:
- Be practical, employable and qualified chemical engineers, who are capable of designing, operating, researching, innovation and management in downstream area of oil and gas industry,
- Continue their professional development and become professional managers for enterprises of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, multinational companies, and/or become scientists for research institutes and universities,
- Keep their education up to date through self-instruction and other training to meet the challenges of the competitive, modern and dynamic workplace.
Student Outcomes
The student outcomes of our Chemical Engineering Program are the same as those required by ABET for any engineering program to receive accreditation. The Chemical Engineering graduates will have:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics;
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors;
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts;
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives;
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions;
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Catalog Description
- 1. MAT11301 – Calculus 1
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course covers the following topics: theory and application of the differential calculus of polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, graphical, numerical, and analytical solutions to applied problems involving derivatives, introduction to the integral.
Prerequisites: None
- 2. ELE31201 – Foundations in Engineering 1 (+ Lab)
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Lab: 1/week)
The course covers an introduction to computer-aided drafting. Emphasis is placed on drawing setup; creating and modifying geometry; adding text and dimensions, coordinate systems, and plot/print to scale. Technical drawing skills including freehand sketching, orthographic projection, dimensioning, sectional views, and other viewing conventions will be developed. Basic CAD commands, tools, multi-view drawing and dimensioning techniques.
Prerequisites: None
- Type in 3. CHE11301 – General Chemistry 1
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course provides basic knowledge of chemistry with the content includes atomic structure, electromagnetic radiation, atomic spectroscopy, atomic structure according to quantum mechanics, atomic orbitals, and energy levels; theories explaining about chemical binding (theory valence bond, hybridization theory); the molecular structures and shapes of the propulsion theory between electron pairs VSEPR and the molecular orbital theory MO; the state of substances.
Prerequisites: None
- 4. CHE11101LAB – General Chemistry Lab 1
Credit(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
The General Chemistry Lab 1 in addition to helping students to review the knowledge learned in the theoretical module also helps students to classify tools, chemicals, equipment, skills and basic operations, the extent of the substances impact on the experimenters, the possible risks of incidents, from which to properly recognize and use personal protective equipment when working in the laboratory.
Prerequisites: None
- 5. PHY21201 – General Physics 1
Credit(s): 2 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course is designed to meet the needs of student majoring in Petroleum Geology – Geophysics, Drilling and Production Technology, and Refinery and Petrochemical. It is introductory course in Newtonian mechanics with topics include Vectors, motion in one dimension, motion in a plane, Newton's laws, work and energy, potential energy, momentum, Kinematics of rotational motion, dynamics of rotational motion, elasticity, and fluid mechanics.
Prerequisites: None
- 6. PHY21101LAB – General Physics Lab 1
Credit(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
Through practical work students should be able to carry out experimental and investigative work in which they plan procedures, use precise and systematic ways of making measurements and observations, analyze and evaluate evidence and relate this to scientific knowledge and understanding. The syllabus is organized around the topics of General Physics 1 with 7 experiments. Each experiment has one laboratory manual with the typical structure: objects of the experiment, principles, carrying out the experiment and report form.
Prerequisites: None
- 7. PET21201 – Introduction to Oil and Gas Industry
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/weeks, Discussion: 1)
Origin and accumulation of hydrocarbon fluids. Exploration for oil and gas. Basic concepts of hydrocarbon traps. Introduction to various Petroleum Engineering disciplines. Formulation of physical concepts into mathematical equations. Application of engineering methods to problem solving in Oil and Gas industry.
Prerequisites: None
- 8. MAT11302 – Calculus 2
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course covers the following topics: definite and indefinite integrals of functions of a single variable. Improper integrals. Infinite series. Introduction to differential equations. Emphasis on applications of calculus and problem-solving using technology in addition to symbolic methods.
