Carnegie Mellon University - College of Engineering
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
Pittsburgh, USA
MSc
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: Carnegie Mellon University's graduate programme in Chemical Engineering leverages cutting-edge research, technology, and hands-on project work. You can pursue a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering or in Colloids, Polymers, and Surfaces, or continue to a PhD. Coursework and projects focus on numerical methods, computational fluid mechanics, transport, process simulation, optimization, analytical and experimental techniques.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter industry R&D, process engineering, computational modeling, data-driven process optimization, government research, or academic research and teaching. Master's graduates work on simulation, design, and optimization; PhD graduates lead independent research in academia, industry, or national labs.
Roles include R&D and consulting.
Our graduate programs in Chemical Engineering take advantage of the cutting-edge research and technology at Carnegie Mellon through project work and graduate-level courses. Whether you’re looking for your Master of Science in Chemical Engineering or Colloids, Polymers, and Surfaces, or your Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, our curriculum provides students with skills and technical depth relevant for a variety of careers.
Graduates of our master’s programs excel at numerical methods for solving engineering problems, computational fluid mechanics and transport, process simulation, and optimization. Students pursuing their Ph.D. become independent researchers equipped to apply chemical engineering principles, as well as advanced analytical and experimental techniques to the solution of open ended problems in academia, industry, and governmental research careers.
