Aims Community College

Aims Community College is one of the largest and most comprehensive two-year colleges in Colorado. Since 1967 Aims has established four campuses, constructed 18 buildings, expanded curriculum to 2,000 day, evening and weekend courses and taught more than 300,000 students. Today, Aims ranks among the most respected community colleges in the nation.

Central College

Chemistry majors at Central receive instruction comparable to that at larger institutions while benefiting from individualized attention that is the hallmark of Central College. The chemistry department is also certified by the American Chemical Society. This means that the department follows and meets the guidelines for certification necessary to ensure graduates have the background to enter graduate school or employment in which a strong background in chemistry is needed.

Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines has a nationally renowned chemistry department with state-of-art facilities and faculty specializing in organic, physical, geological-environmental, analytical, and inorganic chemistry.

Colorado State University

Among Colorado State University's academic strengths are the natural sciences and engineering. The Department of Chemistry at Colorado State occupies a modern, 157,000-square-foot building. There are four floors of offices, teaching and research laboratories, chemical and equipment stockrooms, and machine, glassblowing, and electronics shops, as well as lecture halls, classrooms, and seminar rooms.



The Chemistry/Biosciences Hall opened in the fall of 2002. The new building houses state-of-the-art undergraduate laboratories and classrooms for biology, biochemistry, and chemistry.

Front Range Community College

Front Range Community College enriches lives through learning. As an institution of higher education, Front Range Community College admits students who can benefit from college preparatory and two-year college-level credit instruction in general education and occupational areas which may lead to a Certificate or an Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of General Studies Degree, or lead to transfer to a four-year institution.

Illinois Institute of Technology

The Illinois Institute of Technology offers both traditional undergraduate and graduate majors in chemistry and also provides an array of outstanding options including programs in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics, a cross-disciplinary program that merges the sciences; undergraduate degree programs that combine science with business or law; a combined B.S./M.D. program; cutting-edge research projects at Argonne National Laboratory; participation in high energy physics experiments at Fermi National Laboratory; and a non-thesis professional science master's degree programs that can give a boost to the careers of working professionals and better prepare those at the threshold of their work experience. In addition, our association with IIT's Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering provides an exceptional opportunity for students interested in pursuing courses and research in a unique multi-disciplinary and entrepreneurial environment.

Iowa State University

A prominent chemistry history from the fabled Gilman Hall, the Iowa State University Chemistry Department is ranked 13th among public universities, and 5th nationally in analytical chemistry. Host the national 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, the Iowa State Chemistry Department is committed to science education.

Laramie County Community College

Laramie County Community College is a dynamic learning center that promotes economic and social prosperity for the individual and the community.

Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock Christian University is a small private institution of higher learning that provides its chemistry students an opportunity to get first-rate professorial personalized attention in both lectures and in the laboratory.

Morehouse College

In harmony with this historical thrust and the overall objectives of the College, the primary objective of the Chemistry Department is to develop the ability and desire of students to apply the techniques of sustained and objective critical analysis to the solution of problems. The department strives to prepare its majors with a thorough and rigorous background in undergraduate studies in chemistry, so they may, without handicap, pursue graduate studies in chemistry and related sciences or begin careers as professional chemists.

Purdue University

The Purdue Chemistry Department is home of 48 faculty members, 250 undergraduate students 300 graduate students, and 90 support personnel. The Richard B. Wetherill Laboratories and the Herbert, Brown Laboratory of Chemistry, centrally located on campus, the students, faculty, and staff have access to world class facilities both for teaching and research.

Texas A&M University

The Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University is one of the largest chemistry research and educational programs in the country. Texas A&M has 45 tenure track faculty members, about 15 lecturers and senior lecturers, about 200 graduate students, 100 postdoctoral fellows, and 60 support staff. Texas A&M also brought in nearly $12 million dollars in research grant money in the chemistry department last year and teach over 7,000 students in chemistry lecture and laboratory courses each year. Each fall semester Texas A&M enrolls over 3000 students in various general chemistry courses with an average of around 175-200 undergraduate chemistry majors.

