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Career planning
Graduate School
Not sure what you can do with a chemistry degree? Check out the many different options at the new ACS Chemistry Careers page. Here you will find an overview of each type of job as well as education requirements, required technical skills, future employment trends, mean salaries, and highlights of a few "real world" scientists for each type of position.
What Chemists Do: Academia
What Chemists Do: Industry
What Chemists Do: Government
What Chemists Do: Non-traditional
This searchable online database was developed by ACS to help undergraduate chemistry students find information about research experiences, internships, co-ops, and other chemistry-related opportunities.
This searchable online version of the ACS Directory of Graduate Research (DGRweb), is the most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in North America. With the DGRweb you can search for faculty, institutions, and research experiences for undergraduates.
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