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Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in red wine that has anti-cancer properties.

Chemistry lies right at the heart of all science

Chemistry student in the lab

Welcome to the School of Chemistry at the University of Leeds

We are one of the most prestigious chemistry departments in the UK, having built up a national and international reputation for our teaching and research excellence over more than one hundred years.

We have 55 academic and academic-related staff, in excess of 140 postgraduate students and 50 postdoctoral fellows. In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 the School was confirmed as one of the top departments, being ranked 8th in the UK. This is reinforced by our "excellent" rating for our teaching in the Teaching Quality Assessment (TQA).

Forthcoming events
15 February 2012
Organic Seminar

Multicomponent Reaction Design in the Quest for Molecular Complexity & Diversity

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15 February 2012
Inorganic Seminar

TBA

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Latest news

Silver drugs?

3 February 2012

Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Bradford have found that...


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Scientific cruise

2 February 2012

Researchers in Chemistry have recently returned from South East Asia having...


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Poster prize win.

24 January 2012

In December Kathryn Evans, a PhD student in Dr. Julie Fisher’s group, was...


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SCI National Competition

23 January 2012

A team of postgraduates from the Nelson group have recently been invited to the...


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