Prerequisites: MATH11301
- 9. PET11105 – Career Orientation Field Trip
Credit(s): 1 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 2 weeks
The purpose of this field training is to acquaint the student with the various petroleum industry disciplines structured for characterization and exploitation of oil and gas fields. Such disciplines may include core analysis and interpretation of well tests and well logs, geology and subsurface mapping, design of drilling and production facilities, the use of reservoir simulators for the design and prediction of reservoir performance, refinery process, petrochemical products, gas processing engineering.
Prerequisites: PET21201
- 10. INC31301 – Foundations in Engineering 2 (+ Lab)
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 5 (Lecture: 3/week, Lab: 2/week)
Computer programming for engineers, syntax, use of primitive types, control structures, vectors, strings, structs, classes, functions, file I/O, exceptions, and other programming constructs, use of class libraries, practice in solving problems with computers, includes the execution of programs in C++ written by students.
Prerequisites: ELE31201
- 11. PHY21202 – General Physics 2
Credit(s): 2 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course is designed to meet the needs of student majoring in Petroleum Geology – Geophysics, Drilling and Production Technology, Refinery and Petrochemical. It is an introduction to electricity and magnetism, light, geometrical and wave optics. Many concepts from General Physics 1 will be used in this course such as: position, velocity, acceleration, force, Newton’s laws of motion, work, and energy. The course uses algebra, geometry and trigonometry, vectors and vector arithmetic, and some calculus. The course has lecture, homework, and laboratory portions.
Prerequisites: MAT11301, PHY21201
- 12. PHY21102LAB – General Physics Lab 2
Credit(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
Through practical work students should be able to carry out experimental and investigative work in which they plan procedures, use precise and systematic ways of making measurements and observations, analyze and evaluate evidence and relate this to scientific knowledge and understanding. The syllabus is organized around the topics of General Physics 2 with 7 experiments. Each experiment has one laboratory manual with the typical structure: objects of the experiment, principles, carrying out the experiment and report form.
Prerequisites: PHY21101LAB
- 13. MAT12203 – Calculus 3
Credit(s): 2 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course covers the following topics: vector geometry, algebra, and calculus. Partial and directional derivatives. Double and triple integrals. Vector fields. Line and surface integrals. Theorems of Green, Stokes, and Gauss.
Prerequisites: MAT11302
- 14. CHE12302 – General Chemistry 2
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
General Chemistry 2 presents the main point that the student will achieve the knowledge to solve problems in fundamental chemistry such as: Energies and Rates of Chemical Reactions, aqua solution, electro-chemistry, chemical surface.
Prerequisites: CHE11301
- 15. CHE12102LAB – General Chemistry Lab 2
Credit(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
Students will execute experiments pertinent to some facts, concepts, principles, laws, and theories of chemistry covered in CHE12103LAB – General Chemistry Lab 2.
Prerequisite: CHE11101LAB
- 16. MEC32301 – Thermodynamic
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course introduces the fundamental laws of thermodynamics (the first and second laws) and their application to engineering power cycles such as Carnot cycle, Rankine cycle, refrigeration cycle, Otto cycle, and Diesel cycle.
Prerequisites: PHY21202
- 17. MEC22302 – Fluid Mechanics (+ Lab)
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 5 (Lecture: 3/week, LAB: 2/week)
Basic principles of fluid mechanics. Properties of fluids, fluid statics, concepts of control volume and transport theorem, equations of continuity and motion, Bernoulli's equation, incompressible flow in pipes and over submerged bodies, fluid measurements.
Prerequisites: PHY21202, MAT11302
- 18. PPR12301 – Organic Chemistry 1
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
“Organic Chemistry 1” is the first part in a two-part sequence in organic chemistry - the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds. Lectures in this course will emphasize the fundamental principles of bonding, structure, reactivity, synthesis of organic materials. This course will equip learners with basic understanding to differentiate chemical bonds in organic compounds, the affection of different effects on physical and chemical properties of organic compounds, basic methods for preparation of organic compounds, the physical, chemical properties and application of organic compounds in the life, apply the basic knowledge to explain the mechanism of different reactions. While learning these fundamental aspects of organic chemistry, it will become apparent that this science is central to the practice and understanding of many other disciplines.
