Skip to Content
Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Menu
  • Education
  • Research
  • News
  • People
  • Events
  • Alumni
  • Values
  • Department resources
  • Visitor resources
Creating a better future

Look around you: nearly everything you see was made in part by a chemical engineer.

Creating a better future

Look around you: nearly everything you see was made in part by a chemical engineer.

  • Graduate admissions
  • Request graduate program information

News

Sep 14

A student stands outside in front of a Merck sign.

A summer to remember

From pharmaceutical operations to user experience development, internship experiences shape ChemE undergraduate learning.

Aug 21

Enter alt text

Security to satellites: Engineering interns share insights Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering students traveled the U.S. and internationally to intern for organizations in robotics, medicine, finance, and more.

Aug 17

Image of professional woman in a suit with arms crossed standing in front of window.

Inspiring leadership

Vice Provost for Faculty and Professor of Chemical Engineering Shelley Anna shares her leadership journey.

More news from Chemical Engineering

Welcome to Chemical Engineering

Join ChemE

Undergraduate program in chemical engineering

The chemical engineering major at Carnegie Mellon University offers an industry-informed curriculum with hands-on research and study abroad opportunities.

Graduate programs

The Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University offers a Ph.D. program and four master's programs with a unique computational focus, preparing students for careers in industry or academia.

Research

Be a part of cutting-edge chemical engineering research at Carnegie Mellon University. Explore projects on sustainability, renewable energy, health and more.

Giving

Your gift to the Department of Chemical Engineering will enable cutting-edge research that impacts the way we live each day.

Carnegie Mellon

Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Doherty Hall
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412.268.2230

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
Carnegie Mellon
2026 Carnegie Mellon University / Legal

““The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”” Albert Einstein

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems form a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” Albert Einstein

“The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don’t expect.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that’s precise, predictive, and reliable—a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.” Brian Greene

“I am among those who think that science has great beauty. ” Marie Curie

“Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” Thomas Berger

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Anthony J. D’Angelo.

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. ” Malcolm X

“Good questions outrank easy answers.” Paul Samuelson

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

“Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” Marian Wright Edelman

“Creating means living.” Dejan Stojanovic

2026 Carnegie Mellon University / Legal