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Are you interested in improving our polluted environment? Developing fuels of the future? Using our limited natural resources more efficiently? Helping to make the medicines that extend and improve life? Producing the countless chemicals needed to help keep our technological society functioning smoothly? Working in supervisory and management positions in the multibillion dollar chemical industry? Manufacturing the integrated circuits that drive the "Information Society"? If these and similar challenges excite your imagination, you should consider a career in chemical engineering.
Graduates of chemical engineering outnumber graduates of business or any other single field in executive positions in the chemical industry, largely because of their broad education and their ability to solve problems. Two out of three Ole Miss chemical engineering graduates reach supervisory-administrative-management positions within 10 to 15 years of graduation.
Eventually, about 40 percent of Ole Miss chemical engineering graduates receive advanced degrees. An undergraduate degree in chemical engineering has proven to be an excellent preparation for medical, dental, and law schools. About 10 percent of Ole Miss chemical engineering graduates enter these professional schools.
A student who is doing or has the capability of doing "B" level or higher quality work in high school and who likes science and math courses is likely to be successful in the chemical engineering program at Ole Miss. Admission Requirements are set by the School of Engineering. The Engineering School also administers several scholarship programs.
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The Chemical Engineering Department's objectives and desired student outcomes focus on preparing students for a variety of career paths. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the national engineering accrediting agency.
The Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (B.S.Ch.E.) curriculum includes 133 semester hours of course work and may be completed in four academic years. The curriculum also allows the junior college graduate or science major to enter the program at the junior level.
Students interested in medical school are usually pleased to learn that the only medical school prerequisite that does not apply to the B.S.Ch.E. is the general biology sequence.
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Each member of the Ole Miss Chemical Engineering faculty holds a Ph.D. degree from a well-known and respected university. The faculty has a varied background of academic and industrial experience. All "lecture" courses in the Department are taught by faculty, never by graduate assistants.
The student : faculty ratio is exceptional, at about 6:1. The Department is proud of it's "open door" policies -- all professors are available to work with all students. This makes it possible for each undergraduate to get individualized attention for optimum educational opportunity.
Special projects and undergraduate research opportunities exist for students who wish to work individually with a faculty member to develop research skills and broaden their University experience.
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The Chemical Engineering department has more than 30 000 square feet of space available for its use in Anderson and Carrier Halls. Laboratory facilities include a wide variety of instructional and research equipment. Students have access to the ChE computer lab, as well as computer facilities operated by the School of Engineering and the University Office of Information Technology.
The department is vitally interested in the professional development of its students and is a strong supporter of the student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Ch.E. students are also leaders in student chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers.
If you have questions about our programs, please contact us. The department office can be reached at (601)232-7023 or if you prefer email we'll try to get back to you that way.
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