<p>Charman20 - I posted about this before on the engineering thread. The short answer is that bioengineering curricula aren’t standardized; while bioEs SHOULD learn thermo and transport, many BioEs don’t. Employers know that, and they also know that a chemE will definately know these things. If employers knew that BioEs had the same theoretical background as chemEs AND understood basic physiology, cell biology and biochem, they would probably have an advantage over chemEs in pharma and biotech. </p>
<p>The grad school route is different; there are very few places where all the chemical engineering grad students take the exact same set of courses. Your advisor and your research become far more important than your degree.</p>