The Department of Chemistry at MIT is one of the nation's top chemistry departments. It has an illustrious history in sharing the MIT tradition of excellence, and it has provided national leadership in chemical education and research throughout the century.

The Department's strong record of achievement is solidly based on its pioneering advances in chemical research, its success in incorporating these advances into teaching and research programs, and its close relationship to government and industry.

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Recent Submissions

  • 5.92 Energy, Environment, and Society, Spring 2007 

    Conlin, Beth; Tester, Jefferson W.; Steinfeld, Jeffrey; Graham, Amanda (2007-06)
    "Energy, Environment and Society" is an opportunity for first-year students to make direct contributions to energy innovations at MIT and in local communities. The class takes a project-based approach, bringing student ...
  • 5.33 Advanced Chemical Experimentation and Instrumentation, Fall 2007 

    Gheorghiu, Mircea; Tokmakoff, Andrei (2007-12)
    5.33 focuses on advanced experimentation, with particular emphasis on chemical synthesis and the fundamentals of quantum chemistry, illustrated through molecular spectroscopy. The written and oral presentation of experimental ...
  • 5.68J / 10.652J Kinetics of Chemical Reactions, Spring 2003 

    Steinfeld, Jeffrey; Green Jr., William (2003-06)
    This course deals with the experimental and theoretical aspects of chemical reaction kinetics, including transition-state theories, molecular beam scattering, classical techniques, quantum and statistical mechanical ...

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