The Chemical Engineering Department at UC Santa Barbara invites you to a virtual Info Session to learn more about our top-ranked Ph.D. program.

UCSB is world-renowned for its collaborative culture and multidisciplinary research environment that innovates at the intersection of research areas. Student projects involve interdisciplinary teams and state-of-the-art campus centers, institutes, and facilities that bridge fields and departments. Typically 30-40% of Ph.D. students in our department are co-advised by multiple faculty at any one time. This integrative training prepares our graduates for a range of careers across industry, start-ups, academia, and national labs.

Research Strengths

Biomaterials and Bioengineering
Energy, Catalysis, and Reaction Engineering
Sustainable Production of Chemicals, Fuels, and Materials
Polymers and Soft Materials
Electronic and Optical Materials
Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomena
Molecular Thermodynamics, Simulation, and Machine Learning
Process Systems Engineering
Surfaces and Interfacial Phenomena
More information about our graduate program, including frequently asked questions, can be found at https://chemengr.ucsb.edu/graduate.

This info session is part of UCSB's Graduate Open House. UCSB's Graduate Division offers additional sessions during the day that discuss campus-level support for graduate students, which you are welcome to attend as well.

Time: October 13, 2026 from 5-6pm EDT / 2-3pm PDT (virtual)

Organizers: Prof. M. Scott Shell, Prof. Matthew Helgeson, Erica Diaz

Registration (required): link here