Cambridge University Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

05/06/2026

Congratulations to our final-year students on completing their exams! 🎓

We're so proud of you, and we wish you the very best of luck in your future endeavours ☀️

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05/06/2026

We're thrilled to again be named the best Chemical Engineering course in the UK by the Complete University Guide!

Congratulations to our colleagues across the University on their recognition.

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We're delighted to top the Complete University Guide rankings for the 4th year running 🎉

Cambridge leads in the following 28 subject areas...

Archaeology 🏛️
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 🌏
Biological Sciences (part of Natural Sciences) 🧬
Celtic Studies (part of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) 🛡️
Chemical Engineering ⚛️
Chemistry (part of Natural Sciences) 🧪
Classics 📚
Economics 💷
Education 🏫
Electrical Engineering 💡
Engineering 🛠️
French (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇫🇷
Geography 🗺️
Geology ⛏️
German (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇩🇪
Italian (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇮🇹
Law 👩🏽‍⚖️
Linguistics 🗣️
Manufacturing and Production Engineering 🏭
Materials Technology 🔬
Medicine 🏥
Music 🎼
Pharmacology 💉
Russian and East European Languages (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇷🇺
Spanish and Portuguese (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇪🇸 🇵🇹
Sociology (part of Human, Social and Political Sciences) 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Town and Country Planning (part of Environment, Law and Economics) 🏙️
Veterinary Medicine 🐎

03/06/2026

🔬Turns out watching paint dry is really cool (at the microscopic level)

This excellent footage comes to us courtesy of our Colloidal Dispersions group.

Find out more on our website (link in bio 🔗)

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01/06/2026

🌈 Happy Pride!

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30/05/2026

Taking a closer look 👁️‍🗨️

The Laser Analytics Group at CEB applies modern laser spectroscopy and imaging methods to uncover the hidden details and dynamics of chemical processes. ⚗️

Find out more on our website (link in bio 🔗)

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28/05/2026

Art + science 🎨

Paintings created by CEB researchers hang in our Bioelectronics lab

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26/05/2026

New findings reveal that a urine test initially developed by CEB researchers for early lung cancer detection could potentially detect signs of pulmonary fibrosis.

Full details on our website 👇

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25/05/2026

Enjoying the sunshine ☀️

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23/05/2026

Canine companion 🐶

CEB researcher María López Cavestany spoke to Nature about her experience balancing pet ownership with her scientific career.

Check out the full article 👇

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21/05/2026

Happy International Tea Day! 🫖

Professor Terence Fox started our tradition of morning and afternoon tea breaks in the late 1940s and we've been exchanging ideas over a brew ever since🍵

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