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The University of the Free State (UFS) Department of Chemistry, under the chair of Prof Andreas Roodt (left) is proud of the excellent teaching facilities and modern research equipment. The chemistry building on Main Campus is currently undergoing a R60 million renovation project, while our research equipment has received a R50 million upgrade over the past four years.
Please contact us if you think you are interested in Chemistry or further research. We need you in South Africa to ensure a prosperous future for our country.
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The Department of Chemistry boasts with:
- Some of the most advanced research equipment in Africa, including:
- High Performance Computing Centre
- Single crystal and Powder X-Ray Diffractometers
- 600 MHz NMR
- DSC
- Thermographic, kinetic etc. systems
- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis equipment
- Recognised and enthusiastic teaching and support staff.
- Bruker X8 Apex II 4K Kappa CCD single crystal diffractometer allows structure determination of novel compounds.
- Bruker 600 MHz NMR, one of the most advanced systems in Africa, with application in pharmaceutical and natural product structural determination.
- High Performance Computational Centre hosted by Computer Services
Research
Key research focus areas:
- X-ray crystallography,
- electrochemistry,
- organic synthesis,
- organometallic synthesis,
- polymer synthesis,
- computational chemistry ,
- reaction mechanisms and
- industrial process chemistry.
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For Departmental Research Foci, see Research Groups below, or click here for Group Leaders.
For detail on post graduate positions [MSc, PhD] and Post-Docs available in UFS Chemistry, click here.
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Entry forms
Mev. W. Du Plessis +27 (0) 51 401 3969 (8:00 - 13:00)
dupleswc@ufs.ac.za].
Enquiries
Chemistry Department +27 (0) 51 401 9212
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