TUM Department of Chemistry

The TUM Department of Chemistry (TUM CH) is a department of the Technical University of Munich, located at its Garching campus.

TUM Department of Chemistry

Type	Public
Dean	Stephan Sieber
Academic staff	38 professors (2020)[1]
Students	1,978 (2020)[2]
Location	Garching , Bavaria , Germany
Affiliations	TUM
Website	ch.tum.de

The facilities of the TUM Department of Chemistry in Garching

History

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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Chairs

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

Rankings

University rankings
By subject – Global & National
QS Chemistry 2020[4] 23  (1) ARWU Chemistry 2020[5] 51-75  (1-2) QS Chemical Engineering 2020[6] 45  (3) ARWU Chemical Engineering 2020[7] 151-200  (4) QS Materials Science 2020[8] 31  (2)
CHE Ranking 2020 – National
Chemistry[9] Overall study situation ● 2.2 – Teaching of scientific competence ● 10/10 pts. – Graduations in appropriate time ● Median 6.0 –

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]

Notable people

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)

References

1. "Department of Chemistry". TUM Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. "TUM Facts & figures". Technische Universität München. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
3. "History of the Department of Chemistry". TUM Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
4. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Chemistry". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
5. "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Chemistry". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
6. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Engineering - Chemical". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
7. "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Chemical Engineering". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
8. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Engineering - Materials Science". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
9. "Studying Chemistry in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
10. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. 2 September 2020.