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Departmental achievements

• Many of our academic staff have won learned society prizes and international recognition for their research, for example:
  • 2008; Professor Gideon Davies was awarded the RSC Peptides and Proteins Award, Professor Simon Duckett was awarded the RSC Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Award and Professor Richard Taylor was awarded the RSC Synthetic Chemistry Award 
  • 2009; Dr Verena Görtz was awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship, Dr Jacqueline Hamilton was awarded a Desty Memorial Award and Professor Robin Perutz was awarded The Chemical Society of France (SCF) 2009 French-British Prize
  • 2010; Professor Duncan Bruce was awarded the RSC Tilden Prize, Professor Robin Perutz and Professor Gideon Davies elected Fellows of the Royal Society
• Since its inception in 2005, the Department has always been in the top 8 of UK chemistry departments in the National Student Survey and, in 2007, York was rated best in the UK for overall student satisfaction (according to The Times Higher Educational Supplement assessment of the 2007 NSS data)
• Only department in the country to have 3 members of staff recognised for 'excellence of teaching' by the Royal Society of Chemistry
• First department in the UK to win the Athena Swan Gold award for its commitment to women in science
• Ranked 4th amongst chemistry departments nationally in both The Times Good University Guide 2011 and The Guardian 2011, and 5th in The Independent The Complete University Guide 2011 

Our chemistry courses are modular, which allows you considerable freedom of choice. This will enable you to design your own degree pathway, whilst ensuring you graduate as a fully qualified chemist through our MChem or BSc programmes. We also give you the opportunity to gain experience in Industry, to study for a year at another overseas university or to carry out an extended research project in our laboratories. The structure of the course is such that all decision-making is left as late as possible to give ample opportunities to consider your choices for the future.

The Department of Chemistry at York offers both an international research reputation and top quality teaching in a modern welcoming department.