The college of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering was founded in 1958, formerly known as the Petroleum Refining Department of Xi’an Petroleum Institute. Following the university’s resumption of operations in 1980, it evolved into the Department of Applied Chemistry, subsequently becoming the Department of Chemical Engineering and then the Department of Petroleum Chemical Engineering. It renamed the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in 2003. As one of the longest-established departments of the university, the college focuses on the positioning of a teaching and research-oriented school around national strategic needs and the development of the energy industry. Serving as a key base in Northwest China for cultivating high-level talent and conducting scientific research in chemical engineering and technology, the college has developed a distinctive feature characterized by deep integration of “industry-academia-research-application”.
College Emblem
Discipline Development
The college comprises 3 departments: Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, and 4 undergraduate majors: Chemical Engineering and Technology, Energy Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Applied Chemistry. It has a first-level master’s degree authorization point in Chemical Engineering and Technology and a key discipline in Chemical Engineering and Technology in Shaanxi Province. The college also has deep expertise in disciplines such as Oil & Gas Chemical Engineering, Energy Chemical Engineering, Oilfield Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering. Besides, Chemical Engineering and Technology was evaluated as “C+” in the fifth round of discipline evaluation; the chemistry discipline entered the top 1% of ESI globally in July 2024; two majors, “Chemical Engineering and Technology”and “Applied Chemistry”, were designated as National First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Sites; the Modern Analytical Testing Center has obtained both CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment) accreditation and CMA (China Metrology Accreditation) certification, making it the only center in provincial universities to achieve this dual certification.
CNAS Accreditation Certificate CMA Qualification Certificate
Faculty and Scientific Research Strength
The college currently has 104 full-time teachers, including 67 professors and associate professors, and 6 senior engineers and associate researchers; 86 teachers with doctoral degrees. Among them are 1 “National Model Teacher”, 1 national-level talent, 1 recipient of the national “Expert with Outstanding Contributions (Middle-aged and Young)” honor, 2 Shaanxi Provincial-level talents, 3 selected for Shaanxi Provincial Youth Talent programs, 1 recipient of the Shaanxi Provincial “Outstanding Contribution Expert” title, and 4 recipients of the Shaanxi Provincial Young Science and Technology Star award.
The college hosts one branch of the State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, one Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Reservoir Protection Technology for Oil and Gas Fields. The Green Low-carbon Energy Materials and Engineering Technology Research Center was approved for establishment as a Shaanxi Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center. The Xi’an Key Laboratory for Low-carbon Utilization of High-carbon Resources was approved as a Xi’an Key Laboratory in 2022. It also houses the Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education Engineering Research Center for Oil and Gas Field Chemistry. The college has various laboratories for Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering, along with the Modern Analytical Testing Center. With over 10,000 square meters of laboratory space and more than 600 sets of large-scale experimental and testing instruments, it provides first-class facilities for teaching and research activities.
The college focuses on the key technologies of the petroleum and natural gas industry chain and forms an innovation chain of “basic research - technological research - industrial application”. In the past three years, it has undertaken over 200 research projects (both vertical and horizontal) with funding exceeding 100 million RMB. It has won 18 provincial-level or above research awards (including 6 provincial-level awards). 145 SCI/EI papers have been published in top journals such as Nature sub-journals and German Applied Chemistry, 24 monographs have been published, 45 invention patents have been authorized, and 1 first prize of Shaanxi Teaching Achievement Award has been obtained.
External Cooperation
The college has carried out extensive international academic exchange and cooperation,established long-term collaborative relationships with numerous universities, research institutions, and enterprises both domestically and internationally, successfully hosted high-level academic conferences such as the International Forum on Green Development Innovation in Energy Chemical Engineering. The college has jointly established “Doctoral Workstations” with Pucheng Clean Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. and Xi’an Taikang Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and cooperated with Sichuan Yuanlu Petroleum Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. to establish the Cape Oil & Gas Stimulation Technology Institute. The student team composed of the college has won the “First Prize” in the National College Student Chemical Engineering Design Competition and the National College Student Chemical Engineering Experiment Competition for three consecutive years.
Based on the needs of the energy and chemical industry, guided by discipline development, driven by scientific research and innovation, and centered on talent cultivation, the college is committed to becoming a nationally leading and internationally renowned innovation hub in the field of energy chemical engineering, and making greater contributions to serving the national energy strategy and local economic development.
Jointly Establishing a “Doctoral Workstation” with Xi’an Taikang Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Students of the College Won the “First Prize” in the Final of the 7th National Undergraduate Student Chemical Engineering
Experiment Competition in 2024.
