Mission Statement

The mission of the University of California, San Diego is to transform California and a diverse global society by educating, generating and disseminating knowledge and creative works, and engaging in public service.

In the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, we aim to:

  • Educate tomorrow’s technology leaders
  • Conduct leading edge research and drive innovation
  • Transfer discoveries for the benefit of society

Our educational objectives are:

  • Equip our graduates with strong technical backgrounds, enabling them to be successful in careers that cross traditional areas of applied science and engineering
  • Prepare our graduates to be fluent in a multidisciplinary body of knowledge for participating in and seeding new technologies
  • Train graduates into the high-technology workplace with professional, scientific, and technical skills; who conduct themselves ethically and knowledgeably in a wide range of professional environments.