How good is UTD ?

[prats]

All those who have applied to Chemistry phd programs please tell me about the rankings and research attitude at university of Texas at Dallas . thannks

[ChemHopeful]

i would say you'd better have a good feel for what group(s) you might be working with before you apply. UTD is just off most people's radar. for instance, http://www.organiclinks.net/ is a good guide for students looking to pursue organic work and no one from UTD makes the list.

that doesn't mean you won't find a great advisor or do meaningful research there, but you are probably going to have to evaluate your future adviser on your own. i know of at least one professor there who would be great to work with for computational chemistry