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Graduate Programs

Do Major Research in a Nurturing Environment

CHEE master's and doctoral students get the best of both worlds – chemical and environmental engineering.

Work on projects in areas as far-reaching as water treatment, environmentally benign semiconductor manufacturing, hazardous waste remediation and biofuels.

University of Arizona chemical and environmental engineering graduate students are highly sought after in academia, industry and government. 

Join us to make substantial contributions to research and experience remarkable outcomes. 

Highlights of UA CHEE programs include:

  • Globally recognized faculty
  • Sustainability underpinnings 
  • Numerous high-profile centers
  • Funding throughout degree lifecycle
  • Top research university
Engineering Grad Students Drive Research

Focus Areas

UA chemical and environmental engineering programs concentrate on the following focus areas:

  • Water treatment and reuse      
  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Atmospheric physics and chemistry       
  • Electrochemical processes
  • Nanotechnology
  • Bioremediation
  • Applied quantum chemistry
  • Renewable energy

Get a Glimpse of Life in Tucson

Check Out CHEE Requirements

Apply Through UA Graduate College

Students in the Spotlight

Flying High for Results

Alex MacDonald, working with associate professor Armin Sorooshian, is examining how aerosol particles interact with clouds and affect the atmosphere.

It spans the whole spectrum: from how it affects human health, because you breathe these particles into your lungs, all the way to planet health, because these particles can affect climate change and the environment.

Balancing Power, Performance in the Cloud

Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow Daniel Serwon taught English to local residents and helped build underground rain-harvesting tanks in Rwanda before working on water desalination at the UA for the Navajo Nation.

I’m so grateful this opportunity exists at the UA.

Sending Optical Fibers into Space, and Back

Guangbin Li, who is now a CHEE research assistant professor, worked on nitrogen-removal technology, and hopes to help raise environmental awareness in China.

Water safety is definitely one of the most important things we should care about.
Fast Facts
$ 5.5 million
annual research expenditures
35 th
environmental engineering schools
(U.S. News & World Report)
8 +

research centers and labs

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520.621.9341
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