Chemistry offers summer research experience to undergraduate students in the Department doing hands-on research in the faculty's research labs.This program which is available only in the summer opens doors to students to experience first hand the excitement of learning and discovery outside the classroom.

Research is conducted in the Department's facilities under the supervision of Chemistry research faculty and are funded by NSERC under its Undergraduate Student Research Awards and some out of the OSOTF funds which are research scholarships geared to students in good academic standing who are on financial need.

There are also opportunities to do research overseas in other universities over the summer through student exchange programs. Successfully selected students go to participating universities and spend the summer working on cutting-edge research projects .Most of these research opportunities are funded by the Centre for International Experience in collaboration with other institutions like:

• DAAD's RISE (Research Internship in Science and Engineering) (Germany)
• Johannes Gutenberg University-Mainz (Germany)
• OBW (Ontario-Baden/Wuttemberg) Student Exchange (Germany)
• The National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Similarly, Woodsworth College through their Summer Abroad Programs have designed programs including Science Abroad that allow student to complete research internship at one of several prestigious research facilities located overseas or in the U.S.

For more information about these summer research opportunities, click on the tabs at the top of this page.