Department of Chemistry

Professional standard teaching and research facilities

Discover our award-winning York Structural Biology Laboratory

Research in Antarctica

Year 4 of our MChem can be spent at York, Abroad or in Industry

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Undergraduate study

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Equality and Diversity

Chemistry at York has held an Athena SWAN Gold award for more than a decade, and was the first department in the UK to achieve this highest level.

Events‌

Mon

Jun

Arylazopyrazoles: High Performance Photoswitches with Applications from Photopharmacology to Thermal Storage (RSC Awards Lecture)

Prof Matt Fuchter, Imperial College London

Wed

Jun

Metal Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications (RSC Awards Lecture)

Prof Laura Herz, University of Oxford

Fri

Jun

Shining light on chemical dynamics from the bulk to single particle, from fs to μs

Dr Joe Beckwith, University of Cambridge

Postgraduate study

ChemYork magazine

The Department publishes a biannual magazine, highlighting our teaching, research, staff and students.

News

New partnership to develop sustainable polymers for a clean future

Posted on Tuesday 23 May 2023

A new partnership between the University of York, Croda International Plc and the University of Nottingham has been launched to develop novel, sustainable polymers for liquid formulations.

Easter Conference Prize Success

Posted on Tuesday 16 May 2023

The outstanding performance of PhD and PDRA staff members from the Department of Chemistry has been highlighted across the recent Easter conference season.

Research-Led Learning in Action

Posted on Tuesday 9 May 2023

The outcomes and lessons learned from an innovative research-led module for final year MChem students in the Department of Chemistry at York has recently been published.