Undergraduate students

Get experience

OK, so you may have read that VCU believes in providing “real-world” experience. Well, it’s true. As a student in the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, you are afforded many opportunities to learn through experience. You may have seen in your program details that all engineering students must participate in an engineering-related internship. But we like to take it a step further. We also encourage you to seek part-time/full-time employment and cooperative education assignments that require you to put into practice what you have learned in the classroom. We call this experiential learning and it’s proven to reinforce everything you have read or heard in the classroom.

Senior design projects

Each year, the senior class participates in a schoolwide senior design show, where teams of students present their work to faculty and area business leaders. The show is open to the public. For more information about project requirements or announcements regarding the design show, visit the Capstone Senior Design Web site.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Many of our most promising undergraduate students are involved in cutting-edge research projects with department faculty. Students can earn undergraduate technical elective credits while being exposed to the exciting world of graduate research. For more information on research opportunities, visit the Department Research page.