Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder is a world-class program. The department was ranked 19th overall and 10th among public graduate programs by U.S. News & World Report. The department was ranked 4th in average citations per publication by University Science Indicators, as reported by SCI-BYTES (2000-2004).

The department offers cutting-edge training to outstanding graduate and undergraduate students.  Our research programs are extremely active, with a strong focus on how fundamental science can be extended to engineering applications.  Our research strengths include biomaterials and tissue engineering, biopharmaceuticals, metabolic engineering, renewable energy, complex fluid behavior, functional materials designed at the micro- and nanoscale level, catalysis, sensors, membranes, and polymers. 

Strengths in these areas are underscored by industry-supported centers in membranes, biorefining, and photopolymerizations, and by government-funded graduate training programs in biotechnology, renewable energy, sensors, and functional materials.  Our strong undergraduate program emphasizes a high degree of faculty-student interactions, an active learning classroom environment, undergraduate research and multiple interdisciplinary degree options.