Free Online Chemistry Courses

This is an overview of general or introductory chemistry concepts at the high school or first year college level.

Learn about the chemistry topics that are covered by the AP exam. Chemistry concepts are hyperlinked from the AP syllabus.

This is a syllabus for 11th grade chemistry that is linked to tutorials for the various chemistry concepts and worked problems.

A wide selection of chemistry 101 topics are explained, with links to online resources including a periodic table and chemistry glossary.

From the University of Oxford. This is a list of older tutorials. Topics include inorganic solids, complex ions, VSEPR, nickel chemistry, superconductors, modeling organics and molecular symmetry.

Basic online overview of atoms, elements, the periodic table and chemical reactions.

From the University of Arizona. This is chemistry for biology. Topics include basic chemistry, chemical bonds, chemistry of water and introduction to organic molecules.

University of Akron. Each lecture is presented as a pdf file. Topics include gravimetry, titrimetry, complexes, electrochemistry, potentiometry, coulometry, voltammetry, spectrophotometry, chromatography and more.

This is a selection of online high school chemistry tutorials, presented in outline form or as lecture notes. Topics include atomic structure, bonding, chemical equations, equilibrium, nomenclature, thermochemistry, solutions, redox reactions, and more.

Online chemistry topics include the structure of solid surfaces, adsorption, Langmuir isotherm, UHV and pressure, surface analysis, overlayers and diffraction, and imaging and depth profiling.

Stanford University. Two courses are available: Biological Oceanography and Marine Chemistry. The online lectures are presented in pdf format.

MIT. This is a collection of lecture notes relating to physical chemistry and thermodynamics. Video lectures are also available.

This is a set of lecture notes for design and analysis. Online chemical engineering topics include the design process, process creation, heuristics, constrained optimization, azeotropic distillation, HEN synthesis, heat and power integration, HAZOP, HAZAN and more.