Facts and Figures

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan was founded in 1898.

Faculty Statistics

• Faculty: 27 (tenured or tenure-track), 7 (joint appointments)
• National Academy Members: 5
• National Science Foundation Career Awards: 11
• Named Professorships: 13
• Internal Awards (since 2004):24 U-M and College of Engineering awards for teaching, research and service
  • 18 faculty members have received recognition from U-M or the College of Engineering during their careers for teaching, research or service.
• National Awards: 12 American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Awards; 36 other awards from other national societies and organizations
• Editorships & Editorial Boards : 7
• Fellows: 17 (including AIChE & American Physical Society)

Graduate Student Statistics

• Graduate Students Fall 2016: 164
• Gender: 100 Male, 59 Female
• Citizenship: 100 Domestic, 64 International
• Competitive Internal Fellowships (Fall 2016 class): 9
• Competitive External Fellowships (Fall 2016 class): 6
• GRE Scores: Average for Fall 2015 class: V 156; Q 163; WR 4
• Average GPA (Fall 2015 class): 3.83 PhD; 3.64 MSE
• Degrees Awarded in 2015-16: 10 PhD, 39 MSE

Undergraduate Student Statistics

• Declared Undergraduate Students Fall 2016: 412
• Gender: 254 (66%) Male; 158 (34%) Female
• Residency: 256 (64%) In State; 156 (36%) Out of State
• Degrees Awarded 2015/2016: 173

Chemical Engineering Department Research Statistics

• Total Research Expenditures (2016): $15,044,909
• Total Externally Sponsored Research Expenditures (2013): $12,000,000
• Papers published (2015): 160
• Invention Disclosures (since 2005): 177
• Patents (since 2005): 66

Research Infrastructure

• Total Lab space:  41,714 sq. ft.
• Student and Research Offices: 23,756 sq. ft.

Additional Facilities:

• Clean Room: 3029 H.H. Dow
• Confocal Microscope Lab: 3075 H.H. Dow
• Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory (EMAL):West basement of Space Research Building
• Mammalian Cell Culture Lab: 3327 G.G. Brown