About the Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory
We conduct research within six research programmes and offer both undergraduate and graduate education in close collaboration with other departments. Together with the Department of Chemistry - BMC, we are responsible for the bachelor's and master's programme in chemistry and the chemical engineering education for the civil engineering programme at Uppsala University.
About us
At the Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, we conduct research and education:
The research at the department is divided into six different research programmes: Physical chemistry, Molecular biomimetics, Macromolecular chemistry, Structural chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and Synthetic molecular chemistry.
The department also offers education, on both an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The education is strongly linked to the research programmes, in collaboration between the different programmes and other departments. Together with the Department of Chemistry - BMC, we offer one of Sweden's best education in chemistry. We are jointly responsible for the bachelor's program and the master's program in chemistry at Uppsala University. The Section of Chemistry is also responsible for the civil engineering education in chemical engineering, together with departments within the Faculty of Pharmacy.
The department is led by our Head of Department, Tim Melander-Bowden, together with Deputy Head of Department, Pia Lindberg, as well as a management team and a Department board. Each research programme is led by a program professor (professor in charge of research).
The education in chemistry is coordinated by Felix Ho. Fredrik Björefors and Anders Thapper are Directors of studies for the undergraduate education and Ann Magnusson for the postgraduate education.
The Head of Department, Tim Melander-Bowden
Some facts and figures
- Established: 2012 (when the departments within the Section of Chemistry were merged into two, one per campus area: Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory and Chemistry - BMC)
- Turnover: approx. 300 million
- Largest external funders: The Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Energy Agency, the K&W Wallenberg Foundation, the Foundation for Strategic Research, and EU (Horizon 2020)
- Employees: 273 (43% women)
- Doctoral students: 137 (47% women)
- Licentiate and Doctoral exams: 4 vs. 18 (year 2023)
- Students: 528 full-year students (60% women)*
- Chemistry courses at basic and advanced level: 141*
- Education programmes: 13*
*The education is conducted together with the Department of Chemistry - BMC.
(The figures above applies to year 2023 and academic year 2023/2024.)
Find your way
As the name indicates, our department is located at the Ångström laboratory.
Visting address
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, Uppsala
Bus stop
Polacksbacken