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

Our Department of Chemistry ranked 1st for learning opportunities satisfaction among participating Russell Group universities in the NSS 2021

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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

Tue

Feb

Green Chemistry: The Missing Elements

Professor John Warner, Zymergen and co-founder of Green Chemistry

Wed

Feb

Physical seminar

Prof. Piers Forster, University of Leeds

Wed

Feb

Organic seminar (virtual)

Prof. Anita Maguire, University College Cork

Wed

Feb

Physical seminar

Tbc

ChemYork magazine

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

News

York researcher named as chair of UK government Science Advisory Council

Posted on Friday 14 January 2022

Professor Alastair Lewis, of the Wolfson Atmospheric Science Laboratories, has been appointed chair of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Science Advisory Council (SAC).

New Year Honour for Professor Lucy Carpenter

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022

Professor Lucy Carpenter from the Department of Chemistry received an MBE for services to atmospheric chemistry in the Queen’s New Year Honours.

50-Year-Old Synthetic Challenge Solved

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2022

Landmark research from the Department of Chemistry has developed an innovative synthetic method, able to convert any aromatic halide into a phenol, solving a long-standing problem in organic synthesis.