Graduate Program

The UCR Chemistry Graduate Program offers the opportunity to perform cutting-edge research in a relaxed and friendly environment. The opening of our new Chemistry building in February 2005 provides modern laboratories and state-of-the-art facilities. Well-prepared students typically complete their course work in their first year of study. The Ph.D. is primarily a research degree with most students completing their graduate work after 4 or 5 years of intensive effort. In addition to research in the traditional sub-disciplines of Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, students can take advantage of a variety of cross-cutting and interdisciplinary research opportunities available in the areas of Bioanalytical, Environmental and Materials Chemistry as well as in Chemical Genomics (supported by the NSF IGERT program). We feel that our department offers an excellent environment for graduate study, combining the facilities, quality and breadth of research of a large university with the close student-faculty interaction most easily achieved in a closely-knit department.

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