Overview
Education
Students from the Chemical and Biological Engineering - Complex Systems and Data Science program at Northwestern University are trained to become leaders in research and development in industrial and university settings.
As we end the first fifth of the 21st Century, human societies face global challenges of unimaginable scale. Global pandemics pose the risk of killing millions of people and paralyzing economies. Climate change threatens coastal cities, imperils food supply chains, and contributes to the extinction of numerous species around the globe.
Unlike many problems facing engineers in the past, the solution to these challenges involves not only the development of new technologies but also an accounting for human decisions and behaviors. For example, while the consequences of climate change pose particular large costs for coastal cities such as Houston, TX, the economic implications for the area of a decline in the importance of fossil fuels would be staggering.
These complex challenges require not reductionist approaches, or optimal technical strategies, but the understanding of the numerous interlocked components and sub-systems that are part of or interact with human societies.
Complexity science has for the last 40 year developed a set of approaches and techniques that allows for the exchange of knowledge among the disciplinary silos and for the manipulation of objects without predefined roles or interactions. These include nonlinear dynamics, fractal geometry, statistical physics, network science, and recently, data science.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Fluid Mechanics
- Heat and Mass Transfer
- Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design
- Advanced Thermodynamics
- Professional Development in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Chemical Engineering Biology Data Science & Big Data View 26 other PhDs in Data Science & Big Data in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Admitted students must hold a U.S. bachelor’s degree — or an equivalent non-U.S. degree — from a regionally accredited institution.
- TGS will accept applications from international students with 3-year bachelor's degrees.
- You may be considered for admission before you finish your undergraduate degree, but you must complete that degree before you enroll at Northwestern.
In general, to apply to The Graduate School (TGS), you will be required to:
- Submit an application online.
- Pay an online application fee by credit card.
- Submit your Statement of Purpose.
- Upload your transcript or academic record.
- Submit your test scores (if required by your admitting program).
- Upload two to three Letters of Recommendation.
Tuition Fee
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International
9344 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4672 USD per semester during 60 months. -
National
9344 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4672 USD per semester during 60 months. -
In-State
9344 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4672 USD per semester during 60 months.
- tuition (for 8 or fewer quarters): $18,689 per quarter
- tuition (for more than 8 quarters): $4,672 per quarter
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