Prospective Graduate Students
Apply Online
Or:
Paper application
Students are admitted to the department to pursue the Ph.D. degree. Students who have either a bachelor’s or master’s degree will be considered for admission. Postdoctoral training is also available.
Admission to the department requires an undergraduate degree with a year of course work in organic chemistry, including lab; additional course work in physical chemistry and biochemistry is highly desirable. With this background, required core graduate courses, including advanced organic and medicinal chemistry, can be completed in one to one-and-a-half years.
The final steps in the Ph.D. program are the presentation and defense of an original research proposal and a dissertation describing original research work carried out by the candidate. The median time for students to complete their Ph.D. degree in the Department is about 5 years.
Inquiries are welcome at any time. Students enter the program in August, and full consideration for admission can be assured for all applications received by the preceding
February 1.
Particularly outstanding domestic students and permanent U.S. residents from the United States, who may be eligible to compete for one of the special fellowships available, should apply by the end of December to be considered for these fellowships in the first year of study.
Application documents to send to the University Graduate Application Processing Center:
• Application and fee (
fee information)
Application documents to send directly to the Medicinal Chemistry Department:
• Paper form of the Application for Admission form and fee (only required if application form not submitted online)
• One transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college or university attended
• Three letters of recommendation (recommendation forms not used)
• Resume or CV
• Statement of Purpose: This should include information on the applicant’s long term objectives and general areas of research that most interest the applicant {rank in 1,2,3 order the areas of a)synthetic medicinal chemistry, b)natural products/chemical biology, and c)medicinal biochemistry}.
• GRE scores (codes: KU – 6871, Medicinal Chemistry - 0621)
• TOEFL or IELTS (if applicable) (codes: KU – 6871, Pharmacy – 47)(
TOEFL Score Information)
• Financial Statement (International only)
Entrance criteria: Applications are reviewed by the Graduate Selection Committee and all application information, including the following, is taken into consideration.
• GPA
• GRE (no minimum scores are required) / TOEFL
• Research experience and internships
• Letters of recommendation
• Statement of Purpose
For further information, write, email or call:
Director of Graduate Studies
Course & department information
Associate Professor Apurba Dutta
The University of Kansas
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
4070 Malott Hall
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7582
Tel: (785) 864-4117
Fax: (785) 864-5326
mdcmdgs@ku.edu
Graduate Student Recruiting
Application information
Cynthia Beall, Program Assistant
The University of Kansas
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
4070 Malott Hall
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7582
Tel: (785) 864-3674
Fax: (785) 864-5326
medchem@ku.edu
Graduate School
The University of Kansas
300 Strong Hall
1450 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045-7535
Tel: (785)864-6161
gradschool@ku.edu
http://www.graduate.ku.edu/
http://www.graduate.ku.edu/apply/index.shtml (Graduate Application Processing Center)
