The Institute, Faculty and Research

The U.P. Diliman Institute of Chemistry is home to the largest number of the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D Chemistry students in the Philippines. The Institute has a tradition of excellence in Chemistry education.  It has very active undergraduate and graduate research programs supervised by high-caliber Ph.D. faculty members. The students are taught in the core areas (Analytical, Organic, Inorganic, Physical and Biochemistry) and in interdisciplinary studies such as Marine and Natural Products Chemistry, Environmental Science, Surface and Materials Science.    The Institute offers state-of-the-art physical facility and instrumentation which research faculty and students utilise intensively in their various research and academic endeavors.  The Institute also handles the instruction of General Chemistry and the other specialized Chemistry subjects for students of other colleges of UP-Diliman.  There are more than 25 Ph.D. professors, 35 instructors (with M.S. or B.S. degrees) and several non-academic personnel and staff (who support the various academic and research activities of the Institute). The extension activities of the Institute include scientific consulting for various private and public agencies and companies, chemical analysis of different samples, and offering workshops, trainings, seminars and conferences.

 

Research Centers and Laboratories of the Institute of Chemistry