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech has an outstanding chemistry department. The current faculty of 27 tenured and tenure track professors includes four distinguished Paul Whitfield Horn Professors. All of the permanent faculty are active in graduate and undergraduate teaching and research. Texas Tech University has plush lecture and lab facilities including a state-of-the-art spectroscopy and spectrometry facilities.

Tougaloo College

Tougaloo College is a private, coeducational, historically black, church-related, but not church controlled, four-year liberal arts institution located on West County Line Road on the northern edge of the city of Jackson, Mississippi.



Founded in 1869 by the American Missionary Association, Tougaloo College was chartered on the principle that it "be accessible to all irrespective of their religious tenets, and conducted on the most liberal principles for the benefit of our citizens in general." Tougaloo acknowledges and respects its traditions, remains dedicated to the equality of all people, and continues to be a value-oriented community where students are guided by a concerned faculty and staff. The members of this community apply current knowledge to prepare students for lifelong learning related to new information and emerging technologies, as well as humane standards in a global society.

University of California at Irvine

Despite its youth, at age 39, the Department of Chemistry at UCI has an established tradition & reputation for excellence in education and research, in all areas of chemistry. Its multi-tracked undergraduate program, which blends coursework, laboratory training, and research experience, has led it to prominence as the second largest producer of chemistry majors in the nation. In the graduate school, beyond the traditional fields of Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, the department has set the trend in interdisciplinary graduate training, through established programs in Chemical & Materials Physics, in Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry , and in Chemical Biology.

University of Colorado

Colorado University's Chemistry Department is a significant research institution ranked 12th nationally in chemistry research grants. Colorado University also has a unique and creative undergraduate chemistry research program.

University of Illinois

The University of Illinois houses a large chemistry library and chemistry learning center with a dedicated tutorial staff. Over 4,000 students are enrolled in one or more of the General Chemistry Division's 12 courses in the fall semester and over 3,500 in 11 courses in the spring.

The UIUC Department of Chemistry has the highest average ranking of its analytical, organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry programs of any chemistry department in the US, with all four areas being ranked in the top 10. It was ranked sixth overall in the latest 2003 U. S. News and World Report America's Best Graduate Schools and second among public universities in the United States. The department has consistently retained its position as a premiere institution for graduate education since its inception in 1893.

University of Northern Colorado

The Chemistry Department at the University of Northern Colorado offers excellent undergraduate and graduate degree programs delivered by dedicated faculty in modern classrooms and laboratories. Undergraduate emphasis areas include ACS-certified degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Chemical Education. Additional emphasis areas are Pre-health (e.g., pre-med, pre-dent, pre-vet), Forensic Science, and Industrial Chemistry. Graduate programs include M.S. degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Education and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Education. Faculty members are active in research in all major subdisciplines of chemistry.

University of Wyoming

Nestled between two mountain ranges in the southwest corner of Wyoming, about 10 chemistry doctorates are conferred annually from an outstanding chemistry department. The University of Wyoming's Chemistry Department offers two Bachelor of Science degrees (including a B.S. professional degree approved by the American Chemical Society) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry. Wyoming's active chemistry graduate program offers the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.

Western State College

Chemistry is the study of the principles that govern matter and the chemical transformations of matter. This fundamental discipline plays a pivotal role in all of the sciences. In fact, life itself is essentially a complicated system of interrelated chemical processes. In the study of Chemistry, the student is exposed to atomic and molecular structure, properties of matter, chemical reactions, and spectroscopy.

Western Washington University

The Chemistry Department at Western Washington University provides instruction combined with modern chemical facilities for students preparing for careers as chemists and biochemists as well as in areas such as environmental analysis, biotechnology, teaching, forensics, and medicine.



Many undergraduate students at Western take advantage of the opportunity to engage in faculty-directed chemical or biochemical research. These student research projects typically involve two to four students working closely with a faculty member over a one- to two-year period.



Research opportunities for students include areas such as natural product synthesis, computer modeling, chemical education, nucleic acid chemistry and biochemistry, synthesis of novel metal complexes, laser spectroscopy, surface chemistry and catalysis, materials science, and peptide synthesis.