Chemical industry is one the fastest growing industries in the Palestinian territories. It includes industries like pharmaceutical, food, detergents, plastic, paints, ceramics, tanning and fine chemicals - to name just a few examples. To serve the needs of this industry, the Chemical Engineering Department at An-Najah National University was established in 1995 and is the only department, among all Palestinian universities, that offers the B.S degree in chemical engineering. Graduates from this department work in a wide variety of Palestinian, Arab, and even international chemical industries. The quality of education of this department has been known to be of high standards, as evident by testimonies of chemical industry owners who hired its graduates and international graduate schools at which some of its former students decided to pursue graduate degrees.