The Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science offers undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry up to the Ph.D level.
Chemistry is a foundation science and as such is related to both biology and physics.
Core areas in chemistry are analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. These are covered fairly extensively in the collection at levels ranging from introductory to advanced. Less traditional areas such as materials chemistry, mass spectrometry and combinatorial chemistry are being introduced to reflect changing faculty interests. Undergraduate courses in chemistry begin with general chemistry, moving on to introductory courses in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry and then to more advanced areas in theoretical and applied chemistry . The latter cover introductory quantum chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, computational chemistry and biological chemistry and serve as preparation for future study at the graduate level.