MSc in Chemical Engineering in Knoxville United States | University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Candidates for admission to the CBE department must have earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by the appropriate accrediting agency or an international equivalent. Applicants without undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering may be required to take additional coursework as appropriate to prepare them for graduate work. Satisfactory performance on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) general test is also considered for admission, although for the upcoming academic year, the GRE will remain optional for domestic and international graduate student applicants. For those applicants whose GPA is below 3.50 out of 4.0, the GRE is recommended but not required.

A minimum of a 3.0 out of a 4.0 GPA is required by the university. We recommend all students apply for our program so that we may evaluate based on his/her academic performance (GPA, GRE, and/or TOEFL), research potential, and recommendation letters. The average GPA of admitted students is 3.7/4.0.


Minimum score requirements for admission to the Graduate School are:
a total score of 80 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT),
a total score of 550 or equivalent on the paper-based TOEFL (PBT), or
a 6.5 overall band score on the IELTS.