Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry was established in 1992 and is one of the four departments in the Faculty of Science at BAU. Our department provides high-level quality education for students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in both theoretical and practical aspects of chemistry. The chemistry department fosters a unique learning environment that encourages students to explore the fascinating world of chemistry and equips them with the necessary knowledge and hands-on experience to succeed in future job opportunities in academia, industry, and governmental laboratories to name a few. The department strives to promote and maintain excellence in teaching and research through a dynamic curriculum that continuously evolves to meet the needs of the job market. The department works diligently to secure internships in industry for undergraduate students to enhance their employability profile by preparing them to face real-world challenges encountered in industrial settings. The department is equipped with a full line of specialized laboratories that fulfill the educational and research needs of the students, as well as serve the community. Besides the undergraduate laboratories, the department hosts advanced instrumental, water analysis, advanced physical chemistry, and advanced organic chemistry laboratories, all of which are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. Such infrastructure facilitates the execution of high-caliber research in diverse areas of theoretical and applied chemistry such as the synthesis and use of novel inorganic and organic compounds, green chemistry, nanotechnology for biomedical and environmental applications, drug design and development, drug formulation, and delivery, corrosion prevention, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, in addition to the classical understanding of basic theories, mechanisms and kinetics.