UCI ties Harvard in doctorates

By Gary Robbins

February 27, 2003

The University of California, Irvine, tied with Harvard University for 15th place nationally in conferring doctoral degrees in chemistry, according to a new survey by Chemical and Engineering News. Both UCI and Harvard awarded 25 doctorates in chemistry during the year ending June 30, 2002. UCI finished ahead of the California Institute of Technology and Stanford University. UCI also awarded 97 bachelor's degrees in chemistry -- good for second nationally. UCI's chemistry department is home to such renowned figures as Nobel laureate F. Sherwood Rowland, and Larry Overman and Peter Rentzepis, members of the National Academy of Sciences.