Program requirements
The program of study leading to the Master of Science in Chemical Engineering must include a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit consisting of the following:
- Fifteen semester hours of chemical engineering graduate courses, including CME 507, 521 or 522, 542 or 543, and 581 or 582.
- Nine semester hours of electives as approved by the advisor and the department chair.
- Six semester hours on an approved thesis project; a final examination is required at the completion of the thesis. Upon the request of the student and with the approval of the faculty advisor and chair of the department, six hours of additional course work plus three hours of special problem work may be substituted for the thesis.
A final examination is required at the completion of the thesis or course work. Students are required to maintain a minimum cumulative grade of B (3.0 of a possible 4.0) with no more than two grades of C permitted.
Admission requirements
The normal qualification for admission is graduation from an accredited engineering curriculum with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average based on a 4.0 grading system. Students who have degrees in physics, chemistry, applied mathematics or related sciences are encouraged to apply, but may be required to take a limited amount of undergraduate work including three semester hours in differential equations to complete their preparation for graduate study in the School of Engineering.
For more information about admission, program requirements and course descriptions, see the University of Dayton School of Engineering Graduate Bulletin.
