Welcome to Chemical Engineering

Group photo of Winter 2019 BSE ChE graduates

Congratulations to our Winter 2019 graduates!

CHE Highlights

Susan Montgomery receives College of Engineering achievement award

Cited for her dedication to mentoring students and improving the climate in the College

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“Wearable” device captures cancer cells from blood

Seven ChE students named NSF Fellows

Congratulations to our most recent National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program recipients

Our world is facing big problems, from energy, to healthcare, to the environment. Chemical Engineers at the University of Michigan are ready to tackle the challenges of the 21st Century.

Research Areas

If chemistry is the central science, it comes as no surprise that chemical engineering underpins a broad range of technologies. We turn our expertise in producing and manipulating chemicals to energy, medicine, electronics and advanced materials with new properties.

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Graduate Program

Our broad range of research opportunities apply chemical engineering principles and modern science to solving some of today's most pressing problems.

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Undergraduate Program

The program focuses on critical-thinking, preparing our graduates to identify and develop solutions for engineering challenges in the field. Students with a passion for chemistry and talent in math and problem solving typically do well in chemical engineering.

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