TUM Department of Chemistry

Lecture hall in the former Institute of Chemistry in 1909. An early version of the periodic table can be seen on the wall.

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As of 2020, the Department consists of 24 chairs and institutes:

• Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry with Focus on New Materials
• Construction Chemistry
• Construction Chemicals
• Biochemistry
• Biomolecular NMR-Spectroscopy
• Biophysical Chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Food Chemistry
• Macromolecular Chemistry
• Medicinal and Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Radiochemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Silicon Chemistry
• Synthetic Biotechnology
• Technical Electrochemistry
• Chemical Technology
• Theoretical Chemistry

The TUM Department of Chemistry is widely regarded as one of the best chemistry departments in Germany. In the QS rankings it is ranked No. 23 in the world and No. 1 in Germany.[4] In the ARWU rankings, it is ranked No. 51–75 in the world, together with the University of Göttingen.[5]

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings does not rank individual subjects, though in the physical sciences TUM is generally ranked 25th globally and 2nd nationally.[10]

In the national 2020 CHE University Ranking, the department is rated in the top group for the majority of criteria, including teaching, study organization, and overall study situation.[9]

7 laureates of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry have studied, taught or researched at the TUM Department of Chemistry:

• 1927 – Heinrich Otto Wieland (bile acids)
• 1930 – Hans Fischer (constitution and synthesis of haemin and chlorophyll)
• 1973 – Ernst Otto Fischer (sandwich complexes)
• 1988 – Johann Deisenhofer and Robert Huber (crystal structure of an integral membrane protein)
• 2007 – Gerhard Ertl (chemical processes on solid surfaces)
• 2017 – Joachim Frank (cryo-electron microscopy)