The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering offers innovative, bilingual programs in chemical engineering, biotechnology and biomedical engineering. Thanks to co-op options, multidisciplinary training, and strong industry and research connections, our programs equip students with the skills to tackle real-world challenges in health care, sustainability and advanced manufacturing.

Undergraduate programs

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Biotechnology

Learn how living organisms develop and how we can use this knowledge to create manufacturing bioprocesses, chemical products and life-saving drugs.

Student in chemical engineering lab.

Chemical engineering

Learn how basic and applied sciences, economics, and engineering can be combined to design safe manufacturing processes, provide chemical products and

Graduate programs

We offer flexible graduate programs in biomedical and chemical engineering, including research-based and course-based master’s and PhD programs for advanced research.

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Biomedical engineering

The Ottawa–Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering offers a multi-disciplinary graduate program and four main research fields.

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Chemical engineering

The main objective of the master’s programs is to refine the skills and research expertise of students by expanding their specialized knowledge.