Hardest CHBE classes at UIUC

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

1. CHBE 221: Principles of Che Average GPA 2.70, 3,098 students
2. CHBE 421: Momentum and Heat Transfer Average GPA 2.79, 2,668 students
3. CHBE 422: Mass Transfer Operations Average GPA 2.84, 2,298 students
4. CHBE 424: Chemical Reaction Engineering Average GPA 2.84, 2,190 students
5. CHBE 457: Microelectronics Processing Average GPA 2.89, 173 students
6. CHBE 473: Biomolecular Engineering Average GPA 2.92, 235 students
7. CHBE 321: Thermodynamics Average GPA 2.96, 2,448 students
8. CHBE 478: Bioenergy Technology Average GPA 2.97, 122 students
9. CHBE 431: Process Design Average GPA 3.07, 1,974 students
10. CHBE 440: Process Control and Dynamics Average GPA 3.12, 2,173 students
11. CHBE 471: Biochemical Engineering Average GPA 3.18, 998 students
12. CHBE 456: Polymer Science & Engineering Average GPA 3.19, 124 students
13. CHBE 455: Polymer Synthesis Average GPA 3.26, 214 students
14. CHBE 101: Hidden World of Engineering Average GPA 3.32, 350 students
15. CHBE 430: Unit Operations Laboratory Average GPA 3.34, 1,997 students
16. CHBE 494: Assembly of Functional Materia Average GPA 3.41, 869 students
17. CHBE 453: Electrochemical Engineering Average GPA 3.42, 163 students
18. CHBE 525: Stat Thermo Chem Eng Average GPA 3.51, 186 students
19. CHBE 523: Heat and Mass Transfer Average GPA 3.53, 205 students
20. CHBE 521: Applied Mathematics in Chbe Average GPA 3.55, 369 students
21. CHBE 551: Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis Average GPA 3.55, 230 students
22. CHBE 476: Biotransport Average GPA 3.62, 845 students
23. CHBE 475: Tissue Engineering Average GPA 3.62, 394 students
24. CHBE 571: Bioinformatics Average GPA 3.82, 353 students

See also: Easiest classes, UIUC course catalog, CHBE course catalog.