Chemistry is the key to the physical world around us, and our laboratories allow students to unlock those secrets in professional and safe environment. In addition to top-quality chemistry labs, SIU offers a centrally located IMAGE facility, A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility and a Mass Spectrometry Facility, along with the expert faculty and technicians to utilize them to their fullest. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s programs and labs will prepare to investigate, comprehend and apply the concepts you learn in the classroom to the real world.