NMSU - Department of Chemisty and Biochemistry

Graduate Admissions

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry guarantees a Teaching Assistantship
for the first year in our graduate program.
Continued support in successive years is dependent upon performance.

Required Documents

Scholastic Records from each institution previously attended. Have official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work sent directly to this department (see address below*).

Recommendation Forms, three should be printed out from the link below and sent directly from your reference to this department.

GRE Scores should be sent to:
The Graduate School
New Mexico State University
MSC 3G, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

Financial Support Form should be sent directly to this department. This form is used for assigning teaching assistantships within our graduate program.

Foreign Applicants have 1 additional document required -

TOEFL Scores should be sent directly from ETS to:
The Graduate School
New Mexico State University
MSC 3G, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

*Graduate Advisor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
New Mexico State University
MSC 3C, P. O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

General Information

Domestic Applicants

*** Application Deadline: July 1 for fall; November 1 for spring ***

International Applicants

*** Application Deadline: March 1 for fall; no spring admission ***

Graduate Application Form ($50 Fee)
Application for Financial Aid (Adobe pdf file)
Letters of Recommendation (Print three of these)

The department's normal foreign admissions policy is to only admit foreign students who receive a departmental assistantship or other fellowship.

Please note: This department's graduate program only admits international students during the Fall Semester, not Spring.

SEND GRADUATE ADMISSION INQUIRIES TO: chembche@nmsu.edu

Undergraduate Admissions

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A degree in chemistry or biochemistry enables a student to pursue a wide variety of careers: in research, production, sales, management, and teaching. These degrees are also an excellent preparation for professional studies in medicine, dentistry, veterinary science, optometry, pharmacology, pharmacy, and law. A total of 146 undergraduate students are studying Chemistry or Biochemistry as their primary major. Of these, 21% are white and 79% are from other ethnic backgrounds. There are five divisions of chemistry - Analytical, Biochemistry, Inorganic, Organic, and Physical. We have a total of 20 active faculty members

Chemistry majors who have completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree may receive American Chemical Society certification of they take one additional one-semester course which includes 1 credit of laboratory.

Degree:Bachelor of Science
Major:Chemistry
Major:Biochemistry
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Major:Chemistry