UNC的化学硕士（重点研究）在本科阶段学到的知识和技能的扩展和建立，并通过研究成分在化学实验室和处理化学文献方面发展独立性。候选人有机会与在生物化学以及分析，无机，物理和有机化学方面训练有素的教师紧密合作。根据您的兴趣和职业目标，您可以为化学硕士学位选择论文或非论文选项。这两个学位都为您提供了研究，实验室技能和学术写作的严格基础。您将有机会发表，出席会议，进行独立研究以及与教职员工和同学合作。
Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Maine. We are proud to be the only university in the State of Maine to offer Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in chemistry. Our faculty and graduate students are actively engaged in research that spans a broad range of chemistry. The smaller size of research groups in our department allows for a high degree of student-faculty interaction. Many groups have interdisciplinary research projects that provide opportunities for collaboration with engineers, materials scientists, biological scientists or disciplinary based education researchers.<br><br>The majority of our graduate students are enrolled in the Ph.D. program and all students are typically supported as teaching assistants in their first year. Research assistantships are also available, usually starting in the second year. All students in good standing are guaranteed financial support through the completion of their degrees.<br>Theoretical and Computational Chemistry<br>Theoretical chemistry is a branch of chemistry, which develops theoretical generalizations that are part of the theoretical arsenal of modern chemistry, for example, the concept of chemical bonding, chemical reaction, valence, the surface of potential energy, molecular orbitals, orbital interactions, molecule activation, etc. Computational Chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulation to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses methods of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids.