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.
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The University of Oxford's Department of Chemistry tops the subject ranking for Chemistry in the Guardian's University Guide 2014. The Guide is based on the things students care most about when they are choosing a course. more |
Oxford Chemistry tops the Guardian's University guide 2014Research: 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...
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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...
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 Symposium Prizes for Stefan Verhoog and Miriam O'DuillTwo D Phil Students (Gouverneur group) win Poster Prizes at the 18th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2013) in Marseille, France July 7-13, ........ |
 American Crystallographic Association Lecturer AwardsKarim Sutton (Cooper Group) and Andrew Cairns (Goodwin Group) have been awarded Margaret C. Etter Student Lecturer Awards at the recent American Crystallographic ........ |
 InhibOx awarded EC FP7 GrantInhibOx, the computer-aided drug design Oxford spin-out company, has been awarded funding of €1 million by the European Commission's 7th Framework ........ |
 Hot Paper in Angewandte ChemieA paper by Mireia Sidera, Philippe Roth and Becky Maksymowicz from the Fletcher Group has been highlighted as a Hot Paper in Angewandte Chemie. The article ........ |
 Nature Chemistry paper highlighted in Chemistry World and C&ENLingbing Kong, Prof Ben Davis, Prof Hagan Hayley and co-workers have found a way to weaken the molecular armour of Escherichia coli to allow the host's ........ |
 Hot Paper in Angewandte ChemieA paper by Richard Hopkinson and co-workers in the Schofield Group has been highlighted as a Hot Paper in Angewandte Chemie. The article describes reactivity ........ |
Early Career Fellowships: The Department seeks to encourage fellowship applications from outstanding individuals who are at a career stage where any of these fellowships would offer the opportunity to develop their independent research identity and become a chemistry research leader of the future. If you are interesting in applying for an early career fellowship to be hosted at Oxford Chemistry, the next deadline to submit an expression of interest to the Department is Monday 7th October 2013. |
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Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2013 For the first time in a decade, Oxford Chemists presented at this prestigious public engagement event. Researchers from the Armstrong Group showcased their research on solar fuels. Learn more about the science behind the stand |
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