Undergraduate

• The department endeavors to provide for the needs of the chemical industry and for research in Chemical Engineering. The aim is to train engineers who will be mainly concerned with the development and application of manufacturing processes in which chemical and/or physical changes of materials are involved and who will be able to design, construct, operate and maintain the equipment in which these operations and processes will take place.
  
  
• In the undergraduate program there are three specialization-option sequences: Biochemical Engineering, Polymers and Process Engineering. Each student must select one option sequence from which at least four courses have to be completed. Students doing double-major programs in science or engineering may take a specialization-option sequence from their second major. In addition, all students choose two complementary courses with a view toward complementing their engineering education according to their individual interests. The selection of specialization-option and complementary courses have to be made under the supervision of the departmental advisors.
  
  
• The course requirement for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering is a minimum of 143 credit-hours of formal course work. In addition to the course-credit requirements, the equivalent of minimum 60 days of industrial training, in areas approved by the department, in the two summers following the second and third years, is required.