Faculty of Science and Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Synthetic, analytical, physical and medicinal chemistry.
At a glance, 2026–27
- Head of department
- Professor Elaine Sallis
- Building
- Chemistry Building, Riverside site
- Academic staff
- 50
- Students
- 260 undergraduates, 40 taught and 110 research postgraduates
The Department teaches chemistry through four-year MChem and three-year BSc degrees, with a year in industry available on the MChem. Its teaching laboratories were refitted in 2023.
Research spans synthesis, catalysis, analytical and physical chemistry, and medicinal chemistry with the School of Health Sciences.
Subjects
- Organic and inorganic chemistry
- Physical chemistry
- Analytical chemistry
- Medicinal chemistry
Courses
Undergraduate
Postgraduate taught
Postgraduate research
- Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) PhD R502, joint
Chemistry in the course finder
Research
- Catalysis
- Cleaner routes to common chemicals.
- Water and the environment
- Measuring pollutants in rivers and estuaries.
- Medicines
- The design and synthesis of new antibacterial compounds.
Research students are supervised in every area listed. See research at Oxenfurt and the University’s centres and institutes.
Contact
Chemistry Building, Riverside site, Riverside Road, Oxenfurt OF1 4RS
Email chemistry@oxenfurt.uk · Telephone 01632 960687
The department office is open from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
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