Prerequisite: CHE11301
- 19. PPR12101LAB – Organic Chemistry Lab 1
Credit(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
The "Organic Chemistry Lab 1" will help learners revise the knowledge learned in courses "Organic Chemistry 1”. After this module, learners will be proficient in performing laboratory experiments, have good understanding about effects of different chemicals used in each experiment, use personal protective equipment (PPE) correctly when working in Organic Chemistry laboratory.
Prerequisites: CHE11101LAB
- 20. ELE32203 – Electric Circuit Analysis (+ Lab)
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Lab: 1/week)
Basic components and electrical circuit models. Response analysis due to DC, AC circuits (Kirchhoff’s Laws, RLC circuits, Power, Polyphase circuits). Solution of multi-node circuits using the Laplace transform and complex number method. Concepts of electrical machines.
Prerequisites: MAT11301, PHY21201
- 21. SOC02206 – Professional Skills for Engineers
Credit(s): 2 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
Occupational skills refer to skills that are not related to professional knowledge, including communication skills, teamwork skills, problem-solving skills, negotiating skills, etc. Occupational skills provide students with the system of knowledge, rules, and practices to help students form the soft skills needed to help students promote social behavior, self-management, and leadership. Such skills direct students to build and maintain good social interactions and solve problems at work and in life.
Prerequisites: None
- 22. MAT12305 – Differential Equations
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course covers the following topics: First, second, and higher order equations; Systems of differential equations; Analytic methods of solution; Applications to science and engineering.
Prerequisites: MAT11301
- 23. PPR12302 – Principles of chemical engineering
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
To provide a foundation in the principles of chemical engineering for persons whose first degree is otherwise. The module explains how plant is designed and operated and covers those aspects of chemical engineering which are of relevance for building quantitative process models. Its content includes stoichiometry, material and energy balances, introduction to practical engineering problems, including computer methods.
Prerequisites:CHE12302
- 24. PPR12303 – Heat Transfer (+ Lab)
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 5 (Lecture: 3/week, Lab: 2/week)
The course covers concepts of conduction, convection and radiation, steady state heat equation, transient energy balances, heat boundary layer, energy and momentum equations, Reynold’s analogy, dimensional analysis, external and internal heat flow, boiling and condensation, principles for thermal system, evaluation of heat exchangers.
Prerequisites: MEC32301
- 25. PPR12336 – Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course provides the major knowledge of thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, and physical equilibria.
Prerequisites: CHE12302; MEC32301
- 26. PPR12320 – Analytical Chemistry
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Elective
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
Analytical Chemistry presents the main point that the student will achieve the knowledge to solve problems in analytical chemistry, such as: chemical equilibrium, calculate solution concentrations, solubility, acid/base chemistry, complex formation, oxidation/reduction, traditional titration, and instrumental titration.
Prerequisites: CHE12302
- 27. PPR12120LAB – Analytical chemistry Lab
Credit hour(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
Students will execute experiments pertinent to some facts, concepts, principles, laws, and theories of chemistry covered in analytical chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHE12102LAB
- 28. PPR12104 – Summer Internship 1
Credit(s): 1; (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 weeks
This course provides the student knowledge and operation skill of main equipment, which usually use in oil and gas industry like valve, fan, separator, compressor, pump, distillation column.
Prerequisites:None
- 29. PPR13305 – Mass Transfer
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course will introduce the fundamental principles of mass transfer and separation processes. It will equip students with technical skills to design trayed and packed columns.
Prerequisites: PPR12303
- 30. PPR13306 – Gas processing technology
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The module will provide the basic concepts of natural gas, the role of natural gas in the economy, the trend of developing gas processing technology in Vietnam and in the world. The first part introduces the basic knowledge of natural gas, physical and chemical properties, requirements on raw materials and gas products, phase diagrams and applications in oil and gas processing. The next part of the module provides important insights into gas processing processes: separation of mechanical impurities, dehydration, gas sweetening, NGL recovery and fractionation, LNG production. The module also introduces some process flow diagram and configuration of existing gas processing plants in our country.
