化学工程系提供研究生课程，以取得化学工程硕士学位（MCHE）和化学工程哲学博士学位（PhD）。该系研究生课程的目的是为学生提供发展工程和科学定量技能的指导和机会，以及为现代社会的福利应用这些技能的敏锐度。该计划的学生自然具有广泛的兴趣爱好和职业目标，这是本系的哲学，使他们了解各种基础和应用研究问题，这些问题将磨练任何职业（无论是行业，学术部门或政府部门。化学工程系设在Allan P.Colburn实验室中，以纪念建立该系的化学工程先驱之一。该实验室设有配备有现代催化和表面科学工具的催化科学和技术中心以及分
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the master of chemical engineering (M.Ch.E.) degree and the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in chemical engineering. The purpose of the department's graduate programs is to provide the guidance and opportunity for students to develop the quantitative skills of engineering and science and the acumen to apply these skills for the welfare of modern society. Students in the program naturally have a broad range of interests and career objectives, and it is the philosophy of the department to expose them to a variety of fundamental and applied research problems that will hone those engineering skills necessary in any career, whether in industry, academia or government.<br><br>This involves a combination of graduate core courses in chemical engineering and applied mathematics, advanced science and engineering electives and independent (thesis) research conducted with the guidance and mentorship of a chemical engineering faculty member. (A nonthesis option is also available for the M.Ch.E. degree).<br><br>The Chemical Engineering Department is housed in Allan P. Colburn Laboratory, a memorial to one of the pioneers in chemical engineering who established the department. The laboratory houses the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, which is equipped with the modern tools of catalysis and surface science, and the Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics, whose personnel study a range of thermodynamic problems. Other laboratory facilities are for research in alternative energy, polymer engineering, rheology, process control, fluid mechanics, biochemical and biomedical engineering, materials science, photovoltaic systems, mass transfer and separation processes. The department's growing emphasis on bioengineering is enhanced by the participation of a number of faculty and students in the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. The department also benefits from close contacts with industrial colleagues in the Delaware Valley and New Jersey heartland of the chemical process industries. An extensive program of visiting scholars brings distinguished engineering scientists from around the world to the campus for periods ranging from a few days to a year.