Faculty members serve as both scientists and teachers, bringing to the classroom the results and excitement of their research. Because of this dual emphasis, students are made aware of the latest developments in the field.

The curriculum is approved by the American Chemical Society for the training of professional chemists. For advanced students, there are University fellowships available to provide a stipend while doing research during the summer. Many of our undergraduates have had their research published in world-renowned chemistry journals. Vanderbilt offers exciting state of the art research facilities to students interested in chemistry. The department is fully equipped with modern chemical instrumentation, including NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, x-ray diffractometry, microscopy, chromatography, and computational facilities.