Honour for PhD chemistry student
June 2011
Simon Herbert, who is spending a year at the University of Manchester on a Commonwealth Fellowship, has been awarded for the best final year synthetic chemistry PhD talk.
Platinum research students scoop two awards
22-02-2011
Hugo van Wyk and James Odendal, both members of the Platinum Metals Research Group, received two of the five poster prizes awarded to students at the 40th South Africa Chemistry Institute Convention.
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About the Department
The Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science is one of the pre-eminent research departments in Chemistry in South Africa, and is engaged in a wide range of research areas. The department also plays host to the largest research effort in Polymer Science in the country. It is also the only department at a South African university offering a BSc degree with a focus on textile and polymer science.
We offer undergraduate BSc degrees in Chemistry and Polymer Science, Textile and Polymer Science and Chemical Biology. Post-graduate studies leading towards MSc and PhD degrees are conducted as part of the department’s many research groups.
