Department of Chemistry

Postgraduate Research in Chemistry

The Chemistry Department at Cambridge is one of the world's leading chemistry departments.

We attract top-rate postgraduate students from across the U.K. , Europe and Overseas.

It is possible to study for:

  • a PhD either full-time (3 years) or part-time (5 years)
  • a research-only MPhil (1 year, full-time)
  • Please note:  The application deadline for the MPhil in Chemistry course commencing Michaelmas 2013 is 31 December 2012.  The Department will not consider applications for this course submitted after this date.
     
  • an interdisciplinary taught MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise

For U.K. and E.U. students we have studentships available from EPSRC, BBSRC and NERC.  You may also wish to look at the EPSRC NanoDTC programme  Nano Science & Technology Doctoral Training Centre Cambridge (NanoDTC) and the BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in Biosciences (March update: FURTHER STUDENTSHIPS AVAILABLE - APPLICATION DEADLINE 18 APRIL 2013)

If you are wondering whether to apply, please browse through these pages to see some of the attractions of doing research in Cambridge.

If you know you want to apply, click on how to apply in the menu on the left.


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Did you know?The first professor of chemistry at Cambridge, John Vigani, was appointed in 1702 and the chair has been continuously occupied for over 300 years. We celebrated its tercentenary in 2002.