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Chemical Engineering

Turn new ideas into useful products for consumers and businesses! Use your knowledge of chemistry to solve manufacturing problems! Be the link between invention and mass production!

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The UMass Lowell Chemical Engineering Department boasts an accomplished faculty, a diverse range of programs and degrees and well-established ties to industrial and research institutions. Join thousands of successful UMass Lowell alumni working in industry, academia and research in the chemical engineering field. Learn more.

Chemical Engineering by the numbers

  • Fall 2018 Undergraduate Enrollment

  • 2017 Undergraduate Degrees

  • Full-time Faculty

The UMass Lowell Edge

  • Mina Le
    Mina Le
    Chemical Engineering

    Senior chemical engineering major Mina Le chose a work-study job at the front desk of the Student Employment Office because she wanted to improve her communication skills. She’s done that and more, being named the university’s Student Employee of the Year.

  • Joshua Walsh
    Joshua Walsh
    Environmental Engineering

    An honors seminar led Joshua Walsh to design a drinking water system and solar grid for a center in Haiti.

  • Steven Jacek
    Steven Jacek
    Chemical Engineering

    Research and community are important to Steven Jacek. Fortunately, he’s found opportunities for both on campus.

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