The Department of Chemistry offers a state-of-the-art research environment with brand new teaching and research laboratories. $37M of renovations, completed in 2012,  were made possible through funding from the Governments of Canada and Quebec, and 91ÉçÇø. Research and teaching  are now performed in large and bright environments, with glass separated office spaces and state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure. Teaching laboratories feature a unique design that optimize students’ ability to work in a collaborative manner with research quality laboratory infrastructure and instrumentation