About the Department

Warwick Chemistry is one of the top departments in the UK and is an international centre of excellence for the Chemical Sciences. Our research, and research-led teaching, spans the full range of traditional subdisciplines as well as several exciting interdisciplinary themes. We are actively engaged in multidisciplinary research programmes across the Warwick campus and with other universities, research institutes and industry both nationally and internationally. The University continues to invest heavily in the Department’s physical infrastructure and academic resources, which has led to significant growth in academic staff numbers, and cutting-edge research. The excellence of our research is demonstrated by Warwick Chemistry holding one of the largest EPSRC Research Grant Portfolios of any UK University Chemistry Department. In teaching, we have a full-time ‘Director of Student Experience’, and completely refurbished teaching laboratories.

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Some Facts and Numbers

Academic Staff (May 2012): 41

Research School (PhD Students, Post-docs and Senior Research Staff) (May 2012) 220

Undergraduate Students intake: 130 - 140 per academic year

Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence link Barker (2012), Stavros (2011), Macpherson (2010), Taylor (2009)

Annual Turnover (2010/11): £17.5m

EPSRC research grant income: link

Research grants with industries (2011): BASF, Bayer, Syngenta, Unilever, Wacker Chemie, SABIC, Infineum, Johnson & Johnson, Akzo-Nobel, Proctor & Gamble, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Johnson Matthey, Dr Reddys, Rhodia, Lubrizol, Evotec, Lesker, BAE, Asylum Research, Element 6 and many other leading companies from all areas of the chemical industry.

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008

): ALL academics assessed. All academics are are internationally recognised, with 75% of our research being internationally excellent and world leading.