The University Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, established in the year 1967, conducts Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) 4-SEMESTER- courses in Physical, Inorganic, Organic and Analytical Chemistry, leading to the award of M. Sc. degree of the Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai. In addition, it also conducts program leading to Ph. D. degree. The Department is a receipient of DST-FIST and UGC-SAP grants. The Department has been conferred autonomous status from the academic year 2009-10.
The Department has its own library on the ground floor of Sant Dnyaneshwar Bhavan. In addition, Jawaharlal Nehru Library, which is a central library at the Vidyanagari campus, is well equipped with books, journals, periodicals and Encyclopedias of Chemistry. There is a separate facility for carrying out literature survey. The students enrolled in the Department can avail of reading as well as lending facilities.
To impart quality higher education in all branches of Chemistry along with excellence in research to provide manpower to multisectoral Industries, Research Institutions and Academia.
There are four M. Sc. Paper Laboratories well equipped with the necessary instruments/ infrastructure to perform experiments in Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry.All the research students are comfortably accommodated in the various research laboratories. There is a computer laboratory equipped with twelve computers with internet connection.
The Department has its own library on the ground floor of Sant Dnyaneshwar Bhavan.There is a separate facility for carrying out literature survey. The students enrolled in the Department can avail of reading as well as lending facilities
Six rooms in Boy’s hostel and Eight in Girl’s hostel are reserved for the Department students. These hostel rooms are allotted as per the University rules.
