Introduction
The master’s program of our department was established first in August 1993 and began admitting graduate students. The undergraduate program started admitting students in 1995. Subsequently, the doctoral program was approved and began enrolling students in the 2001 academic year, providing comprehensive professional education in chemistry. In the 2022 academic year, the department had 153 undergraduate students, 151 master’s students, and 8 doctoral students.
At present, the Department of Chemistry comprises 16 full-time faculty members (project-based), including 10 professors, 1 associate professor, and 5 assistant professors; 1 chaired professor; 3 adjunct professors; 6 part-time instructors; and 3 teaching assistants. Our faculty members are outstanding and highly enthusiastic about teaching. Each professor specializes in a specific field and holds a doctoral degree, while all teaching assistants possess a master’s degree or higher. In the future, the department plans to continue recruiting additional full-time faculty to further strengthen its teaching staff. We implement rigorous and meticulous teaching practices and adopt a small-class mentoring system to enhance communication and the effectiveness of academic guidance. Required courses emphasize depth of expertise rather than quantity, allowing students greater flexibility in selecting elective courses.
In terms of research equipment, our department is equipped with a 600 MHz liquid superconducting NMR spectrometer, a single-crystal X-ray diffractometer, an ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometer, a fluorescence spectrometer, a flame atomic absorption spectrometer, a thermogravimetric analysis instrument, a Corning microfluidic reactor teaching platform, and many other advanced research instruments. Additional equipment includes gas chromatography systems, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ion chromatography, high-resolution laser spectrometers, high-power pulsed lasers, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) systems, scanning transmission electron microscopes, and a 500 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer. All of these instruments provide strong support for research activities across various fields.
The teaching and research facilities currently provided by the department include large general chemistry and analytical chemistry teaching laboratories, large organic and inorganic chemistry teaching laboratories, physical chemistry teaching laboratories, 15 research laboratories, 2 teaching instrument rooms, and 4 shared research instrument rooms. Each laboratory is equipped with comprehensive ventilation and drainage systems. From the first through the fourth year, the department offers complete teaching facilities for undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, these facilities support faculty research activities and contribute to enhancing the overall standard of academic research.
The research performance of our department received the highest A+ rating in the 2004 Chemistry Department Evaluation (equivalent to the Departments of Chemistry at National Taiwan University and National Tsing Hua University). The department also successfully passed the “2020 Teaching Unit Self-Evaluation.”.
