Best University to pursue Chemistry?

[LogicSoDeveloped]

I just started a program to get my associates degree in Chemistry. however, I plan on transfer to University of Tennessee Knoxville to get my bachelors in Chemistry there. After this, I plan on going to graduate school. I might do that at UT but want to consider other options as well.

Also, I was thinking about once I attain my education, to apply for an oil company as I hear they are to start extracting oil from sands in canada and I felt that this might be a viable career. If so, let me know in your post if you'd agree or disagree with this.

Anywhere you guys can recommend for the best graduate programs in Chemistry?

 

[scureto1]

Hey, I just finished up my bachelor's in chemistry at UTK last spring and started graduate school in the PhD program there this fall!

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

Dude thats awesome! We should meet up next time I head out there and if not then, whenever I start there! I'm sure we would get along great considering our interest in chemistry.

 

[junglejuice]

Purdue...if you are a fucking brilliant hard worker you might get lucky and become a research assistant for Dr. David Nichols

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

^ I'll keep that in mind! This is going to be a tough decision but I believe I'll choose wisely

 

[sssssssssss]

a university with a diverse selection of areas to study

 

[adrian89987]

Here's this site with rankings and such:
http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/chemistry

What is a good chem university for you will often depend on the type of research you are going into. And also if you are wanting to work for Nichols lab don't be applying there for chemistry , got accepted there and went for a visitation only to quickly realize the school itself would not let me work under that department since I applied as a chemist.

But yea I agree with the above post, you want to go after schools that have like 3-5 professors AT LEAST with research that you are really interested in.

 

[raver2008]

I cant say much about which university but you definately could make a killing at the oil sands, its only going to keep growing and growing out there for the foreseable future.

 

[adrian89987]

Hey, Here's an excellent blog post that can help you in decided what schools might be for you, just thought I'd share:

http://chembites.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/applying-to-grad-school/

 

[yucatanboy2]

For chemistry, the top schools are MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, U Illinois at Urbana champagne, UNC Chapel Hill, U Wisconsin, U Washington, Stanford, etc.

If you are interested in oil chemistry/industrial chemistry, look up rankings for inorganic chemistry or chemical engineering.