化学与材料工程系致力于开发和维护本科生和研究生课程，以教育学生如何在工业上重要的化学和材料系统中安全地控制和操纵物质。该学院将通过提供智力领导，创新教学，大学和社区服务，同时进行国际认可的研究，继续教育学生并维持其课程。该系的本科生和研究生课程根据国家标准不断完善，旨在鼓励跨学科教育。研究目标集中于对大学，社区，阿拉巴马州和国家的进一步发展具有重要意义的技术。CME部门提供了两个计划，可授予化学工程学位的MSE学位。这些被指定为：计划I（论文），计划II（非论文）。
The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering is dedicated to developing and maintaining undergraduate and graduate programs that educate students in the safe control and manipulation of matter in industrially important chemical and materials systems. The faculty will continue to educate students and maintain its programs by providing intellectual leadership, innovative teaching, university and community service, while conducting internationally recognized research. Undergraduate and graduate programs within the department are continuously refined based on national standards and are designed to encourage interdisciplinary education. Research objectives focus on technology important to the further development of the university, the community, the state of Alabama, and the nation. The CME Department offers two plans leading to the MSE degree for the Chemical Engineering option. These are designated: Plan I (Thesis), Plan II (Non-thesis).