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

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
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The TUM Department of Chemistry is regarded as one of the best chemistry departments in Germany. In the QS rankings it is ranked No. 22 in the world and No. 1 in Germany.[4] In the ARWU rankings, it is ranked No. 51–75 in the world.[5]
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings does not rank individual subjects, though in the physical sciences TUM is generally ranked 23rd globally and 1st nationally.[8]
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
- "Department of Chemistry". TUM Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "TUM Facts & figures". Technische Universität München. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- "History of the Department of Chemistry". TUM Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Chemistry". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Engineering - Chemical". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Materials Science". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- "Studying Chemistry in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 31 December 2020.