We pride ourselves on being one of the top Departments at which to study chemistry in the United Kingdom. Over the past 10 years the department has grown and expanded in all its activities. We believe our staff has the youngest age profile of any Department in the country, the average age being under 35, and with 25 of our 34 research active staff having been hired in the past 10 years. Our research facilities are excellent with a number of major facilities including NMR spectroscopy having undergone major upgrades in the last few years. In addition our central location makes for strong collaborations with other major research groups at the Royal Institution , the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research , other departments within UCL and within the University of London.
Undergraduate teaching is a central pillar of our activities here.
Student numbers and admission requirements have risen steadily over the past few years reflecting the enthusiasm we have for the subject. Recent reorganization of the teaching labs has resulted in strongly integrated experimental and computational experience for our undergraduates. Finally, the Department has a long and distinguished history in chemistry. This was one of the first departments to permit women to study a physical science. Several legendary names in the history of chemistry, Graham, Ramsay, Donnan and Ingold spent productive time here.