Las Cruces,
NM,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
The Chemistry Ph.D. program covers key specializations including analytical, inorganic, organic, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. This graduate curriculum equips students with contemporary chemistry and biochemistry knowledge (through coursework), research-based problem-solving techniques, and professional communication abilities (via seminars and colloquia). To earn their doctorate, students must fulfill all course requirements, pass a first-year qualifying exam, complete written and oral comprehensive exams before year four, and successfully defend their dissertation in a final oral examination.