Penn Chemistry provides many resources to assist students in planning their professional careers. For PhD students interested in careers in industry, Penn Chemistry hosts a Corporate Recruiting Program each year. Penn's Career Services also offers workshops and discussion panels to PhD students interested in careers in academia and other fields. Penn Chemistry PhDs have gone on to rewarding work with corporations, government, and academic institutions.
Industrial:
| Absorption Systems | Dupont | Life Sensors |
| AMGEN | Exxon-Mobil Corp | L'Oreal |
| Avon | General Electric Company | Millenium Pharmaceuticals |
| Axalta Coating Systems | Gilead Sciences | Milliken Research |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | GlaxoSmithKline | Novartis |
| Colgate-Palmolive |
Johnson & Johnson |
Pfizer |
| Dow Chemical | Lexicon Pharmaceuticals |
Academic:
| Beijing Normal University | Rutgers University | University of Cambridge |
| Berkeley | Scripps Research Institute | University of Chicago |
| Boston College | Temple University | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
| Emory University | Texas A&M | University of Iowa |
| Korea University | Wake Forest University | University of South Florida |
| Louisiana State University | Washington University (St. Louis) | University of Vermont |
| Michigan State University | UCLA | Vanderbilt University |
| Ohio State University | University of Arizona | Villanova University |
| Peking University | University College - London | Yale University |
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Companies in Region:
| Air Products | DuPont | Merck & Co, Inc. |
| Armstrong | Exxon Mobil | Lexicon Pharmaceuticals |
| AstraZeneca | GlaxoSmithKline | Neose Technologies |
| Arkema | Hercules Chemical Co. | PQ Corp |
| BASF | Incyte Genomics | Quaker Chemical |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | Janssen Biotech, Inc | Sun Oil |
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
Johnson & Johnson | Teva Pharmaceuticals |