Prerequisites: PPR12302
- 31. ELE33305 – Process Control
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course provides introductionto system theory, transfer functions, and state space modeling of physical systems. Course topics include stability, analysis, and design of PID.
Prerequisites: MAT12305
- 32. PPR12317 – Physical Chemistry 1
Credit(s): 3 (Math & Basic Sciences); Elective.
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course provides the major knowledge of simple reactions kinetics and complex reactions, and the method for determining the order of reactions; the theory of surface and adsorption phenomena, introduction to porous materials; theories of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. The course also introduces methods to catalytic synthesis and some important catalytic reaction systems.
Prerequisites: CHE12302
- 33. PPR12119LAB – Physical Chemistry Lab
Credit(s): 1 (Math & Basic Sciences); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group).
The course in addition to helping students to review knowledge thermodynamics, phase equilibrium and adsorption also helps students develop more complex skills and steps when doing experiments. The course also provides students deeper awareness of laboratory safety rules, the coordination in experimental procedures, analytical methods and experimental data processing and the ability to write a report.
Co-requisite: PPR12120LAB
- 34. PPR13323 – Polymer Chemistry
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course provides introductory polymer chemistry including theory of polymer molecular weight and molecular weight measurements, step-growth and chain-growth polymerization, polymer structure and physical properties.
Prerequisites: PPR12301
- 35. PPR13326 – Reaction Engineering
Credit(s): 3; (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course provides a clear understanding of the fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering, the principles of chemical kinetics and reactor analysis and design. In chemical kinetics, this course will focus on the rate constants, reaction order, rate equation for elementary reactions which is apply for ideal reactors such as: batch reactors, plug flow reactors, continuous stirred tank reactors and packed bed reactor. The final part of course will present homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reactors.
Prerequisites: CHE12302
- 36. PPR14227 – Petroleum chemistry
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
Petrochemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies the transformation of crude oil (petroleum) and natural gas into products or raw materials.
- General characteristics of petroleum, its origin and classification.
- Hydrocarbon compounds (paraffin, naphthene, aromatics) in crude oil and oil products; non-hydrocarbon compounds (sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, metal and other compounds in crude oil);
- Physical and chemical properties of oil and petroleum products.
- The chemical mechanism that occurs in the chemical processing processes occurring in petrochemical plants such as: thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, catalytic reforming, alkylation, isomerization...
Prerequisites: PPR12301
- 37. PPR13307 – Chemical reactor design
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
Chemical reactors play a central role in all chemical processes. The control of chemical changes for practical applications is a defining concept in chemical engineering. Reaction engineering entails the manipulation of chemical reactions by adjusting the size and shape of a reactor, the flow conditions, and the operating conditions (temperature, pressure, etc.). Possible goals might be to minimize reactor size, to optimize the yield of a certain product, to avoid byproduct production, or to make a process safer or more environmentally friendly. In this course, you will learn to interpret chemical reaction rate data and to use those data to develop performance equations for single and multiple reactor systems…
Prerequisites: PPR13305
- 38. PPR13308 – Process Component Design
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course allows the participants to understand the design of chemical process components. Including: capital and manufacture cost estimation; profitability analysis; project specifications, consideration given to optimizing performance, energy integration, cost effectiveness.
Prerequisites: PPR13305
- 39. PPR13339 – Petroleum refining technology
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This module content includes the concepts, classification and physicochemical properties of crude oil and refinery products, thereby providing knowledge of selection processes and preparation of raw materials and processing. Transform the oil to form the major fuel products. The module introduces physical processes such as desalting, dehydration, distillation of crude oil at atmospheric and vacuum pressure to chemical processes in oil processing such as hydrotreating, thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, reforming, etc.... In addition, the module also introduces the main knowledge in the production of lubricants and lubricants.
