The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for all applicants who complete their application after June 30, 2003. Applicants whose native language is not English are also required to take the TOEFL exam. Prerequisites are a BS degree (or equivalent) in chemical engineering from a school accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), with a minimum 3.0 GPA in upper-division chemical engineering courses and a minimum 3.3 GPA in all courses. A BS degree in or engineering fields, chemistry, physics, material science, or metallurgy requires provisional admission and some supplementary chemical engineering course work during the first year of graduate school.

Application deadlines are listed below for U.S. and Canadian students seeking financial aid and all International students. U.S. and Canadian students not seeking financial aid may apply after the deadlines above, but should contact the department as soon as possible.
 

Application Deadline
Fall Semester	February 15
Winter Semester	June 15
Spring Term	October 15

Online graduate admission applications are preferred and can be found on the BYU Graduate Admissions web page. A form for requesting a written application is available online. Otherwise, written applications must be requested by email (cheme@byu.edu) or by mail from Graduate Admissions, B-356 ASB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. Early application is encouraged, when possible, for maximum consideration. Applicants with a B.S. in other engineering disciplines or in one of the sciences are also encouraged to apply for admission. Qualified candidates are admitted to the M.S. program on a provisional degree-seeking basis, and their status is changed to regular degree-seeking once the necessary background chemical engineering and/or math courses have been taken, as determined from each individual's undergraduate background.

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are conferred after students complete original research and advanced level course work that leads to a high level of competency in the general discipline and expertise in a particular field of chemical engineering. Therefore, all candidates take advanced-level core courses in the areas of catalysis/kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena. Students select other courses in consultation with their research advisers to satisfy the degree's course requirements--24 to 27 credit hours for an M.S. and 36 credit hours for a Ph.D. In addition to the coursework, 6 thesis credits for an M.S. or 18 dissertation credits for a Ph.D. must be taken. Minor degrees in other departments are available.

All students seeking graduate degrees must satisfactorily complete a qualifying examination. This exam, given once a year in late February, tests for proficiency in the core graduate classes mentioned above and ability to synthesize and integrate the concepts into problem solving ability. A minimum level of performance on the qualifying exam is required for direct pursuit of the Ph.D., otherwise students are directed toward the M.S. degree first. There is also a minimum level of performance for a student to continue in pursuit of an M.S. degree. M.S. candidates should submit a written research prospectus, including a literature survey and proposal for original work, before full involvement in their thesis research.

Similarly, Ph.D. candidates must submit a research prospectus and defend it orally in a one-hour presentation. Both M.S. and Ph.D. candidates must successfully complete an open, one-hour thesis defense presentation and an oral examination and submit a thesis/dissertation of original research that has been approved by the thesis/dissertation examining committee.