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.

Contents

Feedback Form & Announcement of Achievement Form
COVID-19 Policies
CBEE Graduate Student Handbook
PhD Milestone Checklists & Guidelines
Coursework, Curriculum and Electives
Annual Status Update Forms
Academic Integrity
Other Resources
Graduate School Resources
CBEE Graduate Student Calendar

Department Resources

Feedback & Announcement of Achievement 

Use this form to share

• comments or concerns about what is going on in the department
• announcement of achievements for you or a peer

COVID-19 Policies

• UMBC’s Retriever Ready COVID-19 Response
  • Spring 2021
• CBEE Grad Student Transportation Support
  • Approval Request
  • Reimbursement Request
• COVID-19 compliance card on myUMBC profile

Graduate Program Policies

Graduate Handbook

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• CBEE Departmental Graduate Handbook (Version: December 2020) (posted 12.16.2020)
• CBEE Departmental Graduate Handbook (Version: December 2019)

PhD Milestones

• Rotation: a) Plan, b) Report, c) Self-Evaluation
• Qualifier: See Section 5.3.3 of Handbook vDec.2020
• Proposal: CBEE PhD Proposal Checklist
• Defense and Graduation: CBEE PhD Defense and Graduation Checklist

Coursework

• Core Curriculum: 
  • Doctoral Programs: CENG & ENEN
  • Masters Programs: CENG & ENEN
• Electives – pre-approved courses 
• GA Enrollment Options (GRAD 600, GRAD 601, and GRAD 603)

Annual Status Update Forms

Due Sept 1 to cbegrad@umbc.edu

• PhD Annual Status Update (.pdf) 
• MS Annual Status Update (.pdf)

Academic Integrity

• Academic Integrity Letter From Provost Rous, August 2019
• Statement of Values for Student Academic Integrity at UMBC, February 2001

Other Resources

• 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

CBEE Graduate Student Calendar