The department of Chemistry welcomes many students every year in its research labs to perform research projects on exciting topics. Professors offers research opportunities on an ad hoc basis, so you should contact them individually to know more about specific opportunities.
Timeline:
Students can perform research year round, based on an agreement with the professor. A typical research project will take place in the summer (16 weeks from the 1st week of May), or during the fall and winter terms (as an Honours project, another research course, or paid as a research assistants)
Courses:
Research听courses offer an opportunity to do research for credit.
Students in an Honours program will take CHEM 470 either in summer or as a full year course.听
CHEM 470. Research Project 1.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A course designed to give students research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental and /or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
- (01-MAY-2003/31-AUG-2003)
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
Students from any program in Science, including Chemistry majors, can take a CHEM 396 course at any point in their degree after their first semester. CHEM is a one semester course, and is offered in Fall or Winter or Summer.听
Students can take more than one 396 course, but each one must be with a different professor.
CHEM 396. Undergraduate Research Project.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Independent research project with a final written report.
- Fall, Winter
- Restrictions: This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Departmental permission required. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses. Open to students in programs offered by the Faculty of Science only. This course must be taken as an elective, and cannot be used to fulfill program requirements.
- Note: Enrolment may be limited. Students are advised to start the application process well before the start of the term and to plan for an alternative course in the case that no suitable project is available. Individual projects may be suggested each term which may have project-specific prerequisites. Students may also approach professors to devise their own projects. Some projects may be accessible to students in other disciplines. See /science/research/undergraduate-research/science-re... for more information about available projects and application forms and procedures.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
For students that have completed a research project with a professor already, and would like to do further work with them, we have CHEM 480 available听to be taken either as a full year course or as a one semester course in Fall/Winter/Summer.听
CHEM 480. Undergraduate Research Project 2.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Funding opportunities
The following programs allow student to perform funded research.听听
We听welcome and encourage applications of students from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented minority groups.
