In the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering program, students study the molecular-level interface between the physical sciences and the life sciences, with focus areas including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, alternative energy and sustainability, and nanodevices.

1. Course-based MSE: A coursework-only degree in which students take ten 3-credit graduate-level courses. This option typically takes three semesters to complete. 
2. Design-based MSE: Similar to the essay-based MSE track (and classified as a subset of such), except 3–4 semesters of Product Design are taken in addition to the six other graduate-level courses, and the end product is a written report and a presentation open to the department.
3. Essay-based MSE: A research-intensive MSE in which students take six 3-credit graduate-level courses and undertake original research. The end product of the research is in the form of an MSE Essay submitted to the university and a presentation open to the department. This option typically takes four semesters and the intervening summer to complete. It can be shorter for students who do their research through the INBT Co-op Program.

Admission Requirements

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 4-Year Bachelor's Degree
• Min GPA: 77.0% Convert grades
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:

  • Min TOEFL iBT: 100

  • Min IELTS overall: 7

  This program does NOT offer conditional admission
• Other test requirements: GRE Test required
  • Min GRE requirement: (Min Verbal & Quantitative combined: 1.0, Min Verbal: 1.0 [1 %], Min Quantitative: 1.0 [1 %], Min Writing: 0.5 [1 %])

Other fees:

• Health Insurance Fee: $2,949 per year