• Graduate courses: 48 credits
• Maximum 24 transfer credits
• Minimum 30 credits at the 700 level (at least 12 taken at UNR)
• ChE 795 credit does not count as Graduate Course credit.  It is in addition to these requirements.
• These courses must include:
• Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, ChE 760 (3 credits)
• Advanced Kinetics and Reactor Design, ChE 741 (3 credits)
• Advanced Transport Phenomena, ChE 764, ChE 765 (6 credits)
• ChE Research Seminar, ChE 790 (6 credits)
• Minimum of 9 elective credits in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of 9 elective credits outside of Chemical Engineering
• All courses must be pre-approved by the student's Examining & Advising Committee
• Qualifying Examination (oral)
• Comprehensive Examination, ChE 795 (3 credits) (written original research proposal with oral defense)
• Dissertation, ChE 799 (24 credits)
• Students will not enroll in thesis/dissertation courses until a program of study has been approved.  The program of study will be completed no later than the second semester of graduate work.  All graduate students will not be required to take more than 7-9 credits each semester, regardless if assistantship support.  Students may take more than 7-9 credits if approved by their advisors and the work is consistent with the program of study.
• The qualifying exam should be given the week prior to the first semester for any graduate doctoral level students. This exam consists of a review of the students transcript(s) to insure that the student has the prerequisites for the required four core courses. It may also include a formal examination which tests the students knowledge of the prerequisite material.  A written report will be provided to the student from the Graduate Committee for their program of study.
• The five (5) core classes below must be taken by all graduate students unless the student can demonstrate “equivalent knowledge” evidenced by a grade of a B or better in courses with equivalent course catalog content from an accredited program or through satisfactory performance on a written examination that meets the standard of examinations that would be given in the courses in question.  These courses are:

·         Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, ChE 760 (3 credits)

·         Advanced Kinetics and Reactor Design, ChE 741 (3 credits)

·         Advanced Transport Phenomena I, ChE 764 (3 credits)

·         Advanced Transport Phenomena II, ChE 765 (3 credits).

·         Process Control, ChE 451/651 (3 credits)

·         Credits related to thesis research should be taken as ChE 799 (for Ph.D. Students). 

Students must have a B.S.Ch.E. for entry into this program.
Students with a chemistry degree should see
www.unr.edu/chemengr/ChemMS.htm

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