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Admission to the graduate program requires a bachelor's degree from a recognized academic institution and a proven record of good performance on the part of the applicant. Most of our graduate students have bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering or materials science, metallurgical or ceramic engineering. Applicants of great promise with degrees in other areas can be accepted; however, depending on your background, you may be required to complete a series of upper division undergraduate courses before you begin your formal graduate studies.

If required, these courses must be taken for credit and for a letter grade, not on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Credit for these courses will only be counted toward graduate degree requirements to the extent that they fall within the limit on undergraduate units. They are considered preparation for your graduate courses.

Required Chemical Engineering Courses
No. Course Title Units
ECH51 Materials Balances 4
ECH140 Mathematical Methods in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering 4
ECH141 Fluid Mechanics for Biochemical and Chemical Engineers 4
ECH142 Heat Transfer for Biochemical and Chemical Engineers 4
ECH143 Mass Transfer for Biochemical and Chemical Engineers 4
ECH146 Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering 5
ECH152A, 152B Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 7
ECH157 Process Dynamics and Controls 4
ECH110A, 110B Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics; Physical Chemistry: Kinetics 8
Required Materials Science and Engineering Courses
No. Course Title Units
EMS160 Thermodynamics of Materials Processes and Phase Stability 4
EMS162 Structure and Characterization of Engineering Materials 4
EMS164 Rate Processes in Materials Science 4
EMS174 Mechanical Behavior of Materials 4