Graduate Programs
About the Program
Thank you for your interest in the graduate program in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) at Tulane University. The goal of the program is to offer students a high level education that is centered around the opportunity to perform diverse, cutting edge, interdisciplinary research under the close mentorship of our faculty members.
The department consists of 13 tenure-track faculty members with unique backgrounds and research interests ranging from statistical mechanics and thermodynamics to molecular simulations, energy, the environment, and cellular engineering. Our graduate students come from around the world. The current faculty to graduate student ratio of approximately 3 allows for individualized attention to the progress of each student leading to a personalized experience here at Tulane.
Tulane University and the CBE Department offer competitive financial packages to their graduate students including fellowship and research assistantships, generous stipends, tuition fees, and subsidized health insurance.
- Ph.D. candidates receive a competitive yearly stipend that increases following successful completion of candidacy
- Tuition fees are waived for students supported as research or teaching assistants
- Heath insurance is subsidized by the department
- Ph.D. candidates are matched to a research advisor at the end of their first semester
- Ph.D. candidates take courses and carry out research during the duration of their studies, which varies between 4 to 5 years.
- Relatively small research groups with individualized attention to the progress of each student
- Exposure to a wide range of experimental and simulation techniques
- Opportunities for interdisciplinary work
- Opportunities to publish and present research results at national meetings
- Collaborations with nationals labs and industry
