Undergraduate Admission
Candidates can apply for direct admission to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, or to departments within the school. Students from secondary schools (high schools) must have completed mathematics through trigonometry, and should have completed physics and other higher-level courses, including computer sciences. High school grades, class standing, Regents exam scores, and either Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Testing (ACT) scores are considered in the admission process.
For detailed information about freshman and transfer admission, go to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' or University's undergraduate admission web site.
Most students entering the program matriculate as Engineering and Applied Sciences (EAS) students and spend their first year studying chemistry, mathematics, physics, and general engineering subjects. The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering normally accepts applicants from this group into the BS in chemical engineering program after completion of the first year of their undergraduate program.
Admission requirements for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are as follows, but are subject to change.
- All candidates must initially meet the normal admissions requirements of the University at Buffalo and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
- For departmental admission, each student must have completed, or be about to complete, the freshman courses as indicated in the Recommended Sequence of Major Requirements at the bottom of the BS course requirements chart and have earned a minimum cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in (a) all courses taken at this university and (b) all engineering courses (prefix EAS, CE, etc.) taken at this university.
