Each year some 170 chemists graduate after a four-year course which includes a year of research and about 80 graduates receive doctorates.
The Oxford Chemistry course is second to none in quality.
It has been judged to be excellent following a Teaching Quality Audit (TQA) by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Furthermore, the research school of 74 faculty was awarded 5* (also the highest grade) in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, published in December 2001, an evaluation that recognises its considerable international standing.
Her Majestythe Queen opened the new £60 million Chemistry Research Laboratory on 20th February 2004. This state of the art facility has five floors covering ~17,000 sq.m of laboratory and office space. The £60 million has been raised with grants from the JIF, Wolfson Foundation, EP Abraham Trust, Thomas Swan, the family of Landon T Clay, the Salters Company and a £20 million partnership with IP Group.