About the Department
Formally established as a separate department in 1920, MIT's Chemical Engineering department (ChemE) has not only set the standard for instruction and research in the field, it continues to redefine the discipline's frontiers. With one of three undergraduate programs focusing on chemical-biological engineering for students interested in the emerging biotech and life sciences industries, and two of three graduate programs providing an experiential course of study in chemical engineering practice in collaboration with MIT's Sloan School of Management, ChemE at MIT is quite unlike chemical engineering anywhere else.
MIT ChemE Facts & Figures
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In 2009, for the 20th consecutive year, US News & World Report gave its top rankings to both our graduate and undergraduate programs among the nation's chemical engineering departments.
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, our sponsored research expenditures exceeded $33 million.
More than 10% of our alumni are senior executives of industrial companies.
More than 10% of the nation's teachers of chemical engineering earned one or more degrees from MIT.
Nearly 25% of the recipients of major awards presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society's Murphree Award have been alumni or faculty of MIT.
Nine faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Two of our faculty — Daniel I.C. Wang and Robert S. Langer — hold the esteemed title of Institute Professor, MIT's highest faculty honor.
Of the nearly 100 chemical engineers elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 20% have been alumni or faculty.
In 2009, for the 20th consecutive year, US News & World Report gave its top rankings to both our graduate and undergraduate programs among the nation's chemical engineering departments.Visit US News & World Report >>
