Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems at the interface of chemical engineering and biology, with an emphasis at the molecular level, such as biopharmaceutical processes, protein engineering, metabolic engineering, gene therapy, biomaterials, cell and tissue engineering, and drug delivery. Includes instruction in chemical engineering, thermodynamics, organic chemistry, biochemistry, momentum and heat transfer, cellular and molecular biotechnology, process design, and chemical reactor design.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 14 institutions across the United States, with a total of 819 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

5

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

150

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

70

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

48

degrees awarded

Other Awards

546

awards given

Top Schools for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
231
2 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
213
3 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
117
4 Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
54
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
45
6 Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH
30
7 Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
27
8 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
24
9 Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
21
10 Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
18
11 Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS
15
12 Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
9
13 Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
9
14 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
6