Session 3213 The Core Graduate Chemical Engineering Program: Does It Exist?

A survey was undertaken to determine the prevalence and content of a “core ” of courses in chemical engineering graduate programs in the United States. The survey was sent to 127 schools. Every school of the 83 replying to the survey had either a set of required courses or a “cafeteria ” set of core courses required for graduate degrees. Transport phenomena and thermodynamics were required by almost every school, with kinetics/reaction engineering and applied mathematics following close behind