Undergraduate Programs

microbiology labSince its founding in 1993, the College of Chemical and Life Sciences has built top-ranked undergraduate programs that prepare students for diverse careers in healthcare, research, policy, and academia. More than 2,700 undergraduates are pursuing degrees in our college.

Undergraduate Program Highlights

  • Innovative instruction and majors featuring state-of-the-art facilities
  • World-class researchers and professors
  • Personal attention and high quality advising
  • Support for your application to health professional schools through our Health Professions Advising Office
  • The best science program for the money in the state
  • Departmental Honors Research provides students witn indepth, independent research projects and the opportunity to graduate with Honors.
  • College Park Scholars Program offers students a concentrated learning experience in the life sciences
  • EXCELS (Experiential Collaboration and Education in the Life Sciences) internship program helps students find internships with local companies, organizations, and government research labs
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program establishes important student-mentor relationships with the very best research faculty in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences
  • Beckman Scholars Program in Chemistry and Biochemistry encourages students to pursue careers in science