The Post Graduate Dept. of Chemistry at St. Xavier’s College was established in 2008. The aim of the dept. is to create a nurturing environment that supports student’s learning and research. The department is affiliated to the Goa University, and offers a self-financed M.Sc. degree in Physical Chemistry. Our department has qualified and experienced faculty and well furnished laboratories. The instrumentation laboratory houses sophisticated instruments like FTIR, HPLC, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, GC, Cyclic voltameter, TG-DTA, Flame Photometer etc. to enable the students to perform practicals and assist in the learning process. The college has also procured an XRD instrument The use of these instruments is extended to students from other colleges in Goa as well as to those involved in research. LCD projectors are installed in all the classrooms and computer and internet facilities are provided to the students. Besides this, there is also departmental library with subscriptions to various periodicals and journals.