The many paths to Chemistry at Princeton University

Visit Princeton!

Schedule a campus tour- virtual or in-person- with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Looking for a virtual option? Check out the “Tiger Walks” Zoom webinars with in-person Orange Key Guides. *Please note that Orange Key Tours are designed for undergraduate students and may contain content relevant to applying, undergrad student organizations, and other undergraduate resources.

Survey the campus and surrounding town with some amazing drone footage.

Princeton Graduate Housing

There’s a reason more than 70% of graduate students live in campus housing. On-campus life at Princeton includes a wide array of activities, amenities and experiences that bring us together as a community.
Learn more about our housing offerings, and check out some of the virtual housing tours:

Learn more at Graduate Student Housing | Housing and Real Estate

Student Life

The Graduate School’s programs and traditions are as unique and wide-ranging as the Princeton graduate student community. Get involved through numerous events and programs from the Student Affairs team- there is something fun happening nearly every week, all year long! Learn more at https://gradschool.princeton.edu/student-experience/student-life

Check out our athletic facilities and programs, all open to Princeton undergraduate and graduate students. The recently completed Class of 1986 Fitness & Wellness Center in central campus boasts a new functional fitness area and additional cardio equipment as well as a new Power Studio featuring powerlifting & Olympic lifting spaces. Learn more at https://campusrec.princeton.edu/.

And recently added to the Meadows Complex and Raquet Center is the Wilkinson Fitness Center, featured at https://campusrec.princeton.edu/news/introducing-new-fitness-rec-spaces-meadows-campus

Professional Development

GradFUTURES empowers graduate scholars to succeed in graduate school and create futures that are fully their own. Our programs are strategically designed to complement the Graduate School’s holistic support of graduate students, helping them explore, thrive, and find a sense of belonging while at Princeton. In a fast-changing professional landscape, graduate students are uniquely situated to engage their futures with creativity, insight, and in-demand skills that reveal multiple options within the academy and beyond.

Sharpen your skills, forge connections, gain experience and explore pathways with the GradFUTURES team at https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/.

Research Facilities

The Department of Chemistry houses a comprehensive array of research facilities to support a diversity of scientific work. Staff members expertly maintain each facility and are available to help users set up experiments or interpret results. Researchers in the department also have access to highly automated instruments around the clock. Our resources facilitate scientific progress from giving chemists a deeper understanding of their data to providing essential characterization of compounds for publication.
Learn more about the department’s research facilities.

Check out some facility and lab videos featuring faculty and graduate students:

In the spring of 2024, the Princeton Materials Institute (PMI) and the Princeton University Chemistry Department took delivery of a highly sought after solid state NMR instrument. Learn more about the install of the Princeton Chemistry ssNMR (2024).
John Eng, Director, Mass Spectrometry and Small Instrument Core Facilities, explains what’s happening in Princeton Chemistry Core Facilities: Mass Spectrometry (2015).
In 2016, a simple question posed by Edward “Ted” Taylor, professor emeritus and departmental benefactor, leads Tom Muir, professor and 2016 chair of the Department of Chemistry, on a whirlwind tour of the inquiring minds doing science in the Frick Chemistry Laboratory at Princeton University in What’s New In Chemistry?
Hear right from the labs in “30-Seconds to Explain Your Research” (2019).