UK and Ireland events
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Discover a wide range of chemistry events happening throughout the UK and Ireland, from workshops and lectures to conferences and networking opportunities. Use this page to browse all upcoming events, find those near you, and stay connected with the chemistry community.
Medicinal chemistry summer school 2026
Medicinal Chemistry Summer School 2026
7–12 June 2026
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Directing biosynthesis VIII
A highlight for the community of researchers interested in the biosynthesis of natural products.
29 June 2026
Manchester, United Kingdom
Career consultation (remote)
RSC career advisers provide guidance to Associate, Member, Fellow, and Affiliate members, including RSci/RSciTech.
9 April 2026
Online
Career consultation (remote)
RSC career advisers provide guidance to Associate, Member, Fellow, and Affiliate members, including RSci/RSciTech.
10 April 2026
Online
Virtual Labs Team celebrates award of the RSC Team Prize for Excellence in Higher Education
This celebratory event takes place at Maynooth University on Friday 10 April 2026, 3:30–5:00 pm, following the...
10 April 2026
Maynooth, Ireland
Schools' Analyst Competition 2026
The Schools' Analyst Competition is back! Register now for your chance to receive one of 400 kits to be sent to...
13 April–19 June 2026
Your Town, United Kingdom
Molecular and ion flows through angstrom-scale channels F...
The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings
13 April 2026
Manchester, UK
Applied Mixing Technology for Process Development: Scaling Down to Scale Up
Online Course
13–16 April 2026
United Kingdom
Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Process Chemistry
Short Course
13–14 April 2026
United Kingdom
The 59th Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry
The 59th meeting, organised annually by the Group, will take place at the University of Essex, Colchester, Unit...
13–16 April 2026
Colchester, United Kingdom
Practical Management of Impurities and Development of Effective and Comprehensive Control Strategies
Practical Management of Impurities and Control Strategies, 14–22 April 2026.
14–22 April 2026
United Kingdom
Career consultation (remote)
RSC career advisers provide guidance to Associate, Member, Fellow, and Affiliate members, including RSci/RSciTech.
14 April 2026
Online
2026 Organic Chemistry Community Midlands Regional Meeting
The RSC Organic Chemistry Community Midlands Regional Meeting 2026 will be at the University of Sheffield on 14...
14 April 2026
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Career consultation (remote)
RSC career advisers provide guidance to Associate, Member, Fellow, and Affiliate members, including RSci/RSciTech.
15 April 2026
Online
Biotechnology for Sustainability: From Discovery to Deployment
This conference will bring together scientists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders in the growing field of sust...
15 April 2026
London, United Kingdom
42nd SCI Process Development Symposium
This meeting brings together experts from across the entire spectrum of the discipline to present state of the...
15 April 2026
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Celebration of Chemical Biology – Turner-Flitsch Retirement Symposium
Join us in celebrating the remarkable careers of Prof. Nicholas Turner and Prof. Sabine Flitsch as we organise...
16–17 April 2026
Manchester, United Kingdom
Absolute Basics of GC and GC-MS
This course covers the fundamentals of gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
16 April 2026
United Kingdom
Dalton Young Members Event (DYME) 2026
This symposium supports PhD students and post-doctoral researchers within the inorganic community, providing pr...
16–17 April 2026
Southampton, United Kingdom
Advanced Comprehensive GC-MS (Agilent QQQMS with MassHunter)
This comprehensive GC-MS training covers the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer, building on the previous comp...
17 April 2026
United Kingdom
Career consultation (remote)
RSC career advisers provide guidance to Associate, Member, Fellow, and Affiliate members, including RSci/RSciTech.
17 April 2026
Online
Chemistry in the Oil Industry XIX - Shaping the Future of Energy
Focusing on chemical applications critical to future O&G operations to boost field profitability, extend well l...
20–22 April 2026
Manchester, United Kingdom
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