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Overview

The Cornell Graduate School is organized into eighty-nine major and twelve minor fields of study. The fields are independent of traditional college or department divisions, and they may draw faculty from several colleges, departments, and related disciplines in accordance with scholarly interests. This structure allows graduate students to take full advantage of Cornell's unique interdisciplinary environment, and enables students to pursue an individualized plan of study.

Lydia Contreras and Adam Fisher use a flow cytometer to isolate rare clones of engineered bacterial cells.
Lydia Contreras and Adam Fisher use a flow cytometer to isolate rare clones of engineered bacterial cells.

The field of chemical engineering offers advanced degree programs to prepare its students for research and technical careers in industry, academia, and government. The program strikes a balance between the science of chemical engineering and its implementation through synthesis - a blend that provides a strong base in the discipline's fundamentals while developing in its students the skills to apply these fundamentals to significant engineering problems.

Graduate students in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering may study either for the Master of Science, the Doctor of Philosophy, or the Master of Engineering (Chemical) degree in the following areas of research:

Cornell's graduates from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are currently employed in research, consulting, engineering, and management positions throughout academia, government, and industry.

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