M.Tech in Chemical Engineering

The Chemical and Materials Engineering program is delighted to offer an M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from July 2025.

Overview

The M.Tech in Chemical Engineering is a comprehensive programme aimed at expanding and enhancing the knowledge and skills acquired during a Bachelor’s degree. The M.Tech in Chemical Engineering is designed to incorporate emerging technologies for energy harvesting and storage where chemical engineers are poised to make significant contributions, particularly in the research areas, such as electrochemical energy storage and conversion processes (green hydrogen production and storage, ammonia synthesis, redox flow batteries), functionalized nanostructured materials (quantum dots, 2D materials, perovskites), soft matter, and colloidal science (metal oxides, particle coating).

The M.Tech is a two-year PG degree, and in the first year, students will complete their coursework, which consists of core, Lab, and elective courses. In their second year, the students are expected to do research under the guidance of faculty members at IIT Goa, resulting in meaningful and significant thesis work. Students must select their M.Tech. thesis advisor by the end of the first semester. The outcome of the M.Tech. Thesis/Project work can be published in reputed journals/conferences or patents or deliverables. The student has to submit a thesis report and take a viva voce examination.

Eligibility criteria and Admission to M.Tech in Chemical Engineering:

Admission to M.Tech is generally via the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and the eligibility criteria will be in line with the institute eligibility criteria.

Eligible GATE Stream Codes: Chemical Engineering (CH), Metallurgical Engineering (MT), Biotechnology (BT), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Engineering Sciences (XE-A + XE-B/C/E/F).

[A = Engineering Mathematics (compulsory), B = Fluid Mechanics, C = Materials Science, E = Thermodynamics, F = Polymer Science and Engineering]

M.Tech curriculum details

The M. Tech curriculum consists of a total of 53 credits, out of which 24 credits from M.Tech thesis.

M.Tech in Chemical Engineering curriculum:


Semester I
   
Course Code   
Course Name 		   
L-T-P   		    
Credits   
   
CM621   		    
Advanced Reaction   Engineering   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
CM631   		    
Advanced Thermodynamics   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
ME610   		    
Mathematical Methods   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
CMxxx   		    
Elective – I   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
CMxxx   		    
Energy Applications Lab   		    
0-0-3   		    
2   
   
   		    
   		    
12-0-3   		    
14   


Semester II
   
Course Code   		    
Course   Name   		    
L-T-P   		    
Credits   
   
CM607   		    
Transport Phenomena    		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
CMxxx   		    
Elective – II    		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
CMxxx   		    
Elective – III   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
CMxxx   		    
Elective – IV   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
HS600   		    
Research   communications, ethics and methods   		    
3-0-0   		    
3   
   
15-0-0   		    
15   


Semester III
   
Course Code   		    
Course   Name   		    
L-T-P   		    
Credits   
   
CM699   		    
M. Tech Thesis    		    
0-0-12   		    
12   
   
   		    
      		    
0-0-12   		    
12   


Semester IV
   
Course Code   		    
Course   Name   		    
L-T-P   		    
Credits   
   
CM699   		    
M. Tech Thesis    		    
0-0-12   		    
12   
   
   		    
      		    
0-0-12   		    
12   

List of Courses:

List of program core courses

  1. CM607 – Transport Phenomena
  2. CM621 – Advanced Reaction Engineering
  3. CM631 – Advanced Thermodynamics
  4. ME610 – Mathematical Methods

List of institute core courses

  1. HS600 – Research communications, ethics and methods

List of elective courses

  1. CM603 – Science and technology of colloids
  2. CM604 – Nanomaterials characterization, properties, and applications
  3. CM605 – Structures and Properties of Materials
  4. CM610 – Principles and applications of electrochemistry
  5. CM611 – Fundamentals of Green Ammonia: Technologies, Applications and Sustainability
  6. CM612 – Fuel Cell Technology
  7. CM613 – Battery Technology
  8. CM608 – Advanced Transport Processes

List of Lab and M. Tech Thesis courses:

  1. CM660 – Energy Applications Lab
  2. CM699 – M.Tech Thesis