Faculty of Chemistry

Nowadays, the Faculty of Chemistry is made up of four departments and eight research centres, which host rich research activity based upon agreements with various local and external beneficiaries. The scientific activity of the teachers of the Faculty of Chemistry is recognized nationally and internationally. They have authored books or chapters of books published by prestigious international publishing houses. Numerous scientific papers drawn up in the Faculty of Chemistry have received awards from the Romanian Academy. The Faculty of Chemistry supports the activity of a number of scientific associations in the field of chemistry: the Romanian Chemical Society, the Romanian Society of Analytical Chemistry, the Romanian Catalysis Society, the Romanian Society of Electrochemistry, the “Profchim” Society for chemistry teachers in Romania and the “EURACHEM” Society in Romania, the National Chemistry Olympiad - national stage, the national chemistry team for the International Chemistry Olympiad. The presidents of some of these scientific associations are professors at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Bucharest, which demonstrates their prestige and scientific credentials. Some of these scientific associations are recognized and affiliated to international associations and unions, such as the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or the European Union of Chemistry Societies. The professors of the Faculty of Chemistry are part of the editorial boards of highly prestigious national and international specialized magazines. They are invited each year to take part in organization committees and presidiums of national and international congresses, conferences and symposiums and to give lectures and hold classes in prestigious universities abroad. Both the current, as well as the former academic staff of the faculty have been visiting professors in prestigious foreign universities.

Projects and awards

• Professor Marius Andruh’s team from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry was part of the excellence network of the European Union (MAGMANet) in the period 2005-2009, a network which brought together the best-known European laboratories in the field of molecular magnetism. Currently, this collective is part of the European Institute for Molecular Magnetism
• The Analytic Chemistry Department is involved in the Romanian-Turkish International Cooperation Programme.
• The Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis Department is involved in numerous national and international collaborations, among which are:

- participation in the Framework Programme 7 with the project “Innovative Synthesis in Continuous-Flow Processes for Sustainable Chemical Production” - the Romanian-Swiss International Programme, with the project “New catalytic route from biomass waste to fuel” - the Romanian-French International Cooperation Programme, with the project “Catalytic biogas conversion under polarization