Just after the liberation of Bangladesh, the Department of Applied Chemistry was established on 14th August, 1972 to produce skilled human resource to look after about 130 Chemical Industries, which were in operation under Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) at that time. Professor Dr. S.S.M.A. Khorasani was the founding chairman of this department and at the beginning the department offered M.Sc., M.Phil and PhD. degrees. Afterwards, in 1983 the department started enrolling students at the three years long undergraduate level and continued offering M.Sc. M.Phil and PhD. degrees in parallel. On its glorious journey the department was renamed as Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in 2009 to accommodate the current requirements in the job market. The department is now offering four years (8 semesters) long B.Sc. degree, one and half years (3 semesters) long M.Sc, M.Phil and PhD degree.