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Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering

General Information

Program/Degree

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Program Description

The Chemical Engineering Program is designed to provide advanced work in a core of transport phenomena, thermodynamics and reaction engineering. Students conduct research on a diverse range of projects due to multidisciplinary strengths, including nanotechnology, drug delivery, cancer detection/treatment, renewable energy, clean semiconductor manufacturing, water treatment and reuse, atmospheric chemistry and physics, life cycle assessment, electrochemistry, and applied quantum chemistry. There are especially strong interdisciplinary links to the Environmental Engineering Program, which has long-standing strengths in water and wastewater treatment science and technology as well as technology transfer, hazardous waste treatment, development of environmentally-friendly technologies for industry, and air quality research. This department’s environmental research contributes to the UA being one of the top ranked world programs in environmental science research.

Departmental research takes advantage of state-of-the-art facilities such as the Water & Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center (http://west.colorado.edu/), the BIO5 Institute (http://www.bio5.org/), the Micro/Nano Fabrication Center (https://research.colorado.edu/learn-more-micro-nano-fabrication-center), and various facilities associated with the Institute for Energy Solutions (https://energy.colorado.edu/).

Students in this program have a good track record of receiving financial aid from both university and federal fellowships. Graduates of this program most commonly obtain jobs in industry, government organizations, consulting, and continue on to advanced education to enter academia.

 

College

College of Engineering

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

Minimum credits to complete program: 30
Core coursework: 12 units of required courses:

  • CHEE 502—Advanced Engineering Analysis (3 units)
  • CHEE 505—Advanced Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena (3 units)
  • CHEE 506—Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 units)
  • CHEE 530—Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (3 units)

Language requirements: none
Other requirements:

Thesis MS:
9 units of elective courses in chemical engineering or related fields (See list below)
4+ units of Graduate Seminar (CHEE 696A) - all CHEE graduate students must enroll in seminar each semester they are in the program
5 units of MS Thesis (CHEE 910). The thesis must be successfully defended before a committee.

Non-thesis MS:
9 units of elective courses in chemical engineering or related fields (See list below)
2+ units of seminar (CHEE 696A) - all CHEE graduate students must enroll in seminar each semester they are in the program
4 units of Research (CHEE 900)
3 units of CHEE 909 (Masters report) or 2 units of CHEE 594 (Practicum) + 1 unit of CHEE 909

Minimum GPA in all coursework is 3.0/4.0.

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020