Almost all graduate within four years. And upon graduation, the majority pursue further education at the professional level. The chemistry majors receive significant laboratory training in their course work. In addition, majors are encouraged to undertake individual research projects under the direction of a member of the faculty. To learn more about individual faculty and their research projects, see Faculty and Staff and Chemistry Research at UR .
Funds are available to support summer research by students on campus.
The Undergraduate Research Program funds student proposals for equipment and supplies throughout the year. The department is housed in the Gottwald Science Center. The facility is shared with the biology and physics departments. There are over 50 teaching and research labs in the facility as well as a computer lab, and an abundance of modern instrumentation. The various research labs contain an assortment of lasers, vacuum systems, inert atmosphere boxes, cryogenic equipment and the usual computer and analytical instrumentation.