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