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FAST FACT:
It takes on average 12 years of research and development to bring a new medicine to the market.

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).

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Graduation December 2011

13 December 2011

Congratulations to everyone who was awarded their degree at a graduation...


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Web of stories

1 December 2011

A video archive of Professor Norman Greenwood's memories is being hosted at Web...


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Mars launch

30 November 2011

Dr Terry Kee was a guest of NASA at the launch of their Mars Science Laboratory...


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Hot highlight

29 November 2011

An paper published by Adam Nelson and his co-workers has been highlighted as a...


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