Prerequisites: PPR14227
- 40. PPR13337LAB – Chemical Engineering Lab
Credit hour(s): 3; (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 6 (Lab: 6/week/group)
Students will execute experiments pertinent to some facts, concepts, principles, laws, and theories of chemistry covered in Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, and the principle of technical chemistry.
Prerequisite: PPR13305
- 41. PPR13138LAB – Specialized Experiment 1
Credit(s): 1 (Engineering Topics); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
The course provides measurement methods to determine crude oil component and their characteristics.
Prerequisites: PPR14227
- 42. PPR13241 – Senior Project 1
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering Topics); Required
Contact hours: 2 (Discussion: 1/week)
The course builds the first foundation for learners to summarize the learned knowledge about mass and energy balance in petrochemical process, research methodology, reasonable configuration of equipment. Besides, the course is built so that learners can apply the knowledge of simulation and basic knowledge of petrochemical technology to optimize the operation. Then, the learners can explain and evaluate the arrangement of equipment.
Prerequisites: PSE13201, ECO13301, PPR13307, PPR13308
- 43. PSE13201 – Health, Safety and Environment
Credit(s): 2 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week; Discussion: 1/week)
Description of hazards in the workplace and hazards of flammable and combustible liquids; description of methods for preventing fire and explosion; calculation of noise levels and noise exposure; identification of major characteristics of US standards for process safety management and OHSAS 18001; distinguishment of accident causes, losses and accident causation models; description of hazard, cause, control and consequence measurements; recognition of necessary requirements and methods for risk assessment, environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental monitoring and simple application of risk assessment and EIA to hypothesis activities/projects; explanation of oil weathering processes and discussion of oil spill response approaches.
Prerequisites: None
- 44. ECO13301 – Petroleum Economics
Credit(s): 03 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course consists of 16 chapters to provide students with basic knowledge of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and petroleum economics. Microeconomic issues include the basic laws and concepts of economics and the economy; market mechanism of action, supply and demand rule and market balance; consumer and producer decision-making models; models of market structures and the actions of the parties involved in such market structures. In the macroeconomics section, the module will discuss National Income Accounting; total supply and demand model; Macroeconomic stability: inflation and unemployment; aggregate supply and fiscal policy, financial systems, monetary, banking, and monetary policies of the government. The Petroleum Economics section will give an overview of the world oil and gas industry, the world oil and gas market; update information on laws related to the oil and gas industry; Basic oil and gas contracts; and Vietnam's oil and gas industry.
Prerequisites: None
- 45. PPR13140 – Summer Internship 2
Credit(s): 1 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 weeks
The purpose of this summer Internship is to acquaint the student with the various petroleum industry disciplines structured in downstream area. Such disciplines may include petroleum refining and gas processing, chemical equipment and plant designing, process control, analytical chemistry. Students spend a period of four weeks on work training with an oil company operating in Vietnam. Each group presents a comprehensive report of his/her training activities and assignments upon completion of the training period.
Prerequisites: PRP12104
- 46. PPR14309 – Chemical Engineering Plant Design
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The module equips students with basic knowledge about the design of an oil refinery such as choosing a suitable construction site and layout of the premises, economically to determine investment costs and operating costs. and payback period, there is a method of selecting equipment in the factory, calculating the design of a network of thermal equipment to take advantage of the heat, gaining access to new design methods in the field of chemical technology (mass and heat integration), the basic principles for designing waste treatment systems, piping systems and detecting hazardous elements in an oil refinery...
Prerequisites: PPR13307, PPR13308
- 47. PPR14410 – Petrochemical technology
Credit(s): 4 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 6 (Lecture: 4/week, Discussion: 2/week)
The module will cover oil refining and petrochemical process. The course also covers describing sources of basic raw materials, potential raw materials for the petrochemical industry, the production process of 07 intermediate materials for petrochemical industry and describing chemical processes based on methane, ethylene, propylene, C4, aromatics.
