BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Working professionals are often interested in gaining more experience, developing sharper skills and increasing their knowledge in a specific area. Graduate certificates allow you to accomplish this in only four or five courses. Courses successfully taken as part of a certificate program can also be applied toward a degree in that field if you apply and are accepted into the related master’s program.

The certificate program in Biochemical Engineering is a concentration of courses that introduce the fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering, and topics supporting the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries. Students wishing to obtain a Master’s in Chemical Engineering, but with a concentration in Biochemical Engineering can earn the Biochemical Engineering Certificate. Click here for details on the MS in Biochemical Engineering.

The Biochemical Engineering Certificate consists of the two required courses and two elective courses.

Required Courses

Fall Semester (even years)

CHE 8588 - Biochemical Engineering I

Spring Semester (odd years)

CHE 8589 - Biochemical Engineering II

Elective Courses

Two electives are to be selected from the following list of courses, subject to the approval of the Chemical Engineering Department.

Select 1 of the following:

CHE 7587 - Biopharm Facility Design

CHE 8586 - Biomaterials & Drug Delivery

CHE 8591 - Gene & Cell Therapy

CHE 8592 - Protein Engineering

CHE 8663 - Systems Biology

Plus, any 2nd elective course in the list of electives above or:

CHM 7693 - Core Biochemistry

CHE 8564 - Fluid Dynamics

CHE 8563 - Transport Phenomena

CHE 7005 - Global Pharmaceutical Business