What's the differences between chemical engineering and process engineering?

Question

Can anybody tell me the differences and similarities between these two courses? The syllabus, career opportunity, salary, working as chemical engineer, working as process engineer, etc.

I've been offered a bachelor in process engineering. The programme is in the faculty of chemical engineering in the university. So, I wanna know more about process engineering. What field do process engineers work? Can a process engineer work in oil and gas company?

Answer 1

I am a chemical engineer by education and my titles in the past 16 years have been , manufacturing engineer, process engineer, yield and productivity improvement engineer, and engineering consultant.

In general, I ave worked as process engineer in each role.
A process engineer, by strict definition, does not have to be c chemical engineer. There are process engineers of every engineering background.
The process engineer is responsible for a process or part of a process normally in a manufacturing operation. The responsibilities normally include ensuring normal operation of the process and continuous improvement of the process.
As a chemical engineer, my processes have always been related to manufacture of a chemical, e.g. Nylon manufacture, Insulin manufacture, etc.
If I worked for Lexmark in printer manufacturing, I could be a mechanical engineer, but also still have the title process engineer. There my responsibilities would be to ensure the printer mfg process is working.
As a role, most chemical engineers are employed as process engineers, because that is the need of the industry.

Answer 2

I work for an large engineering company in the Process Engineering department, and there is no difference between what a chemical engineer and a process engineer do here—they are treated as the same degree. The Wikipedia article on Process Engineering also says that the degrees are exactly the same.

Hope that helps the course selection!