In contrast to many large and often impersonal institutions, Emory gives graduate chemistry students opportunities to work closely with faculty members, both in the lecture hall and the research laboratory. Emory emphasizes and encourages the highest degree of individual development in its graduate students. The department's graduates hold major positions in many well-known corporations and academic institutions. The Department of Chemistry moved into its present seven-story building in the fall of 1974. Departmental support facilities include electronics and instrumentation shops and a large stockroom.
Machine shops are available on campus.
The department is well-equipped with modern research instrumentation. Computers play a major role in modern chemical research, and the chemistry department is well equipped. Instrument-dedicated computers and systems for sophisticated computational work are available either in individual research groups or as part of the department's generally available technical resources. An array of high powered work stations and individual personal computers in the department are linked through the University's ethernet network to provide each research with excellent computational facilities. Through links to the University's central computing facilities, ready access to the Internet is also available.