About the School

The School is a Department of the Faculty of Science. Staff contact details, OH&S information and more can be found here.

 

Research

The School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne is one of Australia's leading research centres in the chemical sciences. 

 

Studying Chemistry

The first lectures in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne were given in 1856. Since then the School has grown significantly. The University of Melbourne is a truly international institution, with students from over 100 countries currently enrolled.

 

Community

The School of Chemistry has strong links to the community through various programs, collections, regular events and publications.

Chemistry in Top 25 QS World Ranking

The 2013 QS World University Ranking for Chemistry lists the best universities in the world to study chemistry.

University of Melbourne comes in highest in Australia and at 23 in the world.

Nature Scientific Reports

Congratulations to the Soft Matter & Cell Biophysics group for their paper published on 27 March in Nature Scientific Reports on imaging the action of antimicrobial peptides on living bacteria. 

Journal cover for Caruso Group

Research from the Caruso Lab featured on the cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry A. The article describes preparation of webs of fibrous titanium zirconium oxide using electrospinning; the fibres were studied for adsorption of heavy metal ions in water.

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