The Department of Chemistry offers coursework leading to the degrees of:

• B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry, Chemistry with Materials, Chemistry and Biology and Chemistry and Physics
• Master of Science in Applied Chemistry and
• M.Sc.

The department also offers study-units, which are taken by students of other disciplines, notably Education and Pharmacy. Besides teaching activities academic members of the department carry out research in the following areas of Chemistry:

• Chemical Metrology
• Trace Metal Analysis
• Environmental Chemistry
• Photochemically-induced Electron Transfer Reactions in Organic Chemistry
• Organic Synthesis
• Polymers, Colloids and Interfaces (physical chemistry of proteins, nanoparticle production, surfactant-protein interactions)
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Molecular Modelling
• Materials Modelling (auxetic and negative thermal expansion materials)
• Transition Metal and Lanthanide Complexes
• Homogeneous Catalysis
• Aspects of Science, Technology and Society.