Our primary goal is to prepare our students with the necessary skills to become innovative leaders in their chosen profession. Our alumni pursue careers in industry, academia and government. Below is a view of the fields in which our alumni are currently employed:
Since some of the world's top companies actively recruit on campus and meet with soon-to-be graduates, it is not surprising that these companies are well-represented in our statistics. PSE alumni hold numerous leadership positions across the globe. Given the industrial importance of plastics and the sheer number of jobs, many graduates pursue industrial careers as shown below:
Please review some of our alumni profiles to read about many who successfully transitioned beyond graduate studies. The profiles include alums who regularly visit PSE in behalf of their companies as “it is clear that the department has a very impressive pool of young talent! It is evident that regardless of research area that the graduate students work in, the department continues to provide them an uniquely broad base to polymer science and engineering.”