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Teaching: Oxford Chemistry offers world-class teaching, consistently rated among the best in the UK. Students study a four-year course, a unique feature of which is spending their final year working full-time on a project with some of the leading researchers in the UK. more...

Research: Oxford is one of the leading chemistry research departments in the world with around 80 academic staff carrying out international-level research, and an annual research income of around £15 million. The latest (2008) Research Assessment Exercise confirmed that Oxford Chemistry has the highest “power rating” (breadth and depth of science) in the UK.

The Department is currently engaged in a number of innovative themes of work including: Catalysis; Sustainable Energy Chemistry; Advanced functional materials; Synthesis; Interfacial Science; Innovative Measurement and photon science; Chemistry at the interface with biology and medicine; Kinetics, dynamics and mechanism; Theory and modelling of complex systems more...

Recent Research Website additons:

Oxford Synthesis Connections
Drug Discovery Oxford
Oxford Catalysis Network

Facilities: Oxford Chemistry occupies three major laboratory buildings in the University’s science area, including a modern RIBA award-winning £64m dedicated research facility opened in 2004. more...

Outreach: Engaging schools and the wider community in chemistry and science is an important activity for academic staff and students in the Department. Oxford Chemistry regularly hosts visits and events within the Department and takes part in local and national activities to demonstrate chemistry’s central role in everyday life. more...

Commercialisation: The Department has an unrivalled track record in protecting and commercialising the innovative work of research staff. Over £80 million in cash has been raised for the University as a result of spin out activities from research carried out by Oxford chemists. more...



 More Events in the Chemistry Calendar

NEWTON ABRAHAM SYMPOSIUM 2013
Olefin Metathesis: A Long-Lived Reaction
Professor Richard R. Schrock (Newton Abraham Visiting Professor)
and Professor Peter P. Edwards
A one-day series of talks
10.00-17.00, Friday 24 May 2013
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Lecture Theatre

Incorporating the:

THE MALCOLM GREEN LECTURE 2013
Activating Small Molecules with Uranium, Zirconium, and Titanium Sandwich Complexes
Professor Geoff Cloke FRS, University of Sussex
17.00-18.30, Friday 24 May 2013

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Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2013

For the first time in a decade, Oxford Chemists will be presenting at this prestigious public engagement event, as researchers from the Armstrong Group will be showcase their research on solar fuels.

The exhibition will be open to the public from July 1-7 2013 and all are welcome to attend. Learn more about the science behind the stand

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The University of Oxford's Department of Chemistry tops the subject ranking for Chemistry in the Guardian's University Guide 2013. The Guide is based on the things students care most about when they are choosing a course. more

Athena SWAN Bronze Award

Athena SWANThe Department is delighted to announce that it has been granted an Athena SWAN bronze award. The award recognizes the Department's commitment to addressing gender inequalities, to tackling the unequal representation of women in science, and to improving career progression for female academics.. more.

 

 

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