BS in Chemical Engineering/MS in Chemical Engineering

To earn a joint Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering/Master of Science in Chemical Engineering degree from UIC, students need to complete university, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of Chemical Engineering degree requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Engineering section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies.

The Joint Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (BSCHE) and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (MSCHE) is designed for undergraduate students who desire to pursue graduate studies in Chemical Engineering or who wish to prepare themselves for advanced placement in the workplace. Students will earn both a BSCHE and an MSCHE degree upon completion, with 8 hours of course work shared between the two degrees.

The requirements for completion of the combined BSCHE/MSCHE degree are identical to the completion of these two separate degrees; however, there are 8 hours of shared course work used for both degrees. Completion of 122 hours at the undergraduate level; plus 8 shared hours counting toward both the BSCHE and MSCHE degrees; plus 28 hours of course work at the graduate level will result in joint BSCHE/MSCHE degrees. Students accepted into the joint degree program will be able to take a 400-level (graduate) Chemical Engineering course and a 500-level seminar course after they complete CHE 301, CHE 311, CHE 312, CHE 313, and CHE 321. These students will be eligible to enroll as graduate students to receive 4 hours for the 400-level (graduate) chemical engineering course. The 400-level CHE course will count towards the technical elective course for the bachelor's degree and as an elective course for the master's degree. The student will then select a 500-level seminar course and a 400-level course from other engineering majors chosen in consultation with their CHE advisor. The 400-level non-CHE course will count towards the elective course outside the major for the bachelor's degree (or free electives in the BS in CHE) and the elective course for the master's degree. The 500-level seminar courses will count towards the elective course for the master's degree.

Students can apply for the joint degree at any time before the end of the second week of the fall term of their senior year in the BS program. A GPA of 2.50/4.00 or higher in the prior semester is required for application to the joint BS/MS degree program. Students also need to maintain an overall GPA of 2.00 or higher in BS and an overall GPA of 3.00 or higher in the MS program. The applications will be reviewed by the Graduate Admission Committee in the Chemical Engineering department to determine whether the student will be admitted to this program. The department reserves the right to decline or accept any application. If a student is admitted to the joint program, a Change of Program form will be processed to finalize the admission.