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UVA Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program
chemical engineering

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Additional Programs:
Nanotechnology Certificate Program
National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)

This graduate program in chemical engineering prepares men and women for advanced work in the chemical, plastics, energy, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as for many other industrial and government positions. A program of studies leading to the Master of Engineering (M.E.) degree usually consists of five "core" courses:

• ChE 615 - Advanced Thermodynamics
• ChE 618 - Chemical Reaction Engineering
• ChE 625 - Transport Processes
• ChE 630 - Mass Transfer
• ChE 665 - Techniques for Chemical Engineering Analysis and Design

Elective courses offered include ChE 642, Applied Surface Chemistry; ChE 649, Polymer Engineering; and ChE 647, Biochemical Engineering.  The distance learning courses are offered live in Charlottesville and transmitted simultaneously. All courses are taught by the regular faculty in Charlottesville.

The Masters degree requires 30 hours of course work.  A total of eight ChE courses (or 24 semester hours) are offered via videoconferencing.  Courses in related areas may be taken from other UVA disciplines or transferred from other universities. Such courses could be in the areas of mathematics, chemistry, materials science, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, and systems engineering.  In addition, one course may be an independent research course, ChE 795, which would be done by special arrangement with one of the faculty. This course can be taken during any semester or the summer.

Distance learning courses may be taken for degree credit, or for non-degree continuing education. To be used for degree credit, application for admission to the graduate program must have been made prior to enrolling.

8/21/07