The prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is home to the number one chemical engineering program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The program is over 100 years old and is the largest in the country. Founded in 1888, MIT offers three undergraduate degree and four graduate degrees. Undergraduates have the opportunity to work directly with a professor in a self-designed project in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Graduate students work with some of the world's top scientists. A unique feature of the graduate program is the chance for students to combine their studies with classes at MIT's highly-ranked business school, the Sloan School of Management.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
25 Ames Street, Building 66
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-4561
web.mit.edu/cheme
The number two program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report, is at the University of California, Berkeley. The College of Engineering's program is over a half century old and home to some of the most famous science facilities in the world, such as Gilman Hall where plutonium was discovered in 1941. The program offers a stand-alone Bachelor of Science and dual degree options in Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering. Graduate students can earn a Master of Science or a Doctor of Philosophy. The Master of Science in Product Development is another degree option for students.
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemical Engineering
201 Gilman Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1462
510-642-2291
cheme.berkeley.edu
The California Institute of Technology's engineering program is third on U.S. News & World Report's list of chemical engineering programs. The school, generally known as a world leader in science research, is a pioneer in thermodynamics research. Cal Tech is a small school with only 2,100 students, yet they have access to incredible facilities, including NASA's neighboring Jet Propulsion Laboratory, parallel supercomputers at the Cal Tech Concurrent Supercomputer Facility and the world's most powerful computer, the Intel Delta supercomputer. The school does not offer majors for undergraduates; instead students have "options" which mirror degree concentrations. Students choose the chemical engineering "option" if they want to concentrate in that field. There is one graduate degree offered: the Doctor of Philosophy.
California Institute of Technology
Chemical Engineering
Mail Code 210-41
Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
626-395-4115
che.caltech.edu