Chemistry Graduate Degrees | Ohio University

Our Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate programs provide education and research that is relevant and timely to society in an atmosphere that promotes cooperation and interaction among the students and faculty.

We train students to become highly effective scientists by providing them with the interdisciplinary tools, research skills and ethical and service sensibilities needed to succeed in their future career. This includes offering a variety of rigorous graduate level courses, maintaining cutting-edge research programs within individual laboratories, and compliance with the Code for Professional Ethical Conduct espoused by the American Chemical Society.

Our graduate program is focused on providing a research experience in a personalized environment conducive to reaching your goals and maximizing your potential.

Chemistry Doctoral and Master's Degrees

Making Discoveries, from Nanomaterials to Drug Discovery

Our faculty and students pursue state-of-the-art research on 21st-century problems, including pandemics, energy, cancer, biotesting, rare earth molecules, and more.

Reflecting the breadth and depth of chemistry as the central science, research in the department spans cross-cutting themes and core clusters.

More about Chemistry Research Areas

OHIO chemistry graduate student Dare Michael Ogunsekan

Chemistry Graduate Financial Aid

Our graduate program is focused on providing a research experience in a personalized environment conducive to reaching your goals and maximizing your potential. We offer a highly competitive stipend for students offered a teaching assistantship.

Chemistry Graduate Financial Aid

Careers with a Chemistry Graduate Degree

Graduates with a Ph.D. in chemistry typically pursue academic careers (typically following post-doctoral appointments) and R&D positions in chemical and pharmaceutical companies.

The M.S. degree prepares students for a variety of professional positions and for graduate studies, in sectors including the pharmaceutical industries, analytical service laboratories, government laboratories, and biomedical and industrial laboratories.

A variety of resources are available for graduate students in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department to build their professional skills and explore future career possibilities. Students are encouraged to attend professional development events hosted by the department, college and university.

Graduate Student Professional Development

Ohio University chemistry alumnus Dustin Starkey

Research: Students Co-author COVID-19 Modeling Paper in Journal

The student research team introduced a new model, adding a “Breakthrough” category to account for vaccinated or previously infected individuals still contracting the virus.

Students Co-Author COVID-19 Paper