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 achieved 91% overall student satisfaction in the NSS 2020

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York Chemistry is ranked 6th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021

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Our Department of Chemistry is 6th in the Guardian University Guide 2021

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

Wed

Mar

Departmental Equality and Diversity Seminar

Prof. Saiful Islam, University of Bath

Wed

Apr

"New Synthetic Chemistry for the Exploration of 3-D Pharmaceutical Space" and "Making 'Difficult-to-Make'Molecules: Photochemistry as an enabling Tool"

Prof Peter O'Brien, University of York and Dr Susannah Coote, Lancaster University

Wed

Apr

Seminar - Academic Mental Health

Dr Zoe Ayres

ChemYork magazine

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

A new technology developed in the Department of Chemistry can fabricate injectable biocompatible microgels, with sub-micrometre diameters, that can release bioactive agents and hence enhance stem cell growth.

David Rowe 1925-2021

Posted on Wednesday 27 January 2021

David Rowe, a pioneer of Management and Industry teaching in the Department of Chemistry, passed away on 22 January 2021 aged 95. He is remembered here by Professor Robin Perutz and Dr Tom Halstead.

Mastering the structural chemistry of a new gallium catalyst

Posted on Tuesday 8 December 2020

Research performed by Masters students in York has provided unique new insights into the unusual structures formed by an exciting new gallium-based catalyst. They demonstrated that gallium(I) triflate is actually a complex mixture of species, generating important information to help direct future catalyst design.