化学工程正向两个方向发展：一方面随着学科的成熟，不断向学科的深度发展;另一方面是不断向新的领域渗透，研究和解决新领域中的新问题。和出国留学网来看看ARWU上海交大世界大学学术排名：化学工程。
| ARWU上海交大世界大学学术排名：化学工程 | ||
| 排名 | 大学名称 | 国家 |
| 1 | 麻省理工学院 | United States |
| 2 | 斯坦福大学 | United States |
| 3 | 加利福尼亚理工学院 | United States |
| 4 | Tianjin University | China |
| 5 | Zhejiang University | China |
| 6 | East China University of Science and Technology | China |
| 7 | 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 | United States |
| 8 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 9 | 普林斯顿大学 | United States |
| 10 | 加州大学伯克利分校 | United States |
| 11 | 科罗拉多大学波尔得分校 | United States |
| 12 | Beijing University of Chemical Technology | China |
| 13 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 14 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
| 15 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland |
| 16 | South China University of Technology | China |
| 17 | The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | United Kingdom |
| 18 | 特拉华大学 | United States |
| 19 | 威斯康星大学-麦迪逊分校 | United States |
| 20 | University of Science and Technology of China | China |
| 21 | 佐治亚理工学院 | United States |
| 22 | 卡内基梅隆大学 | United States |
| 23 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
| 23 | 明尼苏达大学双城校区 | United States |
| 25 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 26 | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 27 | Polytechnic Institute of Milan | Italy |
| 28 | Dalian University of Technology | China |
| 29 | University of Porto | Portugal |
| 30 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
| 31 | 蒙纳什大学 | Australia |
| 32 | 宾州州立大学 | United States |
| 33 | China University of Petroleum - Beijing | China |
| 34 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 35 | 圣母诺特丹大学 | United States |
| 36 | 西北大学 | United States |
| 37 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU | Norway |
| 38 | 阿尔伯塔大学 | Canada |
| 38 | Xian Jiao Tong University | China |
| 40 | Islamic Azad University | Iran |
| 41 | 昆士兰大学 | Australia |
| 42 | 芝加哥大学 | United States |
| 43 | 剑桥大学 | United Kingdom |
| 44 | 新南威尔士大学 | Australia |
| 45 | 科廷大学 | Australia |
| 46 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 47 | 德克萨斯A&M大学 | United States |
| 48 | University of Lorraine | France |
| 49 | 康奈尔大学 | United States |
| 50 | 普渡大学 | United States |
