Photo Credit (above): Karl Harrison

General advice about applying to study Chemistry at Oxford may be found on the Department’s website. The standard A-level conditional offer is A*A*A with both A*s in science subjects and/or mathematics. Equivalent offers apply for the International (or other) Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers, etc (for details, see here). Chemistry and Mathematics are essential at A-level (or its equivalent). Another science subject or Further Mathematics is recommended. We are pleased to receive applications for deferred entry. If you have any questions about applying to Corpus to study Chemistry, please contact Professor Cotterell or Dr Wormald.

One of Professor Cotterell’s research interests concerns how chemical reactions, and the partitioning of molecules between the gas and condensed phase, impacts on the physical and chemical properties of aerosol particles in Earth’s atmosphere. The absorption of sunlight by organic molecules, such as 4-nitrocatechol shown, in aerosols droplets depends critically on the particle size, shape, phase, water content, pH, and the wavelength of the incident sunlight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Subject Ambassador David writes:

"The chemistry course is primarily driven by lectures (two each weekday morning), labs, and tutorials (academic discussion sessions usually with one or two other students and a tutor). Twice a week (for about three out of every four weeks) you will be in the lab performing some new experiment, followed by results analysis. Tutorials are weekly (at Corpus - other colleges may vary) and involve being given a subject to read up on and some problems to solve and hand in, before going over them in detail in a small meeting with your tutor. There are other aspects including a maths segment with associated classes in first year, but such further details can be read about on the Chemistry departmental website."