- Chemistry
- Graduates
Why Graduate School at VCU?
- Competitive stipends
- Fellowships
- Interdisciplinary research programs
- Internationally known faculty
- Hands-on program; low student-to-faculty ratio
- Collaborations with the medical school (MD/PhD program)
- Centrally located; less than 2 hrs from DC, Virginia Beach, and Blue Ridge Mountains
- A big “small” town
- Friendly environment
VCU Facts
- Largest research university in Virginia
- More than 31,000 students, >2000 faculty
- Located in historic Richmond, the capital since 1779
- Population of Richmond metropolitan area: > 1.2 million
- Over 200 million in sponsored research funding
VCU Chemistry Facts
- Over 20 research-active faculty, ~60 graduate students
- Approximately 500 undergraduate chemistry majors
- Focus areas in Analytical, Chemical Education, Inorganic, Physical, and Organic Chemistry
- Joint Programs in Chemical Physics, Chemical Biology, and Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Interdisciplinary – collaborations with physics, engineering, and medical school
- External funding from NIH, NSF, DoD, Research Corp, American Cancer Society, DOE, PRF, Jeffress Memorial Trust
- Alumni at Bristol-Myers, DuPont, Philip Morris, Amoco, Eli Lilly and Abbott Laboratories
- VCU Professor John Fenn received Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002