The Institute of Chemical Engineering has strong teaching and scientific research strength, and has formed its own characteristics in the research and development of chemical process simulation and optimization, green chemical synthesis and reaction technology, environmental pollution control technology and new flue gas treatment technology. He has been awarded a number of national, provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects, such as the key projects of the National Self-Science Foundation, the key and general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation and the National 863 Project, and has undertaken a large number of scientific research projects entrusted by production enterprises. The college has an annual research funding of nearly 11 million yuan, and has established good scientific research cooperation and academic relations with some famous universities in the United States, Japan, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands and China.

Laboratory: National Laboratory, National Engineering Research Center, Chemical Process Simulation and Strengthening National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center, Chemical Process Simulation and Optimization of Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application Laboratory of Ministry of Education * * * Building Basic Laboratory of Chemical Engineering Central and Local * * * Build a laboratory of superior and characteristic disciplines in colleges and universities, a laboratory of chemical engineering, a key laboratory of Hunan Province, green catalysis and reaction engineering, an integrated technology of environmentally friendly chemical processes, a key laboratory of Hunan Province, green catalysis and reaction engineering, a scientific research institution of a key laboratory of Hunan Province, a research institute of chemical engineering, a biotechnology institute, an environmental engineering design institute, an atmospheric control institute and other teams and disciplinary platforms. Hunan Science and Technology Innovation Team Hunan Environment-friendly Catalysis and Green Chemical Teaching Team Hunan Green Chemical Industry-University-Research Cooperation Demonstration Base won awards, the Ministry of Education won the first prize of natural science, the second prize of national science and technology progress, the second prize of Hunan science and technology progress, the first prize of Sinopec science and technology progress, and the first prize of Hunan teaching achievements won more than 21 invention patents and published more than 61 papers per year. More than 111 scientific research projects have compiled teaching materials or books, presided over the national long-term planning major scientific and technological special project "Research and comprehensive demonstration of key technologies for remediation of heavy metal pollution in Xiangjiang River water environment", the national "863" project, key and general projects of the National Self-study Fund, doctoral program fund of the Ministry of Education, major scientific and technological special projects in Hunan Province, and a large number of scientific and technological development projects entrusted by Sinopec, with an average annual scientific research funding of tens of millions of yuan. There are more than 11 solid practice and research bases in Hunan Province, including Baling Petrochemical Company, Changlian Company, Zhuzhou Chemical Company, Xiangtan Fine Chemical Company, Xiangwei Company, Shijiazhuang Chemical Fiber Company, Provincial Environmental Monitoring Station, Jiuzhitang Company, Qianjin Pharmaceutical Company, Guhan Health Care Essence Company, Hengyang Beer Company and Xiangxiang Beer Company. Among them, Baling Petrochemical and Changlian are provincial excellent undergraduate practice bases, while Baling Petrochemical, Changlian Catalyst and Hunan Environmental Monitoring Station are provincial postgraduate training and innovation bases.