ChBE by Numbers

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report

• Graduate Chemical Engineering Programs: #5
• Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Programs: #2
• College of Engineering: #4 (undergrad), #5 (grad)
• America's Best Public Universities: #15

Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2022

• World's Best Chemical Engineering Departments, #4

Undergraduate Students

• ~670 undergraduates

Graduate Students

• PhD: 240
• MS: 23
• NSF fellows: 17
• Women: 102 (overall MS+PhD)
• Black, Hispanic, and Native American: 52

Faculty & Staff

• 42 core faculty (15 women)
• 2 affiliated faculty
• 6 adjunct faculty
• 2 professors of the practice
• 4 academic professionals
• ~60 postdoctoral researchers
• 34 staff members

Faculty Statistics

• 23 faculty members hold major editorial positions with top technical journals
• 18 National Science Foundation Career Award winners on the faculty
• 10 current and emeritus faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering
• 10 AIChE Fellows serving on the faculty