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Chemistry Department
The Department of Chemistry is considered as one of the leading Departments at Kuwait University and it is among the internationally recognized teaching/research centers in the fields of Chemistry in the region and the Middle East. Established in 1966, the number of academic research and personal staff has increased by nearly 150% over the last twenty years. The Department has over 30 academic staff members, of whom 14 are Professors, 9 Associate Professors, and 8 Assistant Professors.
The Department offers two Bachelor-level programs, General Chemistry and Applied Chemistry. These programs are recognized internationally and have been accredited by the Canadian Society of Chemistry since 2005, for the “Chemistry” program, and 2015, for the “Applied Chemistry” program. The main objectives of these programs are not only to produce graduates to serve in scientific research and teaching sectors, but to prepare chemists who can contribute to the industrial production and quality control, environmental, medical, and forensic centers. The Department supports a minor degree program in Forensic Sciences jointly being conducted with the Department of Biological Sciences. The Chemistry Department also offers courses/research at the post-graduate level leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry. Every year, nearly 4000 undergraduate students from other Colleges in Kuwait University benefit from the Department teaching program.
The Chemistry Department faculty has a very wide range of research interests, divided into sections/groups i.e., Physical, Organic, Inorganic, and Analytical Chemistry. The current areas of research in Physical Chemistry include transition metals and oxides useful as catalysts, synthesis and characterization of nano-composite materials and polymer-ceramic hybrids specifically designed for high-performance applications, degradation, and stabilization of high polymers, application of electrochemistry to the corrosion of metals and their protection. The Organic Chemistry faculty research interests are related to heterocyclic synthesis, nano-porous network polymers, supramolecular chemistry, kinetic studies and mechanisms of gas phase reactions, and flash vacuum pyrolysis. The Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry group is contributing research in the fields of metal complexes, trace metal pollution in selected flora of Kuwait, marine pollution, and coordination chemistry of biologically important compounds.
The Department has a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation including ESCA, NMR, GC-MS, LC-MS, thermal analyzer, atomic absorption and optical emission spectrometers, UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometers, HPLC, Ion chromatograph, ESR and elemental analysis facilities. The research program is fully supported by the Research Sector, Kuwait University.
The staff members regularly attend International Scientific Conferences and Seminars where they present the results of their research. A number of eminent professors are invited by the Department every year. This enriches the scientific collaboration between other Universities at the international level. This is being done in cooperation with the faculty and the research administration of the University.
1- Kuwait University- Public Authority for Applied Education and Training
2- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
3- Petroleum and Petrochemicals Sector
4- Plastics and Fertilizers Industries
5- Oil and Food industries
6- Detergents and Dyes industries
7- Industries related with Catalysis
8- Technical Training Institutes
9- Ministries of Health, Petroleum, and Commerce.
10- Armed Forces
11- Public Authority for Environments, and Public Authority of Agriculture and Fisheries
12- Ministry of Electricity and Water and Center of Water Resources
13- Similar Authorities as above from the Gulf Cooperation Council