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 won many national, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, such as key projects of the National Science Foundation, 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 Institute spends nearly 10 million yuan on scientific research every year, 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.

Laboratories: National Laboratory, National Engineering Research Center, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Chemical Process Simulation and Strengthening, Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, Chemical Process Simulation and Optimization, Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application, Basic Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Basic Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Central and Local Universities, Laboratory Advantages and Characteristics of Chemical Workers. Engineering Laboratory Hunan Key Laboratory Green Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Hunan Key Laboratory Environment-friendly Chemical Process Integration Technology Hunan Key Laboratory Green Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Hunan University Key Laboratory Research Institute of Chemical Industry Research Institute of Biotechnology Research Institute of Environmental Engineering Design Institute Atmospheric Governance Research Institute and other teams and discipline platforms Hunan Science and Technology Innovation Team Hunan Environment-friendly Catalytic and Green Chemical Teaching Team, Hunan Green Chemical Industry Industry-University-Research Cooperation Demonstration Base won awards. He won the first prize of natural science of the Ministry of Education, the second prize of national scientific and technological progress, the second prize of scientific and technological progress of Hunan Province, the first prize of scientific and technological progress of China Petrochemical Company and the first prize of teaching achievement of Hunan Province, won more than 20 invention patents, and published more than 60 papers every year. 10 has compiled teaching materials or books for many scientific research projects, presided over the national medium-and long-term 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, the key and general projects of the National Self-funded Fund, the doctoral program fund of the Ministry of Education, the major scientific and technological projects of Hunan Province, a large number of scientific and technological development projects of Sinopec and projects entrusted by enterprises, with an average annual research funding of tens of millions of yuan. Hunan Province has more than 10 solid practice research bases such as Baling Petrochemical, Changlian, Zhuzhou Chemical, Xiangtan Fine Chemical, Wei Xiang, Shiyao Chemical Fiber, Provincial Environmental Monitoring Station, Jiuzhitang, Qianjin Pharmaceutical, Guhan Health Essence, Hengyang Beer and Xiangxiang Beer. Among them, Baling Petrochemical and Changlian are provincial excellent undergraduate practice bases, while Baling Petrochemical, Changlian Catalyst and Hunan Environmental Monitoring Station are provincial graduate training innovation bases.