The chemistry department is one of the oldest departments of BMSCE and was established in the year 1946. The department offers Engineering Chemistry for I/II sem B. E. and Technical Chemistry courses for III sem B. E. students in Chemical Engineering. In addition to regular core courses department is also offering four Institutional elective courses for VII & VIII semester B. E. students. The department has well qualified, experienced and highly motivated faculty members. The department is a recognized research center by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) since 2011. Apart from the regular teaching the faculties are involved in research and consultancy activities. Many faculties are recognized as research supervisors at VTU and Mangalore University. The department is running several externally funded projects from DST-SERB and VGST with more than one crore research grant money. One of the faculty has written a book for UG students. Moreover, faculties and research students have published many research papers in reputed peer reviewed journals as well as presented their work in several national and international conferences.

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MISSION : To prepare outstanding educators, scholars and researchers and to advance the profession of education through research on science and art of teaching and learning.