Prerequisites: PPR13339, PPR13323
- 48. PPR14311 – Petroleum and Petrochemical Products (+ Lab)
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering Topics); Required
Contact hours: 5 (Lecture: 3/week, Lab: 2/week)
The module will cover oil refining and petrochemical products, mandatory standards for products quality. The course also covers the use of oil refining, petrochemical products, and related issues in using of oil refining and petrochemical products.
Prerequisite: PPR14227
- 49. PPR14312 – Process Simulation and Optimization
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course is intended to introduce students to the fundamentals of computer‐aided process synthesis, simulation, analysis, and optimization. In particular, the course presents systematic tools for developing and screening potential process flowsheets. Students use a commercial process simulator (Aspen) to aid in evaluating a variety of these process designs. Practical problems are used as examples. These problems include mass integration, heat integration, separation processes and environmentally benign designs. Using a commercial solver package (MATLAB trial version) students’ ability is introduced to the formulation and solution of linear and nonlinear mathematical optimization problems for chemical engineering applications.
Prerequisites: PPR13339, PPR13306
- 50. PPR14213LAB – Specialized Experiment 2
Credit(s): 1 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lab: 3/week/group)
In this module, students will practice operating the main workshops in the oil refinery such as CDU, FCC, gas plant, hydrotreating (start-up, shutdown, troubleshooting,) using a dynamic simulation system on computer built by Honeywell. Through this course, students will apply the knowledge they have learned to operate and handle basic problems in oil refineries and gas processing plants.
Prerequisites: PPR13339, PPR13306
- 51. PPR14114 – Senior Project 2
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering Topics); Required
Contact hours: 2 (Discussion: 1/week)
The course builds the first foundation for learners to summarize the learned knowledge about mass and energy balance in petrochemical process, research methodology, reasonable configuration of equipment. Besides, the course is built so that learners can apply the knowledge of simulation and basic knowledge of petrochemical technology to optimize the operation. Then, the learners can explain and evaluate the arrangement of equipment.
Prerequisites: PSE13201, ECO13301, PPR13307, PPR13308
- 52. PPR14232 – The Production of Lubricant and Synfuel
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The module equips learners with basic knowledge about the technologies of lubricants and synthetic liquid fuels production. After this course, students will have good understanding on the quality requirements of the lubricants, the chemistry of the lubricants production processes; distinguish liquid synthetic fuels from liquid petroleum fuels; understand technologies to produce liquid synthetic fuels from biomass, coal, and natural gas; technology and catalysis for synthetic liquid fuel production processes. On this basis, learners can apply knowledge learned in this course to their research and practical activities in the Oil and Gas industry.
Prerequisites: PPR13339
- 53. PPR14235 – Special Topics
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The module provides students supplement and reinforce the knowledge learned through topics related to the field of oil and gas transportation and processing, the module has extensive or deeper content about specialized knowledge, on practical issues and the latest research and application results of the profession. Students need to grasp the basic content of the topic, link the learned knowledge, and gradually form career development directions upon graduation. Major topics will change annually depending on teaching and practical conditions. Number of topics from 1 or more, selected by subject faculty and students.
Prerequisites: None
- 54. PPR14215 – Graduation Internship
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topic); Required
Contact hours: 6 weeks
The purpose of this graduation internship is to acquaint the student with the various chemical engineering industry disciplines structured for chemical engineering in oil and gas fields. Such disciplines may include core analysis and interpretation of refining and petrochemicals and production facilities, the use of process simulators for the design and prediction of refining and petrochemicals processes performance. Students spend a period of ten weeks on working training with oil and gas companies in Vietnam. Each student presents a comprehensive report of his/her training activities and assignments upon completion of the training period.
Prerequisites: PPR13140
- 55. PPR14816 – Graduation Thesis
Credit(s): 8 (Engineering topics); Required
Contact hours: 15 weeks
In this course, students received topics in petroleum engineering (either of Faculty members or industrial partner) and study the problems so that a plan for technical solution is developed such as: specification, design, implementation, evaluation, continuing the development, process, technical skills, teamwork, and communication. It will end up with an Examination (Defense).
