Undergraduate Chemistry/Biochemistry

js416256
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:59:15 +0000

IMO, most top 50 research universities have excellent chemistry departments so really you can’t go wrong with any research university. Are you interested in specifics like lot’s of research opps or great undergrad chem teachers? But generally even if someone tells you something like “MIT is better in chemistry than Stanford”, they are splitting hairs. It seems that when people talk about the strengths of a department they are mostly referring to the graduate departments which shouldn’t interest you if you are looking for a good undergraduate chem department.

I would say of the many excellent research university pick the one that endorses undergrad research, has excellent teachers who can actually teach and not just conduct research, and somewhere where you “fit”. I feel that if you can find somewhere that meets all of that criteria you’ve found the best school for undergrad chem/biochem.