About McRI Courses
The experience, longevity, stability, and reliability of the instruction at McCrone Research Institute is evidenced by our track record: 25,000 students and growing.
Courses taught at the McCrone Research Institute range from basic, introductory courses, emphasizing the proper use of the microscope, to specialized courses focusing on a particular technique, a particular material, or a particular industrial, forensic or environmental field of application.
The first intensive courses in industrial microscopy were started in 1952 in Chicago. We now teach about 50 individual courses each year. Most of the courses are five days long and are taught in our Chicago facility where there are three classrooms equipped with polarized light, phase and other light microscopes, as well as SEM and FTIR microscopes, hot and cold stages, our own library, reagents and all of the accessories necessary for critical chemical, environmental and forensic microscopy.
Our teaching program also extends beyond Chicago, where our courses are taught nationally and internationally, at universities, corporations and public laboratories. These “on-your-site” courses include most of those in our Chicago curriculum.
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The McRI Course Experience
Our intensive one-week courses focus on the application of microscopy to the solution of chemical, environmental and forensic problems. Every course is based on lectures, demonstrations and laboratory practice.
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Directions and Transportation Information
The McCrone Research Institute (McRI) is located at 2820 S. Michigan Avenue (28th and Michigan), in the South Loop of downtown Chicago, midway between the McCormick Place Conference center and U.S. Cellular Field.
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Recommended Hotels
There are several hotels in the downtown area that have been used by students in the past and some hotels that offer reduced room rates to McCrone Research Institute students.