With millions of dollars in external research funds brought in annually, the Department is committed to and has the ability to maintain outstanding facilities to support research efforts. Such research activities are funded by prestigious national agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Gates Foundation and the American Heart Association.

While the emphasis of our graduate program is in the training of scientists, we offer both a thesis and non-thesis master’s degree. Our research faculty and more than 100 graduate students, from countries around the world, make up the Georgia State Chemistry program. The environment here is energetic, scientific, collaborative. Our first Ph.D. was awarded in 1986, and we have been a strong and growing program at Georgia State, which is classified by the Carnegie Foundation among U.S. universities with very high research activity. In 2021, the Chemistry Department awarded our 276th Ph.D.