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Graduate education and research go hand in hand. A major goal of our program is to train research scientists to create new knowledge in their careers as leaders in academe, industry or government.
The Ph.D. program encourages independent research at the end of the first year of study, following lab rotations in which students are introduced to the research of several professors and their
groups. Attendance at seminars is encouraged, and special topics courses are offered regularly to complement traditional course offerings and provide formal exposure to the latest developments in selected
areas. Master’s programs can be completed as a full or part–time student, with or without a research thesis. Most graduate courses are offered in the evening to facilitate enrollment of part–time
students. The student body for the 2007–08 Academic Year is greater than 100 full–time and 40 part–time students.
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Degrees Offered
Biological Chemistry: M.S., Ph.D.
Inorganic Chemistry: M.S., Ph.D.
Organic Chemistry: M.S., Ph.D.
Physical Chemistry: M.S., Ph.D.
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Graduate Student Research in Progress
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Requirements
Ph.D.
- The principal requirement is completion and successful oral defense of a thesis based on original research.
- Research specializations include: biophysical chemistry and structural biology; materials chemistry;
mechanistic research: physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry; molecular design and synthesis; spectroscopy;
structure determination; and theory.
M.S.
- May be obtained with or without a research thesis.
- Principal requirements are completion of 30 credits of graduate courses, passing grade on a master’s examination,
and a master’s essay or thesis.
- When the thesis option is chosen, 6 of the 30 credits may be in research (see above).
Research Facilities Include
Various NMR spectrometers (800–, 600–, two 500–, 400–, 300–, and 200–MHz)
ESR spectrometers; single–crystal CCD and powder X–ray diffractometers;
multiwire area detectors for macromolecular structure determination; Single
Molecule Spectrometer
Laser flash–photolysis systems; temperature–programmable
ORD–CD spectropolarimeter; automated peptide
and DNA synthesizers; a SQUID magnetometer
Ultrahigh–vacuum surface analysis systems; scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes; a helium–atom
scattering apparatus; molecular beam and supersonic jet apparatuses
GC/quadrupole and ICP mass spectrometers; extensive laser instrumentation, crystal–growing facilities;
calorimetric equipment
Computing facilities include four multiprocessor servers, more than fifty graphics workstations, a
forty–eight–processor cluster of PC–based workstations, video animation equipment, and an assortment
of approximately 1000 personal computers, and laser and color printers.
Entrance Requirements and Application Deadlines for M.S. and Ph.D. Programs
GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test, TOEFL for foreign applicants
Fall Admission – January 1st
Spring Admission – November 1st
Applications processed on a rolling basis
Financial Aid
Full-time Ph.D. students receive fellowships, research assistantships, teaching
assistantships, or a combination thereof. Stipends for entering students range
from approximately $25,000 to $30,000 (Presidential Fellowship), plus complete
tuition remission, for a calendar-year appointment. Senior graduate students
excelling in research are rewarded with additional funds (up to $4,000 per year)
from Merck, Damle, and Reid departmental endowments.
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Additional Information
For a full description of the Graduate Program, visit our home page at
http://chem.rutgers.edu/ or contact
Vice Chair, Graduate Program in Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Wright–Rieman Laboratories
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
610 Taylor Road
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854–8087
Telephone: 732–445–3223
E–mail: gradexec@chem.rutgers.edu
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Time–of–Flight Mass Spectrometer (ToFMS) in use
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