Department of Chemistry at Carleton University

Chemistry, often called the central science, works with electrons, molecules, metals, plastics, and beyond. Everything and anything are chemistry. Large questions in the world (“How do we solve the climate crisis?”; “How do we deal with a pandemic?”; “Why do I have to charge my mobile device?”) have fundamentally chemical solutions, and the Chemistry Department at Carleton University endeavours to help with these. Our Department is quite diverse, with undergraduate and graduate programs in Chemistry, Chemical Toxicology, and Nanoscience. We have a defined strategic approach to studying chemistry, participating in our community, and supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our strategic plan sums this up well: How can we share knowledge and shape the future? How can we serve Ottawa and serve the world? How can we strive for wellness and strive for sustainability? We aim to be open, inclusive, transparent and fair. We want to teach and train generations of chemists with a strong and solid foundation in chemistry, who are creative and thorough in applying this knowledge to any problem that they encounter. We are research-focused, and bring practical laboratory training and cutting-edge research opportunities to our students starting in first year. Located in Canada’s national capital, on the unceded Algonquin territory, we have easy access to government departments, national laboratories, three different Universities, and several interesting chemical industries. This “Capital Advantage” makes Co-op, summer employment, and research collaboration straight-forward and fruitful, and many of our graduates go on to careers in the national capital region.