ABOUT US

Introduction

The Department of Chemistry was established in 1955 with an undergraduate program offering a Bachelor of Science degree. From 1974, a graduate degree in Applied Chemistry was jointly offered by the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. This program was separated in 1981 with these two departments offering their own graduate programs. In 1983, a doctorate program was established. In 1999, a material chemistry division was added to the department along with an evening program for masters degree. The department provides a full complement of undergraduate and graduate courses in important aspects of modern chemistry. The department sees itself as one of the contributors to Taiwans technological and economic development by attaining academic achievements in chemistry and for matriculating highly qualified chemists. The undergraduate programs of this department provide the fundamentals in chemistry required for students who either embark on a chemical vocation within educational, governmental, or industrial institutions, or further pursue advanced study in chemistry or related areas. The department focuses on research projects including, but not limited to, (1) studies on preparations and properties of novel materials, (2) method developments for analysis, (3) Biomedical chemistry, and (4) synthetic chemistry.

Mission

The department aims to cultivate excellent talents in Chemistry and Material Chemistry who have professional knowledge and creativeness and are surefooted, dedicated and have a balanced physical and moral quality. The students are expected to have the ability in academic study and technology research and development, so as to serve the industry and contribute to society and the country.

Objectives

The undergraduate programs of this department provide the fundamentals in chemistry required for students who either embark on a chemical vocation within educational, governmental, or industrial institutions, or further pursue advanced study in chemistry or related areas. The department focuses on research projects including, but not limited to,

  1. studies on preparations and properties of novel materials
  2. method developments for analysis
  3. Biomedical chemistry
  4. synthetic chemistry

The following teaching objectives were adopted to cultivate excellent talents in chemistry and material chemistry:

 

Objective 1

To teach the students to establish a concrete foundation in the profession and improve the ability of further study to cope with the changing science and

  1. Graduates shall have a concrete knowledge base in physics, chemistry and Biology.
  2. Graduates shall have computation skills and can solve problems with computers.
  3. Students shall have the ability to analyze the mass and energy balance, and the transport phenomena in molecular, micro- and macro- scale systems.
  4. Graduates shall understand the development of the science and technology industry and be able to learn new knowledge from time to time.
  5. Graduates shall understand the importance of lifelong learning and be willing to dedicate to learning.
Objective 2

To train the students’ customs of practice and realistic spirit, improve the ability in cross-industry study, and the teamwork spirit.
Outcomes

  1. Graduates shall be able to perform plan preparation and efficient schedule management for synthetic chemistry.
  2. Graduates shall have an ability in data collection, data analysis, oral and written reporting.
  3. Graduates shall have the ability to require themselves in safe operation.
  4. Graduates shall have the spirit of team work and a responsible attitude.
Objective 3

To cultivate the students` conscientious working attitude, and to train students to face challenges and make innovations.
Outcomes

  1. Graduates shall understand their responsibility in their profession and ethics.
  2. Graduates shall recognize their roles in modern society.
  3. Graduates shall have an adequate ability in communication and coordination.
  4. Graduates shall have a common knowledge in modern affairs and a basic foreign language ability.

Future Prospects

-Continue to equip the department with the-state-of-the-art instrumentations.

-Pursue high and positive remarks in both academy and Industry worldwide. The deparment continues to improve its curriculums and experiments in order to fulfill the highly demands of academy and industry.