化学工程(Chemical Engineering),简称化工,是研究以化学工业为代表的,以及其他过程工业(如石油炼制工业、冶金工业、食品工业、印染工业等)生产过程中有关化学过程与物理过程的一般原理和规律,并应用这些规律来解决过程及装置的开发、设计、操作及优化问题的工程技术学科。四大工程领域分别有:土木工程、机械工程、电气工程、化学工程。其中,化学工程占据最小的部分,但是,在行业内薪水确实最高的。
从事职业:生化学家、化学工程师、化学家、生态学家、发明家、石油工程师、纺织制造商、化学材料科学家、环境工程师、药剂师
化学工程师美国各州就业情况:
2015USNews美国大学研究生化学工程专业排名
化学与化学工程
化学是化学工程的基础,化学就是各类化学分支的介绍,而化学工程仅需要简单的普通化学知识,更重要的是动量传递,热量传递,质量传递和化学反应过程,简称三传一反。化学偏重理论性,化工偏重实验与经验。化学工程与材料工程
材料工程主要是研究材料的各种性能、制备方法、开发新材料、新性能,不仅需要化学上的知识,还需要各种物理上的知识。比如材料的微观结构,材料的力学性能,抗酸抗腐蚀等!化学工程是研究化学工业和其他过程工业 (process industry) 生产中所进行的化学过程和物理过程共同规律的一门工程学科。开设学位 | BS、MS、ME、PhD |
平均薪水 | 化学工程师:$99,440 |
签证敏感度 | 中等 |
高中课程准备 | 理科 |
所属专业领域 | 工科 |
相关排名 | 2015USNEWS化学工程排名 2014QS化学工程世界排名 |
课程列表
有机化学 | Organic Chemistry |
物理化学 | Physical Chemistry |
微分方程 | Differential Equations |
物理学 | Physics |
工程制表 | Engineering Graphics |
工程力学 | Engineering Mechanics |
交通运输现象 | Transport Phenomena |
热力学 | Thermodynamics |
反应动力学 | Reaction Kinetics |
化学反应过程 | Chemical Reaction Engineering |
热能转换 | Heat and Mass Transfer |
处理系统加工与分析 | Design and Analysis of Processing Systems |
实习 | Internship |
就业状况
从事岗位:造纸厂,化肥制造商,制药公司,塑料制造商从事职业:生化学家、化学工程师、化学家、生态学家、发明家、石油工程师、纺织制造商、化学材料科学家、环境工程师、药剂师
化学工程师美国各州就业情况:
州名 | 就业人数 | 薪水/h | 薪水/年 |
德克萨斯州 | 6000 | $58.03 | $120,700 |
加州 | 2210 | $48.33 | $100,530 |
路易斯安那州 | 1930 | $54.58 | $113,520 |
宾夕法尼亚州 | 1760 | $45.48 | $113,520 |
俄亥俄州 | 1460 | $42.75 | $88,910 |
蒙大拿州 | 230 | $47.99 | $99,820 |
南卡罗来纳州 | 900 | $42.86 | $89,150 |
麻省 | 1200 | $47.14 | $98,050 |
弗吉尼亚州 | 1270 | $64.72 | $134,610 |
阿拉斯加州 | 100 | $60.70 | $126,250 |
特拉华州 | —— | $57.81 | $120,240 |
2015USNews美国大学研究生化学工程专业排名
排名 | 院校 | 学费 | 工程专业研究生注册总人数 |
#1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
$43,210 per year (full-time) | 3,174 |
#2 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
$39,990 per year (full-time) | 569 |
#3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$45,480 per year (full-time) | 3,517 |
#3 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,936 |
#3 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,928 |
#6 | University of Texas-Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX |
$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,397 |
#7 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
$40,170 per year (full-time) | 576 |
#8 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
$12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 765 |
#8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI |
$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,940 |
#10 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,576 |
#10 | University of Delaware Newark, DE |
$1,578 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,578 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 887 |
#12 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL |
$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,154 |
#12 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,178 |
#14 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
$40,000 per year (full-time) | 3,157 |
#14 | Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL |
$45,120 per year (full-time) | 1,799 |
#14 | Purdue University-West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,333 |
#14 | University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, CO |
$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,623 |
#18 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
$29,530 per year (full-time) | 1,812 |
#19 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$28,768 per year (full-time) | 1,609 |
#20 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD |
$45,470 per year (full-time) | 3,296 |
#20 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC |
$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,929 |
#20 | Pennsylvania State University-University Park University Park, PA |
$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,719 |
#23 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,680 |
#23 | University of California-Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA |
$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,854 |
#23 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,139 |
#26 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
$45,100 per year (full-time) | 783 |
#26 | Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX |
$38,260 per year (full-time) | 760 |
#28 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY |
$39,360 per year (full-time) | 2,827 |
#28 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA |
$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,130 |
#28 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
$43,980 per year (full-time) | 484 |
#31 | Iowa State University Ames, IA |
$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,161 |
#31 | Texas A&M University-College Station (Look) College Station, TX |
$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,066 |
#31 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,739 |
#31 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA |
$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 882 |
#31 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA |
$29,448 per year (full-time) | 4,857 |
#36 | University at Buffalo-SUNY Buffalo, NY |
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,801 |
#36 | University of Maryland-College Park (Clark) College Park, MD |
