该硕士学位为最近对化学或生物化学感兴趣的大学毕业生，教学专业人士和研究机构的技术人员提供高级培训。拥有学位论文选修课程的化学专业的认真学生将在教师的指导下进行原创性研究并撰写MS论文。该选项适用于计划继续攻读博士学位或在行业，学术界或国家实验室工作的学生。非学位论文选题通常供那些正在攻读专业学位或在中学阶段教授化学的人使用。
Our 2-year degree program will help you advance your career or prepare you for doctoral or professional programs. Additionally, our new accelerated BS/MS program allows CMU undergraduates, who are majoring in chemistry or biochemistry, to double count certain senior advanced chemistry courses towards MS coursework and graduate with the MS degree in as little as one extra year.<br>Our research-driven program spans all major chemical disciplines analytical chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry.<br><br>Youll have plenty of opportunities to apply your classroom and laboratory knowledge. You'll work closely with faculty in world-class facilities. You'll assist them on research topics ranging from clean energy and renewable materials to understanding and combatting cancer and infectious diseases.<br><br>Our program develops students into professional scientists with the expertise to conduct advanced research and thrive in chemistry-related professions. You'll also be prepared to pursue your PhD in chemistry.<br>As a Chemistry student in our graduate program, youll:<br><br>Participate in lab-intensive chemistry research with faculty members on projects supported by grants such as the development of new, effective, nontoxic, environmentally-friendly flame retardants from renewable biosources, and identifying and characterizing particular proteins that are important to Tuberculosis causing bacteria.<br>Have your choice of research areas to delve into from organic chemistry to materials and nanoscience to analytics chemistry and more.