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 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.
CHEM 470
Research Project 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: 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.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only
- Although this is a research course from May 1st until August 27th, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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.
Students can take more than one 396 course, but each one must be with a different professor.
CHEM 396
Undergraduate Research Project
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Independent research project with a final written report.
Offered by: Chemistry
- 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 https://www.mcgill.ca/science/research/undergraduate-research/science-research-courses for more information about available projects and application forms and procedures.
- Although this is a research course from May 1st until August 27th, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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 to be taken either as a full year course or as a one semester course in Fall/Winter/Summer.
CHEM 480
Undergrad Research Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: 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.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- Although this is a research course from May 1st until August 27th, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Funding opportunities
The following programs allow student to perform funded research.
We welcome and encourage applications of students from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented minority groups.
