Our department has earned global respect by providing a world-class hands-on education with personal attention for decades.
As a ChemE major, you'll conduct research in our state-of-the-art labs beginning your first year. And you can select from several areas of concentration, including chemical engineering analysis and energy production and utilization.
Rose-Hulman awarded the nation's first chemical engineering degree back in 1889 and have been educating the world's best chemical engineering professionals ever since. Our career placement rate is always near 100 percent and our graduates go on to great jobs at companies such as Anheuser Busch, Archer Daniels Midland, Cook Medical, Frito Lay, Koch Industries and Eli Lilly.
Our program is ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. To view more of our department rankings, visit this page.
A chemical engineering major will give you a foundation for a career in the chemical process industries. We stress fundamental principles to prepare you for either graduate study or a career in industry.