Prerequisites: PPR14114, PPR14309, PPR14235
- 56. PPR13324 – Biochemistry
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 4 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course provides the structure, function, and metabolism of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. It also introduces the concepts in cell structure, replication and growth, and metabolic regulation.
Prerequisites: PPR12301
- 57. PPR14228 – Equipment in Chemical Engineering
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course allows the participants to structure and operation principle of chemical engineering equipment such as distillation column, separator, heater, pump, compressor, turbine, reactor.
Prerequisites: PPR12303, PPR13305
- 58. PPR14229 – Biofuel and Renewable Energy
Credit(s): 3 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course is designed to teach students about renewable energy and biofuels. The course covers the overview of available renewable energy options, their role in mitigating greenhouse gases, and deals in detail about the biofuels engineering. The course discusses about the biomass resources and their composition; types of biofuels; conversion technologies (thermochemical, supercritical water, and biochemical conversion processes); biodiesel from vegetable oils, algae to biofuels; economic and environmental assessments; and future R&D needs.
Prerequisites: None
- 59. PPR14230 – Heavy Oil Upgrading Technology
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course allows the participants to acquire the knowledge in upgrading heavy oil/bitumen including overview of heavy oil, chemistry, process, and plant.
Prerequisites: None
- 60. PPR14231 – Additives for petroleum products
Credit(s): 2 (Engineering topics); Elective
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This course allows the participants to acquire the knowledge of the quality of petroleum products and additives, which intended to improve both physical and chemical properties of petroleum products. In addition to additives for traditional petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, and lubricants), the course also provides knowledge of additives for biofuels.
Prerequisites: PPR14227
- 61. ENG41000 – English preparation (120 hrs.*)
This is the first course of the English language training program at PetroVietnam University. It is intended for students whose current level of English proficiency is A1 (2). It primarily aims at preparing students with necessary skills and competence relevant to IELTS attributes.
- 62. ENG41301 – English 1
Credit(s): 3 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 6 (Lecture: 4/week, Discussion: 2/week)
This is the first course of the English language training program at PetroVietnam University. It is intended for students whose current level of English proficiency is A2 (1). It primarily aims at preparing students with necessary skills and competence relevant to IELTS attributes. This course adopts the learner-centered approach and learning-by-doing theories. Assessment is continuous, which allows for a comprehensive view of the extent to which students have met the course objectives and outcomes.
Prerequisites: None
- 63. ENG42302 – English 2
Credit(s): 3 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 6 (Lecture: 4/week, Discussion: 2/week)
This is the second course of the English language training program at PetroVietnam University. It is intended for students whose current level of English proficiency is A2 (2). It primarily aims at preparing students with necessary oral skills and competence relevant to IELTS attributes. This course adopts the learner-centered approach and learning-by-doing theories. Assessment is continuous, which allows for a comprehensive view of the extent to which students have met the course objectives and outcomes.
Prerequisites: ENG41301
- 64. ENG42303 – English 3
Credit(s): 3 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 6 (Lecture: 4/week, Discussion: 2/week)
This is the third course of the English language training program at PetroVietnam University. It is intended for students whose current level of English proficiency is B1.1. It primarily aims at preparing students with necessary oral skills and competence relevant to IELTS attributes. This course adopts the learner-centered approach and learning-by-doing theories. Assessment is continuous, which allows for a comprehensive view of the extent to which students have met the course objectives and outcomes.
Prerequisites: ENG42302
- 65. ENG43304 – English 4
Credit(s): 3 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 6 (Lecture: 4/week, Discussion: 2/week)
This is the second course of the English language training program at PetroVietnam University. It is intended for students whose current level of English proficiency is B1 (2). It primarily aims at preparing students with necessary oral skills and competence relevant to IELTS attributes. This course adopts the learner-centered approach and learning-by-doing theories. Assessment is continuous, which allows for a comprehensive view of the extent to which students have met the course objectives and outcomes.
