Department

The BYU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is proud to work on behalf of BYU and participate in chemical research of great merit.

Brigham Young University of Provo (BYU) has a longstanding tradition of excellence. Founded in 1876 as a small, local-serving academy, the university now boasts an international reputation and a roster of 30,000 full-time students, making BYU one of the largest private universities in the United States. BYU students hail from all 50 American states and over 100 foreign nations.

The BYU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is one of BYU's leading research departments. The Chemistry Department lays claim to outstanding faculty, students, graduate students, and staff, and has displayed and continues to display remarkable success in areas including calorimetry, macrocycles, cancer therapy, and chromatography.

BYU is sponsored and supported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU welcomes competitive students of all faiths, sexes, genders, races, and disabilities. All students agree to uphold the Church's standards of moral integrity and academic excellence as noted in the university's Honor Code.