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Interested in engineering new sources of fuel, pharmaceuticals and novel plastics, metals and electronic devices? Professors in the Department of Chemical Engineering will show you how:

  • The breadth and flexibility of chemical engineering enables graduates to work on some of the most exciting and demanding challenges presented by areas as diverse as energy generation and sustainability; environmental protection; medicine and biotechnology; transportation and housing.
  • Chemical engineering students may pursue a specialized biopharmaceutical track, which offers classes within the College of Pharmacy—one of the top 10 pharmacy schools in the country.
  • Students can receive recognition for concentrating their studies with certificates in environmental engineering and nano-scale engineering.

Financial Aid

The College of Engineering awards several scholarships based on your high school grade point average, ACT or SAT scores, writing ability and overall leadership potential. Most engineering scholarships are partial scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000, and the average first-year scholarship ranges from $1,500 to $3,000. Incoming freshmen fill out the freshman scholarship application, continuing students fill out the continuing student scholarship application and transfer students fill out the transfer scholarship application. The application is then returned to the Engineering Scholarship office and the student is matched to appropriate scholarships that fit either their demographics, GPA or financial need. Students do not need to fill out an application for each scholarship. For more information about this process visit the financial aid page on the main College of Engineering website.

The University of Kentucky Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering undergraduate programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. For more information on ABET visit www.abet.org.