Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers its chemical engineering students a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Even while ranked the top chemical engineering program in the country by "U.S. News & World Report," the chemical engineering program encourages collaboration over competition. The department organizes student gatherings as well as a spring golf tournament. It also shares resources with 16 major research institutions, including the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing (a 10-year research collaboration aimed at transforming pharmaceutical production).
Villanova University in Pennsylvania offers a Bachelor of Science as well as a five-year bachelor's and master's in chemical engineering. The university's engineering program is rated one of the top 10 in the country. An active part of the university community, engineering students at Villanova are involved in sports, performing arts and community service. Due in part to an ecofriendly compost program that chemical engineering students designed, Villanova has also ranked high on the Sierra Club's list of "cool" schools.
With its state-of-the-art New York facilities, Cooper Union's Department of Chemical Engineering strongly supports student and faculty research. Top ranked among undergraduate engineering programs, Cooper Union's highly selective admissions process ensures small classes and rigorous professional preparation. At the undergraduate level, Cooper Union offers an interdisciplinary engineering degree in addition to its Bachelor of Engineering. It also has a graduate level engineering program.
A consistently top-ranked engineering program, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers an exceptional learning experience to its students. The Department of Chemical Engineering provides 50,000 square feet of research and instructional facilities. A long list of well-known consumer packaged goods were developed by graduates of the university's chemical engineering program. Chemical engineering degrees are granted at the undergraduate and graduate levels.