Chemistry

As a chemistry student at Muhlenberg, you will be part of the next generation of scientists digging into the world’s most pressing problems around energy, clean water, nanotechnology and the creation of innovations we can’t even begin to imagine.

The excellent slate of instructors within Muhlenberg’s chemistry department are committed to fostering your inquiry, growth and mastery of the skills needed to be part of these global solutions. You'll hone these skills in an interdisciplinary and collaborative scientific environment with opportunities to publish and present findings to the larger scientific community.

You won't wait long before you're immersed in department laboratories, using state-of-the-art equipment for research with faculty or finding answers to their own hypotheses. First-year students who demonstrate a high level of achievement in the classroom can be invited to join Project Lab, which offers open-ended experimentation during the second semester of your first year at Muhlenberg—a rare opportunity for first-year undergraduates. By sophomore year, you'll experience hands-on intensive lab experience in small organic chemistry classes. These research opportunities carry on throughout the year with additional opportunities for research available in the summer months.