August 2019 Graduate Student Picnic

The department’s Graduate Handbook, together with the UMBC Graduate Catalog, contain the general rules and regulations that apply to the graduate degree programs within the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering. All graduate students are expected to be familiar with this material, and each graduate student has the ultimate responsibility for following these rules and regulations.

Department Resources

• Spring 2020 – COVID-19- Quick Reference Page

Program Policies

• CBEE Departmental Graduate Handbook (Version: December 2019)
• Annual Evaluation Forms (Due Aug 1 to cbegrad@umbc.edu)
  • PhD Annual Status Update Form (NEW Summer 2020)
  • MS Student Annual Status Update (NEW Summer 2020)
• PhD Qualifier Rubric
• Academic Integrity
  • Academic Integrity Letter From Provost Rous, August 2019
  • Statement of Values for Student Academic Integrity at UMBC, February 2001

Other Resources

• Graduate Student Comments & Feedback (anonymous form) (What is going well? What can be improved?)

• ETravel Instructions – CBEE Graduate Students
  • Travel Reimbursement
  • Travel Reimbursement Rates as of January 1, 2020 –  NEW (1/2020)
• UMBC Transit – between ENG & TRC (Stops 11 & 12 are near TRC) 
• Graduate Student Organization (BioCHEGS)

  • Biochemical Engineering Graduate Students (BioChEGS) was established to increase interaction among the graduate students in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), between the graduate students and faculty in the department, and between the current graduate students and alumni of the department.

Graduate School Resources

• UMBC New Student Checklist
• UMBC Graduate Assistant (GA) Handbook (NEW SPRING 2020)
  • Completion of Duties Form (FALL & WINTER due Feb 15; SPRING due Aug 1 ;  SUMMER due Sept 15 to cbegrad@umbc.edu)
• Graduate Catalog – Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Graduate Catalog – Environmental Engineering
• Graduation requirements: PhD
• Graduation requirements: MS
• Progressions and Graduation Forms
  • Original Signatures (not electronic signatures) are needed on all Graduate School Progressions Forms 
    Please send an electronic copy of all signed forms to cbegrad@umbc.edu before submitting them to the Graduate School.
    • Admission to Candidacy [DocuSign]  (Complete this after you pass your proposal defense)
    • Nomination of Committee Members [DocuSign] (Complete this AT LEAST 6 months prior to your dissertation defense)
    • Announcement Form (Due two (2) weeks before the defense)
    • Readiness to Defend Form [DocuSign] (Due two (2) weeks before the defense)