Chemistry

The Chemistry department at Queen Mary is a vibrant and growing department, with internationally leading researchers. The Chemistry Research Excellence Framework submission of 2014 was ranked equal 6^th in the UK for research outputs.

Teaching

The Chemistry Department is responsible for the delivery of the Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc and MSci degree programmes in addition to the Chemical Research MSc.

The undergraduate Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry programmes also offer a Year in Industry/Research pathway. In recent year, some of our students have been awarded highly prestigious work placements with UK and international pharmaceutical companies including Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. Practicals are delivered in our new Chemistry Laboratory, a £5.2 million state of the art facility, where every student works independently in a fumehood and has access to research level equipment.

Learn more about the Chemistry programmes

Learn more about the Pharmaceutical Chemistry programmes

Learn more about the Chemical Research MSc

Hear from our students

• Meet the Undergraduate - Nathan Long
• Meet the Undergraduate - Dilan Al
• Meet the Lecturer - Dr Tippu Sheriff
• Meet the Lecturer - Dr Lesley Howell

Research

Our research focuses on the three central themes of Functional Materials and Nanoscience, Physical and Computational Chemistry and Synthesis and catalysis. Research in the department is supported by facilities including the analytical and mass spectrometry laboratory, bioinformatics clusters, confocal and epifluorescence microscopy, NMR spectroscopy, protein purification (including cloning and expression) and X-ray diffraction.

Learn more about the Chemistry research themes by clicking the boxes below.