About Us

The nucleus of the present School of Chemistry was formed when the University of Madras established an extension centre at Madurai in 1958. Having a humble beginning as the Department of Chemistry in 1966 of the then established Madurai University; it has later bloomed into a full-fledged School.

The School now comprises of five Departments-Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Natural Products and Materials Science with a faculty strength of 22 endowed with rich teaching and research expertise in diverse frontier areas such as synthesis of novel molecules, bioorganic-mimics, biomolecules from natural sources, screening for important bioproperties like anticancer, molecular modeling, EPR imaging, photo processes, supramolecules and its molecular recognition studies, development of novel reagents and reactions, photocatalysis, green chemical routes for organic transformations, non-heme enzyme model, fixation of carbon dioxide into potential fuels, nanomaterials and their application to organic electronics, molecular electronics, molecular robotics and biomolecular nano machines, sensors for heavy metals and bio molecules, etc.

Such a unique blend of diverse expertise of faculty in different research areas has elevated the School as a prestigious one in Madurai Kamaraj University which provides an excellent opportunity to students who come out creditably successful in competitive exams such as UGC/CSIR and GATE.

The School offers M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D programs. Currently, around 120 scholars are engaged in research work for their Ph.D. The students are highly placed in teaching and research positions and industries both in India and abroad.

TThe School has made more than 625 publications in reputed international and national journals in the last five years. The School has been recognized under the UGC-DRS(PhaseI), UGC-SAP(I), UGC-ASIST and DST-FIST programme.

Vision & Mission

To conduct world class master degree courses and Advanced Research in all branches of Chemistry

The School Consists of the following Four Department

  1. Department of Inorganic Chemistry
  2. Department of Materials Science
  3. Department of Natural Products Chemistry
  4. Department of Organic Chemistry
  5. Department of Physical Chemistry

Programmes in the School

  • M.Sc.- Chemistry
  • M.Phil- Chemistry
  • M.Phil- Materials Science
  • Ph.D- Chemistry
  • Ph.D- Materials Science

S.NO

ITEMS

2007-12

2012-17

Total

1

Ph. D. awarded

73

84

157

2

Ongoing Number of Ph.Ds in the School

-

-

89

3

M.Phils awarded

138

91

229

4

Papers published

335

611

946

5

Cumulative 
Impact Factor

-

-

3.3

6

Book chapters

-

-

-

7

Book (Co-authored)

-

-

3

8

Patents

-

-

-

9

No. of Projects

40

37

77