In chemistry, we make and discover things nobody's made or discovered before. We use our skills to manage cool reactions to seek answers to today's great challenges in sustainability, nanomaterials, and molecular life sciences. Both in education and in research, we are driven to understand and advance the molecular processes behind sustainable materials or new drugging strategies. Our research and education form an integrated whole and all our researchers are involved in teaching alongside their research programs and commitments. Vice versa, all our students are involved in cutting-edge research right from the very beginning.
Our department offers personal and laboratory-driven teaching in the interdisciplinary bachelor programmes Chemistry (Dutch) and Molecular and Biophysical Life Sciences (English), and international master programs such as Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences and Nanomaterials Science.In September 2024 the new MSc Sustainable and Circular Chemistry will start.
Our research is grouped in three interdisciplinary institutes with state-of-the-art equipped laboratories: the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science (nanomaterials) the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research (molecular life sciences) and the Institute of Sustainable and Circular Chemistry (sustainability).
Contact
Secretariat
H.R. Kruytgebouw, room Oost 106
+31 (0)30 253 1602
science.secr.chem@uu.nl
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Research
Debye Institute
The mission of the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science is to facilitate and promote fundamental and more applied research in the wide field of nanomaterials science, with a special emphasis on the research lines Catalysis, Colloids, and Nanophotonics.These three strong and interrelated disciplines are connected via the theme ‘Nanomaterials for Sustainability’, as many applications that are relevant for sustainable use of materials and energy arise from the intersection of these disciplines.
Debye Institute
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Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry
With fundamental and more applied molecular chemistry research, the Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry contributes to the three important transitions that our society faces: the energy, resource, and materials transitions.Building on our chemistry strongholds in synthesis, catalysis and spectroscopy, ISCC will provide the means to connect to other disciplines, across faculties and beyond academia, to ensure that our sustainable chemistry efforts connect well to the societal needs.
ISCC
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Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research
See AlsoUC Berkeley Majors & UC Berkeley Majors and Minors - Expert InfoL&S High-Demand Majors for First-Year StudentsResearch within the Bijvoet Centre has a strong fundamental focus, using and developing advanced technologies, studying processes happening at the membrane and aiming at understanding protein biogenesis, folding and interactions. These, which are all contributing to our mission of “discovering the molecular basis of life”, are identified as our research focus areas.
Bijvoet Centre
Bachelor's programmes
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Chemistry
Studying Chemistry in Utrecht means you learn how to make molecules, know what their structure is, which reactions they give and what their characteristics are. You understand and apply the laws of nature.
Chemistry
Wide varied options and personal guidance
Education
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Molecular and Biophysical Life Sciences
The interdisciplinary Bachelor’s programmeMolecular and Biophysical Life Sciences (MBLS) combines biology, chemistry, physics and the pharmaceutical sciences to study life from different perspectives.
Molecular and Biophysical Life Sciences
Master's programmes
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Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences
The Master's programme in Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences (MCLS) is research oriented and takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of molecules, cells, and organisms.
Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences
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Nanomaterials Science
Nanomaterials Science is a two-year multidisciplinary Master's programme.You will explore how to make nanomaterials to find solutions for the transition to a sustainable society.
Nanomaterials Science
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Drug Innovation
The Master’s programme in Drug Innovation focuses on diagnostics and the improvement and management of small molecule and biomolecular drugs.
Drug Innovation
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Energy Science
This programme is aimed at students with a background in science or engineering who want to contribute to the transition towards sustainable energy systems.
Energy Science
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Science Education and Communication
Science Education and Communication focuses onbroadening your views on science and mathematics, sharing your knowledge with others, and making science more visible to society at large.
Science Education and Communication
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Sustainable Development
This two-year Master’s programme educates the scientists of the future. These scientists will be able to use their research and skills to help build a sustainable society.
Sustainable Development
News
RSS More newsEIC Pathfinder Grant to build prototypical quantum computer
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The consortium’s research aims to result in a prototypical quantum computer which will overcome the conventional boundaries of standard information and computation technologies. Zeila Zanolli, associate professor at Utrecht University, is one of the principal investigators.
Antibiotic ‘Velcro’ gives bacteria a sticky situation
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A small antibiotic called plectasin uses an innovative Velcro-like mechanism to kill bacteria. Research into how this structure is formed unveils a new approach that could have broad implications for the development of antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Roadmap to a carbon-neutral refinery by 2050
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In a highly visionary Nature article, two chemists from Utrecht University present a roadmap in which oil refineries could be reinvented to be completely fossil-free. Processes will be electrified if possible, and raw materials will change to CO2, agricultural and municipal waste.
Events
RSS27 May
PhD defence: Measuring interactions between colloidal (nano)particles
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PhD defence of M. Bransen (Faculty of Science / Soft Condensed Matter)
29 May
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PhD defence of K.B. Schnabl (Faculty of Science / Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis)
10 Jun
PhD defence: Chemical Recycling of Polypropylene
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PhD defence of M.J.F. Jenks (Faculty of Science / Sub Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis)
