<p>What schools are out there that offer one of the best in biochemistry or chemistry?</p>
<p>Is there an advantage to getting a degree in biochemistry rather than chemistry? or vice versa?</p>
<p>Should I also consider Chemical Engineering?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Biochem:<br>
1 Cal San Francisco<br>
2 Stanford<br>
3 MIT<br>
4 Cal Berkeley<br>
5 Harvard<br>
6 Yale<br>
7 Cal Tech<br>
8 Wisconsin<br>
9 Cal San Diego<br>
10 Johns Hopkins </p>
<p>Chem:
1 Cal Berkeley<br>
2 Cal Tech<br>
3 Stanford<br>
4 Harvard<br>
5 MIT<br>
6 Cornell<br>
7 Columbia<br>
8 Illinois<br>
9 Wisconsin<br>
10 UCLA</p>
<p>Cal has a beautiful program in both- it makes me drool just thinking about it. JHU has molecular biology, not biochem, at least at the undergrad level. </p>
<p>Biochemistry is using chemistry to describe biological processes. It's one of my majors (also going to major in english). No advantage to either- they're just different with signifcant overlap (at cast western, where i'm going, I could almost get a major in chemistry simply with my biochem requirements). </p>
<p>Chemical engineering is quite different however.</p>
<p>What is chemical engineering? What interests should you have to strive for chemical engineering rather than biochem/chem?</p>
<p>As someone who has literally been interested in every major, I know a bit about chemE too. </p>
<p>If you're doing the B.A. in biochem/chem you will take probably a year less math, usually only through calc 2. Engineers and B.S. degrees usually go through calc 3, a statistics course, and sometimes one more.</p>
<p>Chem/biochem tend to be more theoretical. ChemE is into things like thermodynamics (you'll probably never take a full course on this as a chem/biochem major). ChemE'rs do a lot of things in the production of chemicals, plastics, and fibers. They are also a lot of times found working for pharmaceutical companies. I'll add some more later- I'm a bit tired right now.</p>