Ph.D in Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry supports active programs of basic research in chemistry and related fields.  Faculty, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students collaborate on projects in interdisciplinary fields such as nanofabrication, bioorganic chemistry, supramolecular synthesis, environmental and atmospheric chemistry and fuel cell research. These emerging areas are grounded in the traditional disciplines of physical, organic, inorganic, analytical and theoretical chemistry.

Browse the websites of individual research groups to learn more about these and other research opportunities. Chemistry graduate students also benefit from interactions and collaborations with many other programs on campus, including Biophysics, Chemical Physics, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Physics. Many of our faculty have contacts and collaborations with government laboratories in the area, such as the National Institutes of Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Program Requirements and Forms 

• PhD Guideline of Requirements
• Preliminary Exam Grading Sheet
• Candidacy Checklist
  
• Chemistry Candidacy Exam Report
• Candidacy Guidelines
• Mutual Expectations Between Chemistry and its Graduate Students
• Form to Request a Change in Registration Status
• Form to Request Inclusion of courses from outside Chemistry & Biochemistry toward the PhD degree
  
• Advisor Form
• Chemistry Course Suggestions-Fall 2011/Spring 2012
• GOA-Preliminary Exam Evaluation
• GOA-Candidacy Evaluation
• GOA-Disertation Defense Evaluation