Chemical Engineering Graduate Programs

"The faculty are great. They make you think critically about your own work as well as others'. They take you seriously. When I first encountered that, it awed me. It's a nice feeling. I'm here for another four years!" —Anna Siemionko Walled Lake, Michigan PhD candidate
The program The department offers a friendly, educationally stimulating environment, and it has an outstanding record of educating world-class engineers. Beyond technical knowledge, the program emphasizes critical thinking, resourcefulness, problem-solving, teamwork, and research skills. Graduate students have the opportunity to identify the course selection and research direction that match their interests.
Degrees MS in Chemical Engineering PhD in Chemical Engineering Research excellence External funding from industry and government for chemical engineering research is over $1 million annually.
Research • Biochemistry • Biomedical engineering • Ceramics • Process control • Process design • Process safety • Environmental engineering • Polymers • Rheology • Remediation • Catalysis • Thermodynamics • Physical properties	The department has a vast array of resources to support education and research, including • Carbon Technology Center • Hazards Evaluation Lab • Polymer Lab • Process Simulation and Control Center • Process Analytical Chemistry Lab • BASF High Technology Classroom • Kimberly-Clark Technical Classroom • Thermodynamics/Physical Properties Measurement Lab • Biochemical Engineering Lab • Unit Operations Lab • Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Lab
Additional opportunity Graduate students can participate in interdisciplinary study and research with other departments, such as chemistry, environmental engineering, biological sciences, materials science, and mechanical engineering. Financial assistance Research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and fellowships are available to qualified applicants. All students admitted to the Graduate School are considered for these awards. Some graduate internships and fellowships are supported by Ford, General Motors, DuPont, 3M, Dow Corning, Conoco, Amoco, Chrysler, and Kimberly-Clark.
Stature Chemical Engineering has a strong industrial component. Industry funds more than 25 percent of the research programs in the department. Sponsoring firms include Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, 3M, Amoco, BASF, Honeywell, Allied/Signal, Kimberly-Clark, Chrysler, Ford, Pharmacia, Shell, UOP, and Conoco. This aspect of the program provides graduate study and research that are relevant to the needs of society and the needs of the chemical and materials processing industries.
The department has 15 faculty, 8 staff, more than 300 undergraduate students, and more than 40 graduate students (half in the Master’s program and half in the PhD program). The department has graduate student cooperative agreements with the chemical engineering program at the Universidad de Sonora, Mexico, and at the University of Lappeenranta, Finland. Michigan Tech's Office of International Programs arranges similar opportunities with other universities around the world.
Our facilities include a full-time computer staff and more than 120 computers with powerful chemical engineering modeling and analysis programs.
For more information, contact Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Chemical Sciences Building Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA Telephone 906-487-3132 Fax 906-487-3213 Website http://www.chem.mtu.edu/chem_eng/	If you're interested in this program, Click here for Contact Form Opens a new window