Prerequisites: ENG42303
- 66. SOC01204 – Ho Chi Minh's Ideology
Credit(s): 2 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The content of the course covers the basic issues of Ho Chi Minh's Ideology on the national issue and the national liberation revolution; the transition to socialism in Vietnam; Communist Party of Vietnam; great national and international solidarity; democracy and building a State of the people, by the people, for the people; culture, ethics and building new people.
Prerequisites: None
- 67. SOC01301 – Philosophy of Marxism and Leninism
Credit(s): 3 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 5 (Lecture: 3/week, Discussion: 2/week)
The subject consists of three main contents: studying the nature and the most general laws of movement and development of the world. From there, it will help build scientific worldview and dialectical methodology for cognitive and practical activities of learners; study the economic laws of society, especially the basic economic laws of the Capitalist mode of production; provide learners with regular problems in the process of socialist revolution.
Prerequisites: None
- 68. SOC01205 – History of Vietnamese communist party
Credit(s): 2 (General Education and Others); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
This subject aims to raise awareness and understanding of the Communist Party of Vietnam - which has led the Vietnamese revolution to victories and achievements of great historical significance in the development of the nation's history. Through studying and researching the Party's history to educate the Party and nation's ideals and traditions of revolutionary struggle, strengthen and cultivate faith in the Party's leadership, and be proud of the Party and the young generation join the Party, participate in building a stronger and stronger Party, continue to carry out the Party's mission of leading to firmly defend the Fatherland and successfully build socialism in Vietnam.
Prerequisites: None
- 69. SOC01202 – Political economics of Marxism and Leninism
Credit(s): 2 (General Education and Others); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course content includes objects, research methods and functions of Marxist-Leninist political economy; core content of Marxism-Leninism on goods, markets and the role of actors in the market economy; Surplus value in the market economy; Competition and monopoly in the market economy; the main issues of the socialist-oriented market economy and economic interest relations in Vietnam; Vietnam's industrialization, modernization and international economic integration.
Prerequisites: None
- 70. SOC01203 – Scientific socialism
Credit(s): 2 (General Education and Others); Required
Contact hours: 3 (Lecture: 2/week, Discussion: 1/week)
The course includes theoretical knowledge on scientific socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam; provide learners with: objects, purposes, requirements, learning methods, subject research; the process of formation and development of scientific socialism; historical mission of the working class; social, class, ethnic and religious issues during the transition to socialism; After completing the course, learners have the ability to have practical understanding and the ability to apply knowledge about socialism to consider and evaluate the country's socio-political issues related to socialism, society and the road to socialism in our country. Learners explain and have the right attitude towards the path to socialism in Vietnam.
Prerequisites: None
- 71. PED11101 – Physical education 1
Credit(s): 1 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 2/week
The course content consists of two parts: theory and practice. In theory: equip students with basic knowledge of volleyball, how to organize a volleyball tournament to develop the ability to practice self-improvement. About practice: Equip the basic techniques in Volleyball.
Prerequisites: None
- 72. PED11102 – Physical education 2
Credit(s): 1 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 2/week
The course content consists of two parts: theory and practice. In theory: Equip students with basic knowledge of football, how to organize a football tournament to develop the ability to practice self-improvement. About practice: Equip the basic techniques in football.
Prerequisites: None
- 73. PED12103 – Physical education 3
Credit(s): 1 (Others); Required
Contact hours: 2/week
The course content consists of two parts: theory and practice in theory: Equip students with basic knowledge of athletics, how to organize a movement athletics tournament to develop the ability to practice self-improvement. About practice: Equipping basic techniques in athletics.
- 74. MIE01101– Military Education (165 hrs.)
Credit(s): 0 (Others); Required
The course content consists of two parts: theory and practice in theory: Equip students with basic knowledge of athletics, how to organize a movement athletics tournament to develop the ability to practice self-improvement. About practice: Equipping basic techniques in athletics.
Prerequisites: None
