Mersin University, Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Engineering was founded on 27/05/2002 and began to master education on 2002-2003 academic year.

Students, having completed the program, gains the ability to follow recent developments in their profession and use of update their knowledge to communicate with his/her colleagues and together with technology, evaluation of engineering solutions regarding economy, process safety, quality, environment, ethical values for universal and social issues, the ability of lifelong learning awareness the ability of team working. Chemical engineering program graduates are responsible and can be employed as researchers, designers, project developers or managers on numerous processes where production, physical or chemical transformation and transportation of materials such as minerals, metals, ceramics, polymers, paper, composites and materials related with biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and food, processing. Also Department of Chemical Engineering graduates can work in universities as an academic person.