In recent times there has been a dramatic expansion in chemical knowledge with the promise that chemistry may bring positive changes in our society and solve the problems that we face in the 21st century. This will only be possible if the chemical industry succeeds in promoting breakthrough inventions from the laboratory into new products and services in the marketplace. Obviously, the future chemist will need to have acquired the technical skills to successfully undertake the new challenges that await. Key to all this is the formation of the chemistry graduate which presently continues to lack the necessary technical aptitudes.

In this paper, various chemical technology courses are described for incorporation in a flexible curriculum in a traditional chemistry bachelor degree. These courses should prepare future chemistry graduates for their possible incorporation in industry giving them a far superior technical background than that normally obtained.