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How to ApplyChemistry MS
USF’s Master of Science in Chemistry is designed for graduate students seeking a research-based degree with personalized direction from research advisers and training from experienced full-time faculty. Hands-on training opportunities prepare our students for a future in professional research and development, further studies in a PhD program or health-related professional programs, and teaching positions at the high school and community college level.
Degree Requirements and Program Learning Outcomes
Full-Tuition Merit Scholarships
Students admitted to the program are funded, including a full graduate scholarship, and most earn a salary earned through teaching or research assistantships.
Research Areas
Students are accepted into specific research groups and immediately join a research project supervised by their assigned research adviser, with whom they develop a program of directed scientific research. To qualify for admission to the program, you must be interested in pursuing research in one of the following areas:
- Analytical Chemistry: Ryan West
- Biochemistry: Janet Yang
- Computational Chemistry: William Karney
- Inorganic Chemistry: Osasere Evbuomwan
- Organic Chemistry: Herman Nikolayevskiy
- Physical Chemistry: Giovanni Meloni
Research Labs
Our students work alongside full-time faculty in well-equipped research labs in chemistry and biochemistry.
Lab Instruments
- Computational facilities
- Electrochemical workstation
- HPLC system
- FT-IR/Raman spectrometer
Fluorimeter - GC-MS
- UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer
- Varian 500 MHz FT NMR
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Contact Info
Chemistry MS
Ryan West, Graduate Director
Harney Science Center 353, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
chemistry@usfca.edu
(415) 422-6157
(415) 422-5157