Study Abroad

World Education Career Campus Advertorial Coverage

June/Sept 2005

Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PILOT PLANT (CEPP), the largest research and business development centre in specialty chemicals is situated in a beautiful campus of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Darul Ta’zim.  Apart from its main role in developing new and innovative products/processes from natural resources, it is also a place to train plant personnel (from plant operators to managers) with a view to upgrade their competencies through practical experience. 

The first integrated installation of its kind in South East Asia (designed by Malaysian and German consultants), CEPP features a comprehensive selection of semi-industrial scale process equipment complete with full instrumentation and control setup.  Some of these equipment are Distillation Column, Catalytic and High Pressure Reactors, Extractors, Bioreactors, Short Path Evaporator, Crystallizer, Membrane Separators, analytical equipment and others. 

Since 1998, CEPP has conducted professional courses for staff from more than 300 local and overseas companies in the areas of process and plant technology, business and management.  Companies like PETRONAS, BP, SHELL, BASF, IDEMITSU, TITAN, HUNTSMAN continuously send their staff to be trained by our professional lecturers both from the academia and the industry.  Overseas companies from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Sudan, Indonesia and Singapore have also sent their staff to attend courses using our pilot plant in Johor and also at our branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. 

For the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, the courses offered are in the forms of short courses, executive certificates and professional MSc. in Process Plant Management programme.  The innovative Master programme was designed with the main objectives being: 

i)                   to engender the competencies key to successful management of complex plant operation, and

ii)                  to generate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the technical, financial and organizational factors critical to managing process plant.   

Qualified engineers and scientists who aspire to climb-up the ladder in the company management will find this programme very beneficial. 

Apart for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, CEPP also offers certificate and diploma courses for the wellness industry through its subsidiary, CEPP Wellness Centre (CAC).  It offers courses for those who wish to practice Complimentary Medicine like Holistic Treatment, Aromatherapy, Herbal Medicine and Reflexology. 

For further information on all of the above programmes (public or in-house), please contact Professor Ramlan Abdul Aziz at ramlan@cepp.utm.my or visit website www.cepp.utm.my