The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering is small enough for daily interaction with faculty members and other students. You ll know about your professors research, and you ll be encouraged to participate in it.The BSE in chemical engineering is one of seven undergraduate Engineering Programs in the College of Engineering, which also offers excellent opportunities for students to participate in internships, study abroad, and student organizations.Iowa admits incoming first-year students directly into engineering. It does not have a pre-engineering year or the weed-out philosophy that many other programs have.