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Graduate Programs

Degree Options Overview

Graduate Degree Options

  • Master of Science
  • Doctor of Philosophy

Explore an M.S. or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

Colloids and Interface Science

The study of colloids and interface science have applications in a broad range of areas that include the chemical industry, biotechnology, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals and more.

SCBME faculty experts include:

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

The study of catalysis and reaction engineering includes the control and understanding of networks of reactions that occur at the cellular-level and their impacts. These actions react with the introduction of heat, light, electricity or chemical energy.

SCBME faculty experts include:

Environmental and Sustainability Engineering

The study of environmental and sustainability engineering focuses on environmental challenges faced both locally and internationally while providing solutions that are sustainabile and lasting. Students learn how to design products that promote sustainability for both the environment and human health

CBME faculty experts include:

Bio-Pharmaceutical Engineering

The study of bio-pharmaceutical engineering is where discovery, formulation and manufacturing meet targeted drug delivery to benefit cancer patients and more. 

SCBME faculty experts include:

Next Steps

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OU is a highly ranked and reputable research university:

  • The Gallogly College is ranked in the Top 100 Best Engineering Graduate Schools by U.S. News and World Report for 2023.
  • The Princeton Review ranks OU among the best in the nation in terms of academic excellence and cost for students.
  • OU has achieved the Carnegie Foundations highest tier of research activity classification.

OU Chemical Engineering Graduate Program offers a competitive stipend package to students on assistantships!

You can enter the Ph.D. program without obtaining an M.S. degree first. Annual stipends are also available for M.S. students.

We accept both M.S. and Ph.D. applicants. Master’s students often stay for their Ph.D. degrees.

OU Chemical Engineering Graduate Program offers a competitive stipend package to students on assistantships!

You can enter the Ph.D. program without obtaining an M.S. degree first. Annual stipends are also available for M.S. students.

We accept both M.S. and Ph.D. applicants. Master’s students often stay for their Ph.D. degrees.

We have expense paid visits to the campus available for qualified students located in the U.S.!

Just email chegrad@ou.edu to let us know you are interested in discussing a visit. Include your resume and a copy of your transcript. In addition, students who meet the criteria and are invited for a visit will have their university application fee paid for by the department.

Our graduates are employed by reputable U.S. and international companies that include:

3M, Abengoa, Agilent, AMD, Baker Hughes, BASF, Chevron, Clorox, ConocoPhillps, Drom Fragrances, Dupont, ExxonMobil, Gore and Associates, Halliburton, Imation, Intel, Master Foods/Mars, Micromeritics, Nanofilm Ltd., Procter & Gamble, Schlumberger, Shell Oil Company, U.S. Navy, U.S. Patent Office, and Unilever.

Our Post-Docs have secured positions at these institutions:
University of Bristol, England; University of California-Berkeley; University of Delaware; Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Ontario, Canada; Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory.

Our graduates have secured faculty positions at these institutions:
University of California Davis; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; EAFIT University, Colombia; Feng chia University, Taiwan; University of Kansas; Kasetsart University, Thailand; King Mohammed V University, Morocco; King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; University of Kuwait; University of Mississippi; National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; University of Nevada-Reno; New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Oklahoma, Oxford University, England; Rowan University; University of Toronto, University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Questions?

Contact SCBME

School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering

University of Oklahoma
Sarkeys Energy Center, Room T-301
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1004
Telephone: (405) 325-5811
Toll Free within USA: 1 (800) 601-9360

Graduate Program email:  chegrad@ou.edu
ou.edu/coe/cbme

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