UNH Graduate School - Chemical Engineering

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Application Deadlines

Fall:
February 15th for financial assistance
July 1st (April 1st recommended)

Spring:
December 1st

Summer:
Not open for admissions

Application Requirements

Test Scores: GRE

Special Instructions: No specific special instructions. If you have any questions regarding application requirements or other aspects of the program please contact the department directly.

New England Regional:
Vermont (MS and PHD)

Chemical Engineering

Kingsbury Hall
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862 - 3654
Email:
Web Address: http://www.unh.edu/chemical-engineering/

Degree Offered (MS, PHD):

The Department of Chemical Engineering offers the master of science degree and chemical engineering Ph.D. option in the Engineering Ph.D. Program.

Admission Requirements

An applicant is expected to have completed a baccalaureate degree or master’s degree in chemical engineering. Students with good academic records but with deficiencies in certain areas may be admitted on condition that they complete specified courses without credit to make up for their deficiencies. Applicants must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the GRE.

Degree Requirements

M.S. Degree Requirements
A minimum of 30 credits, which must include CHE 913, 915, 916, 923, and 932, is required for the master of science in chemical engineering. The core courses requirement can be waived only in special cases with permission from the department faculty. A thesis (6 credits) is required, unless the candidate is specifically exempted by the faculty because of previous research experience. These candidates must still fulfill the 30 credit minimum requirement.

Ph.D. Option Requirements
Students admitted to the Ph.D. program normally hold master’s degrees in chemical engineering. The program generally requires three years of study beyond the master’s degree.

A minimum of 50 credits or 15 courses (whichever comes first) must be completed beyond the bachelor’s degree. At least eight of the courses must be at the 900 level. Students who enter the Ph.D. program must pass a written qualifying examination, which consists of five papers on Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics.

The qualifying examination is administered after the completion of coursework requirements. The student must prepare a research proposal, which is different from their Ph.D. dissertation research, and defend the proposal in an oral examination before a committee.

There is no language requirement.

A dissertation based on original research is required. Upon completion of the dissertation, doctoral candidates will take the final oral examination.

Permission of the instructor and consent of the student’s adviser are required for enrollment in all chemical engineering courses.