School of Chemistry

Chemistry is an exciting and rapidly changing subject which is crucial to our understanding of many of today's global issues. Our undergraduate courses and postgraduate opportunities, facilities
and expertise enable our students and staff to study and work at the
leading-edge of this important subject.

Our new Collaborative Teaching Laboratory has recently opened, transforming the way we deliver hands-on teaching.

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Posted 07 June 2019

Birmingham chemist explains the science behind the source of new CFC emissions

Birmingham chemist, Dr Simon Cotton, has written about the molecule behind the recent shock rise in global CFC emissions, Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), and why we should all be concerned about its continued usage.

Posted 07 June 2019

Celebrating 150 years of the Periodic Table

UNESCO has designated 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table. We are marking the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev's periodic table of chemical elements with a series of short films.

Posted 30 May 2019

Chemists develop DNA 'barcodes' to scan for infection

A recent article about the latest EPS College Paper of the Month that was won by Dr Robert Neely from the School of Chemistry.

Posted 29 May 2019

University of Birmingham brings together Nobel Prize-winning academics from across the world to facilitate collaborative research

The Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Birmingham recently hosted a Nobel Prize-winning researchers and other pre-eminent academics, as part of a programme designed to support collaborative research.

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