PhD in Chemistry in Birmingham United States | University of Alabama at Birmingham

As a chemist, you're equipped to pioneer groundbreaking advancements that will define the 21st century. The response from employers when they see a UAB PhD on your resume? We recommend witnessing it firsthand.

Your success mirrors ours. As a worldwide authority in medical education and research, we foster deep connections with the biomedical research network at UAB's Heersink School of Medicine. This gives you access to distinguished specialists across inorganic, organic, polymer, physical, analytical, bioanalytical, and biophysical chemistry—researchers whose round-the-clock innovations have worldwide impact. These experts also serve as your instructors. Additionally, with resources like the Central Alabama High Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility and the Center for Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, you'll work in labs specializing in mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, biophysical spectroscopy, and bioenergetics. Your graduate advisor and our research committee will collaborate with you to tailor your academic path. Program completion involves delivering a departmental seminar, plus composing and defending an original research dissertation.