The UT Chemical Engineering program is recognized for its excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. It graduates 120-130 BS degrees and 20-25 PhD degrees annually, and will continue at this level for the foreseeable future. With 620-650 undergraduates and about 150 graduate students, over 80 % of whom are in the PhD program, UT Chemical Engineering is among the larger programs nationally. Quality and numbers matter and its graduates are highly sought by industry and academia. UT Chemical Engineering will continue to be a program to look to in future years for superbly educated undergraduates and graduates.

The Department of Chemical Engineering consists of 25 faculty, included among this group are six members of the National Academy of Engineering. There are 18 professors, two associate professors and four assistant professors. Many have teaching awards and all are engaged in teaching undergraduates. The faculty research portfolio includes advanced materials, biotechnology, environmental engineering and science, microelectronics, modeling, simulation and theory, polymers, process systems and engineering, separations, and surface and interface science. Students can gain exposure to these areas of specialization through elective course offerings and independent study with the faculty. Our faculty are well known for their accomplishments in both teaching and research.

Chemical engineering is a discipline with a unique focus on chemical transformations and the systems in which these transformations occur. Chemical engineering is one of the most broadly based engineering disciplines. Its field of practice covers the development, design, and control of processes and products that involve molecular change and the operation of such processes. Since many of the products that sustain and improve life are produced by carefully designed and controlled molecular changes, the chemical engineer serves in a wide variety of industries. These industries range from chemical and energy companies to producers of all types of consumer and specialty products, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and polymers. In recent years, the scope of chemical engineering has been further broadened as discoveries in molecular biology, specialized polymers, and solid state devices are adapted to commercial use. The undergraduate experience will fully prepare its graduates to participate in and contribute to the technology of the present and the future.