Overview

The department cultivates a collegial and congenial environment where you can pursue a flexible program with three specialized tracks of study: applied chemistry, clinical biochemistry, or chemistry and society.

The Chemistry degree at American University Washington DC emphasizes student research and individual mentorship: You will learn to write grant proposals for research funding, while designing, conducting, and analyzing research in advanced laboratory courses.

The modern teaching and research laboratories are fully equipped with chemical instrumentation, including spectrometers and chromatographic equipment, and we have specialized laboratories for work requiring an inert atmosphere, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, nanomaterials chemistry, electrochemistry, and computational chemistry.

Careers

The laboratory and computational skills learned in the MS program are highly valuable in doctoral study, and many of the students go into respected PhD and MD programs such as Princeton University, Thomas Jefferson University, the University of Delaware, and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The graduates are also extremely competitive in the job market. Biochemistry plays a vital role in medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, the food industry, and biodefense. Employment of biochemists is projected to grow eight percent over the next ten years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The BLS also reports Maryland as the state with the third highest number of jobs for biochemists in the country, most of them in the DC metropolitan area, which is home to numerous biotechnology, pharmaceutical, forensics, and clinical laboratories that are constantly looking for qualified workers to serve in their labs.

They have alumni working at private chemical companies like Solenis and PolyLC and in government laboratories for agencies including NIST, the Department of State, the DEA, and the Prince George’s County Police Department. With your MS in Chemistry and a head start on your career from a local internship, you will be well equipped to start your career in the DC research hub.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Separation Science

Trace Analysis

Experimental Biological Chemistry

Statistical Methods

Advanced Physical Chemistry

Advanced Analytical Chemistry

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Biochemistry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Washington, D. C., United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

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Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

Application form and fee

Statement of purpose

Transcripts

2 letters of recommendation

Resume

Applicants must have earned a degree equivalent to fulfilling the requirements for a Chemistry (BS) or Biochemistry (BS) with a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA from a college accredited by the American Chemical Society or equivalent.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

62400 USD / year

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Out-of-State

62400 USD / year

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In-State

62400 USD / year

≈ 62400 USD / year

Living costs

Washington, D. C.

United States

1705 - 2975 USD / month

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