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The Chemistry Department offers a special research-based Masters degree
program, available only to UR undergraduates.
By taking advantage of the intensive curriculum in the B.S. Chemistry
program and by integrating B.S. and M.S. research, students can make efficient
use of their time to accomplish an M.S. degree with one additional year beyond
the B.S. program. Typically, enrollment in five graduate courses in
Chemistry is distributed over the fourth and fifth years of study. A research
program is started in the fourth and continued in the fifth year. Both B.S.
and M.S. theses are required. Fifth year students will devote more than
50% of their time to research. When compared to more traditional course-based
M.S. programs in chemistry, the Rochester
program reduces the time and tuition costs, while increasing the research
experience of the graduates.
The five-year program makes no assumptions about the long-term career goals of
students. Some will choose to continue to study for a Ph.D. while others will
choose to go to work as chemists. In either case, the program prepares students
who are superbly educated for their subsequent choices. By providing an
extended opportunity to pursue basic research, the program also promises to
help students decide whether to pursue further study and independent research.
If desired, the Chemistry department will assist the student in finding
industrial employment (often an internship) in the summer between the fourth
and fifth years of study, enabling them to acquire a better understanding of
employment opportunities in the chemical industry.
Since the program is based on an integration of the fourth and fifth years of
study, careful planning is required. Students should discuss this
program with a faculty adviser when they begin to make decisions about senior
research in the spring of the junior year. Formal application to the Graduate School
and admission to
the program follows in the fall of the senior year. Scholarships for 75-100% of the tuition
for the
fifth year of study are available; consideration for that support is concurrent
with the review for admission.
The Five-Year M.S. Program is made possible by generous funding from companies, who benefit from students’ awareness of their company’s support, and often employ the student as a summer intern and/or a permanent employee as a result of the program. Companies that have contributed funds...
CIBA
Novartis
Procter & Gamble
Novartis
Boehringer Ingelheim
Novartis
10/1996
9/1997
09/1997
03/1998
02/1998, 04/1999, 12/1999
01/2006, 01/2007, 01/2008
For further information, contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator:
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