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【简介】 The Department of Chemistry at MIT is recognized as one of the top chemistry departments in the world. The Department has an illustrious history in sharing the MIT tradition of excellence, and has provided national leadership in chemical education and research. The Department's strong record of achievement is based on its pioneering advances in chemical research, its success in incorporating these advances into teaching and research programs, and its close relationship to government and industry. Many fundamental discoveries made in their Department have found their way into practical applications ranging from polymer synthesis to medical imaging.
The Department presently has over 30 faculty members, all of whom participate in the graduate educational program and direct active research programs. There are currently about 100 undergraduate chemistry majors, nearly 250 graduate students, and about 100 post-doctoral associates and visiting fellows in the Department. In a recent year, the graduate population included students from 20 foreign countries and from more than 104 colleges and universities around the United States. Approximately 33% of their students are women. This representation of students from widely different backgrounds contributes to the enrichment of student life within the Department. In recent years, the Department has awarded from 25 to 45 doctoral degrees per year.
Some of the research activities of the Department are carried out in association with various interdisciplinary laboratories such as the Center for Cancer Research, the Center for Materials Science and Engineering, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, the Research Laboratory of Electronics, the Lincoln Laboratory, the GR Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, and the Whitehead Institute. These interdepartmental research laboratories provide stimulating interaction among the research programs at several MIT departments and give students the opportunity to become familiar with research work in disciplines other than chemistry. There are also opportunities for research in cooperation with other Departments such as Biology, Chemical Engineering, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, and Physics. A special training program in cancer research is administered with in the department, and many of our students are members of other tra ining programs such as the biotech training program and the Merck Fellowship.
Chemistry Department Headquarters Office Room:18-380 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Phone: 617-253-1803 Fax: 617-258-7500 Email: chemistryhq@mit.edu
