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  • With our top-notch faculty, small class sizes and hands-on access to state-of-the-art labs, Goshen College’s Chemistry Department is hard to beat.

    Chemistry majors learn not only in the lecture hall and lab, but in on-the-job experiences in industrial laboratories and school classrooms. Goshen students work with professionals who are using chemistry to solve problems, create new products and illuminate young minds.

    You’ll even get the chance to work on cool projects, like the extensive biodiesel processor (which converts waste vegetable oil to biodiesel fuel) that was built and run by GC students. And the acceptance rate in both medical and graduate school is currently about 90 percent for a four-year average – double the national four-year average acceptance rate!

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  • Major in Chemistry
    The life of a chemistry major at Goshen College is filled with new encounters. Chemistry majors learn not only in the lecture hall and lab, but in on-the-job experiences in industrial laboratories and school classrooms. Goshen students work with professionals who are using chemistry to solve problems, create new products and illuminate young minds.
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    • Doug

      Doug Schirch

      Professor of Chemistry

    • Dan

      Dan Smith

      Department Chair
      Professor of Chemistry

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