The Chemical Engineering Department will provide the program, environment, facilities, faculty, and staff to prepare and educate each student to be a leader/problem-solver for industry, academia, or government.

The undergraduate chemical engineering program at Lamar University will prepare our students for successful practice or academic pursuits in Chemical Engineering. Our graduates will learn state-of-the-art analytical, computational and experimental methods to begin engineering practice or continue their education. This will include the ability to design, control and optimize processes and to solve engineering problems. Our graduates will have the broad educational and the communication skills needed for a variety of career options and an appreciation of the need for life-long learning. Our graduates will have an understanding of the societal, environmental, and ethical responsibilities of engineers.