Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
at Seoul National University

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has produced many industrial and academic leaders in Korea. Since its inception, the CBE has admitted only the top 1% of high school graduates in Korea. About 15% of top executives of all major chemical engineering-related corporations in Korea are the alumni of our school. The Department of Chemical and Biological engineering is currently focusing on the development of revolutionarily new engineering technologies that would dramatically change society and strongly influence chemical and biological engineering industries. Major areas of interest include nanostructured inorganic materials, electrochemical materials, catalysis, rheology, transport phenomena, green chemistry, environmental technology, process systems engineering, semiconductor materials, display materials, energy materials, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, next-generation polymers, and fine chemical synthesis.