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Do research that matters, with faculty who know your name and funding that lets you focus. Our MS and PhD programs prepare you to lead in academia, industry and national labs.
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Why Our Graduate Program
Our Graduate students work on problems with real stakes: cleaner ways to make hydrogen, capturing carbon dioxide, copper compounds that fight cancer, longer-lasting batteries and how students actually learn chemistry. And you’ll start that work early, not in your third year.
Faculty mentorship
You won’t just take classes from our faculty. You’ll work at the bench beside them. Our research groups collaborate across chemistry, engineering, the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and the School of Medicine, so your network grows well past a single lab.
Research and facilities
Graduate students run experiments on serious equipment, including the X-ray Crystallography Facility, the Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics (CREAM) and the Micro/Nano Technology Center. When your results are ready, you’ll share them where chemists gather, including regional and national meetings of the American Chemical Society.
The culminating experience
Master’s students choose a thesis or non-thesis track. PhD students write an original dissertation that moves their field forward. Either path leaves you with the judgment, independence and technical range that employers in academia, industry, national labs and government want.
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Alumni Outcomes
Our graduate alumni go on to careers across academia, industry, national laboratories and government – as research scientists, analytical chemists, educators and research-and-development leaders. Many continue into top chemistry PhD programs, medical, pharmacy and dental school, or research roles with companies and agencies nationwide.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Connect with our director of graduate studies to learn more about the program, discuss your research interests or schedule a campus visit.