The Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University offers major and minor programs that prepare students for exciting and rewarding careers. A chemistry degree gives you more than classroom learning—it’s about discovery, connection, and opportunity. From your first year, you’ll gain lab and research experience and build skills that prepare you for careers in academia, medicine, industry, and beyond. With scholarships available for incoming students and our Chemistry Learning Community to help you connect with professors, peers, and research groups, you’ll find support, professional growth, and plenty of fun along the way.

Curious about what is behind making medicinally relevant molecules, building unusual materials, plastic upcycling, using chemistry for medical diagnostics or chemistry pedagogy? Engage in innovative research with a PhD program at the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State where students work together with faculty to take on challenging problems at the frontiers of their sub-disciplines.