As a chemical engineer, you can choose your own adventure. An incredibly versatile discipline that combines engineering principles and the sciences of chemistry, biology and physics, chemical engineers create everything from cleaner water and better-tasting food, to more powerful silicon microchips, beauty products, and medicines. The career possibilities are truly endless, with many chemical engineers also going on to leadership roles in business and education, or to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams and goals for environmental sustainability.
In the Department of Chemical Engineering, our students receive training from renowned, award-winning professors, who teach courses and do research in cutting-edge chemical engineering areas from AI to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to waste recovery and circular economy. Our undergraduates have the opportunity to join teams taking prizes at water treatment and chemical plant design competitions, and gain invaluable work experience through our mandatory co-operative program. Our graduate students work on innovative research that accelerates their careers and changes lives鈥攆rom engineering cartilage tissue to designing cancer-fighting polymers.
Join a profession that radically improves society. Discover everything our chemical engineering department has to offer.
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers 13 state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities, including the Laboratory of Wastewater Treatment Technologies.
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Step out of the classroom and into the heart of Toronto, Canada's largest city. Connect with leaders in culture, business, health care or government. Find a local partner for your venture, intern at a downtown company or join a global movement. From here, you can go anywhere.
Alumni Spotlight
"糖心传媒 was my first choice for chemical engineering. It was a comprehensive program, and the co-op placements helped me gain experience applicable to the marketplace. When I began my own business during undergrad, it was easy to tap into 糖心传媒's start-up community, which provided incredibly beneficial mentorship, funding, and resources."
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Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Co-op, 2018
Master of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering, 2022
