The facilities for undergraduate study are excellent. The K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, in which the Chemistry Department is located, was opened in September 1996. Two of the other three buildings that house Science departments, the Cass Science Hall and Duffy Science Centre, were extensively renovated in 1997. Students can expect to access modern laboratories, microcomputer facilities, and well-designed classrooms, many of which are equipped with digital teaching modes. The Faculty of Science believes that knowledge from a university is best imparted by faculty members who are carrying out original research and as such, are the discoverers of knowledge.
Students benefit by their associations with such highly qualified individuals.
The range of research activities within the Faculty is diverse and covers a spectrum of interests, from developing computer programs for constructing three-dimensional images, studies on surfaces and defects in solids, preventing corrosion in industrial pipes, effect of diet on human cancer, to environmental disturbances of stream systems. Science programs at UPEI well equip students to pursue careers within their chosen disciplines and provide them with a solid foundation for continued study, whether at the graduate level or within professional programs. We are proud of our record of graduate success.