1937
  • 1937

    TJU Department of Chemistry was established. Wang Baoren, the first dean of the College of Science, served as the dean of the department

  • 1953

    TJU Chemistry Teaching Group was established to shoulder the responsibility of tutoring the fundamental chemistry courses

  • 1978

    The training of applied chemistry professionals was resumed

  • 1990s

    The department was granted to award master degrees in analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and applied chemistry

  • 2003

    The department was allowed to award doctoral degrees in inorganic chemistry

  • 2007

    The postdoc workstation of chemistry was established

  • 2016

    Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability was inaugurated

  • 2018

    The Shanghai Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Engineering Chemistry was approved for construction

  • 2021

    The major of applied chemistry was selected as one of the national first-class undergraduate majors

  • 1952

    During the adjustment of subjects, the Department of Chemistry was incorporated into Fudan University, East China Institute of Chemical Technology and other colleges and universities

  • 1958

    The department had recruited and trained three generations of students in applied chemistry, and then the major was canceled

  • 1982

    The Department of Chemistry was rebuilt and the major of applied chemistry was established

  • 1998

    The undergraduate major of fine chemical engineering was established and renamed chemical engineering and technology in 1999

  • 2006

    The department was allowed to award doctoral degrees in all subjects in chemistry

  • 2014

    Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability (under construction) started construction

  • May 2016

    The School of Chemical Science and Engineering was established

  • 2020

    Chemistry was selected into the foundational disciplines reform pilot plan of the Ministry of Education (Strong Foundation Program)

  • 2021

    Chemistry was selected into the training program 2.0 for top students of fundamental disciplines

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