Chemistry courses

About Chemistry in Lakehead University

Our Department of Chemistry offers a graduate program that provides students with diverse opportunities across the subdisciplines of analytical, biochemical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. Students who successfully complete the program will achieve a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree.

The specific research interests of our full-time and adjunct faculty members include:

• Electrochemistry and surface analysis
• Material science
• Pulp and paper research
• Organometallic chemistry and catalysis
• Organic synthesis
• Aqueous silicon chemistry
• Photochemistry
• Environmental and medicinal chemistry

It normally takes two years to complete the program requirements, which include term courses that are tailored to meet the student's needs and interests; a research-based thesis project supervised by one or more of the faculty members; and two Departmental research seminars.

Some important points regarding graduate level research within the Department of Chemistry:

• The excellent faculty-to-graduate student ratio ensures a strong interaction between graduate students and members of the Department
• Extensive funding from government granting agencies [e.g., Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)], private industry, and Lakehead University has contributed to the tremendous expansion in research infrastructure available to researchers and graduate students in the Department
• Several members of the Department of Chemistry and their graduate students collaborate with various companies and agencies, including Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada and the Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre
• Many successful M.Sc. graduates from the Department of Chemistry at Lakehead University go on to pursue Ph.D. studies at other universities

Academic qualification equivalents

• A university degree in a related subject.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS:  6.5 (no individual score less than 6.0)
• TOEFL: iBT 80
• PTE: 58 (no component score less than 50)

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