The goal of our department's graduate program is to help you reach your highest potential, to build the capacity to work independently and define and investigate new problems. Graduate-level chemists are able to both advance the fundamental understanding of their discipline and communicate what they have learned to others.

Our programs offer graduate students an opportunity to learn within a vibrant intellectual community. The size of our department is an important advantage to our graduate students. We are both large enough to provide cutting edge research facilities and training, yet small enough to guarantee close faculty-student interactions. This tight-knit culture is one of the major attractions of the graduate programs at the University of Denver. 

Students in the MS and PhD programs are provided financial support in the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, or fellowships. The stipend for students in good standing in the PhD program is over $32k/year. Students are also provided a tuition waiver and a health insurance scholarship to cover the cost of the DU student health insurance plan and health and counseling fees. Stipend support generally increases each year, and this is expected to continue.