School of Chemistry

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Leeds heads €3m project to pioneer next-gen cancer treatments

Researchers from across Europe, led by Leeds, have joined forces to improve the production of antibody and cell-based therapies.

A colourful visualisation of glycans at a cell surface.

Chemistry student wins Reckitt Sustainability Challenge prize

Jed Walsh, a final year Chemistry MChem, BSc student, was awarded the second place prize in the Reckitt Sustainability Challenge 2024.

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Jed walsh being presented with the second place prize by Reckitt

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Next-gen cancer treatment
Sustainability Prize

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99%

'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'

Submitted research outputs, REF 2021

82nd

in the world

QS World University Rankings 2025

Silver

award for our commitment to gender equality

Athena SWAN Charter

Research and innovation

Our world-leading research cuts across the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. The themes of our research groups are all at the disciplinary interfaces of chemistry, with: physics, geology and biology, physics and mathematics, biology and medicine, materials science, medicine and chemical engineering.