Directors of Studies are appointed by individual Cambridge Colleges. They are responsible for advising students on their studies and for arranging supervisions.
| College | Director of Studies for Chemical Engineering |
| Christ's | Dr Zachariah Bond |
| Churchill | Dr Jethro Akroyd |
| Clare | Dr Sam Stranks |
| Corpus Christi | Dr Sarah Rough |
| Downing | Dr Kamran Yunus |
| Emmanuel | Dr Patrick Barrie |
| Fitzwilliam | Prof Andy Sederman |
| Girton | Dr Stuart Scott |
| Gonville and Caius | Prof Alex Routh (academic year 2020-21) Professor Axel Zeitler (academic year 2021-22) |
| Homerton | Dr Joanna Stasiak |
| Hughes Hall | Dr Sarah Rough |
| Jesus | Prof Ian Wilson |
| King's | Professor Geoff Moggridge |
| Lucy Cavendish | Dr Krishnaa Mahbubani |
| Magdalene | Dr Zachariah Bond |
| Murray Edwards | Dr Patrick Barrie |
| Newnham | Professor Róisín Owens |
| Pembroke | Prof Silvana Cardoso |
| Peterhouse | Dr Graham Christie (academic year 2020-21) Professor Ian Wilson (academic year 2021-22) |
| Queens' | Dr Mark Williamson |
| Robinson | Prof David Fairen-Jimenez |
| St Catharine's | Prof Andy Sederman |
| St Edmund's | Prof Ian Wilson |
| St John's | Dr Laura Torrente-Murciano |
| Selwyn | Dr Tom McCoy |
| Sidney Sussex | Dr Ljiljana Fruk (academic year 2020-21) Dr Nan Li (academic year 2021-22) |
| Trinity | Prof Andy Sederman |
| Trinity Hall | Prof Mick Mantle |
| Wolfson | Prof Mick Mantle |