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Chair's Welcome
Thank you for your interest in our doctoral
program in Chemistry. Georgetown University
has an international reputation for excellence
in many fields, and our strategy to preserve
that reputation is to maintain well-funded
and well-equipped laboratories of moderate
size but of outstanding quality.
The Department currently has fifteen highly
interactive research groups and boasts a
4:1 graduate student to faculty ratio. Most
research groups typically include three to
five graduate students, a postdoctoral associate,
and one or two undergraduate student researchers.
Graduate students in our program are given
highly individualized attention. We encourage
you to read about our faculty’s research
on their webpages.
 A highly collaborative atmosphere pervades
both the Department of Chemistry and the
Georgetown University community as a whole.
Chemistry graduate students enjoy immediate
proximity to adjacent facilities in the Departments
of Physics, Biology, Math, and Computer Science,
as well as other university centers and institutes
including the Georgetown University Medical
Center, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
Center, and the Center for Infectious Disease.
Georgetown
University is located within Washington,
D.C., an amazing
city that is a major center of intellectual activity. The campus is a few miles
from the most complete library in the world and leading governmental laboratories,
such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, and the Naval Research Laboratory. The University is also within
close proximity to a number of major public and private museums, archives,
and galleries. Most of our faculty and students find these to be of considerable
value in their work and professional growth.
With such resources available in our Department,
throughout Georgetown,
and in the Washington,
D.C. area, graduate
students benefit
from excellent cross-disciplinary
experiences and training.
As you likely know,
such interdisciplinary
training is essential
for continued success
in the rapidly changing
world of chemistry.
Our alumni are
employed in a broad range of fields including
academia, industry and government.
We encourage you to investigate the many
opportunities that await you at Georgetown.
Please contact our Graduate
Admissions Officer with any questions
or concerns. We would
be happy to give your application careful consideration.
Richard D. Bates, Jr.
Department Chair
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