$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,150 |
#36 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 655 |
#39 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 |
#39 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ |
$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,162 |
#39 | University of Houston (Cullen) Houston, TX |
$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,208 |
#39 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) Pittsburgh, PA |
$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,067 |
#39 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,193 |
#39 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
$44,100 per year (full-time) | 879 |
#45 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
$38,588 per year (full-time) | 633 |
#45 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO |
$14,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,269 |
#45 | Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA |
$1,300 per credit (full-time) | 826 |
#45 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
$1,747 per credit (full-time) | 495 |
#49 | Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ |
$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,136 |
#50 | Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL |
$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 883 |
#50 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,041 |
#50 | University of California-Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA |
$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,325 |
#50 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
$36,500 per year (full-time) | 196 |
#54 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
$29,295 per year (full-time) | 1,146 |
#54 | University of California-San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,715 |
#54 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 |
#57 | Clemson University Clemson, SC |
$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,427 |
#57 | Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO |
$10,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,240 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 726 |
#57 | CUNY-City College (Grove) New York, NY |
$10,740 per year (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 613 |
#57 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL |
$1,204 per credit (full-time) | 1,587 |
#57 | Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA |
$6,631 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,706 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 667 |
#57 | Northeastern University Boston, MA |
$1,315 per credit (full-time) | 2,690 |
#57 | Tufts University Medford, MA |
$27,472 per year (full-time) | 592 |
#57 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 412 |
#57 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS |
$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 637 |
#57 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK |
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 555 |
#57 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,180 |
#68 | Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT |
$12,260 per year (full-time) | 389 |
#68 | Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI |
$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 907 |
#68 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR |
$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 912 |
#68 | Texas Tech University (Whitacre) Lubbock, TX |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 728 |
#68 | University of California-Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 594 |
#68 | University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, IL |
$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,117 |
#74 | Brown University Providence, RI |
$44,608 per year (full-time) | 321 |
#74 | Clarkson University Potsdam, NY |
$1,324 per credit (full-time) | 204 |
#74 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS |
$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 468 |
#74 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ |
$17,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,404 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,356 |
#74 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
$1,294 per credit (full-time) | 996 |
#74 | Tulane University New Orleans, LA |
$44,950 per year (full-time) | 66 |
#74 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 873 |
#74 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 518 |
#74 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 634 |
#74 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
$1,395 per credit (full-time) | 605 |
#84 | Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH |
$45,445 per year (full-time) | 291 |
#84 | Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO |
$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,196 |
#84 | New York University Brooklyn, NY |
$1,363 per credit (full-time) | 2,365 |
#84 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 928 |
#84 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 870 |
#84 | University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN |
$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 980 |
#84 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA |
$23,058 per year (full-time) | 1,125 |