Requirements

Admission Requirements

• The general admissions requirements for this program are set by the Auburn University Graduate School.

Degree Requirements

• The degree requires 32 semester hours.
• There are three core graduate courses in chemical engineering, each of which is 3 credit hours:
  
  • CHEN 7100 - Transport Phenomena,
  • CHEN 7200 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
  • CHEN 7250 - Chemical Reaction Engineering.
• Each professional chemical engineering graduate student can select electives for the remaining 23 credit hours to create an individualized plan of study according to the following requirements:
  • A minimum of 12 credit hours of electives must be from chemical engineering courses with the remaining 11 credit hours from engineering, business, science courses, or chemical engineering courses.
  • At least 7 of the 23 credit hours of electives must be at the 7000 level or above.

Equipment Requirements

• Graduate Outreach students are required to have either a Personal Computer or Laptop (Celeron 1.0 GHz minimum/ Pentium 4 1.5 GHz desired). CDROM drive required/DVD drive suggested.
• Students must have access to the Internet (dial up minimum, high speed suggested).
• Course materials are delivered mainly in VHS videotape format. We are offering limited distribution of DVDs. Check with the Engineering Graduate Outreach Office to discover if your course will be available in DVD format.

Other Requirements

• The Graduate School allows you 5 years from the time of admittance to complete your degree program.