A particular strength of the Department of Chemistry is that it has supplemented the three core subjects of Chemistry – Inorganic, Physical and Organic Chemistry – with Technical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Macromolecular Chemistry in conjunction with the Department of Plastics at Fraunhofer LBF, and Theoretical Chemistry as well Subject-specific didactics Chemistry. This broad combination of subjects is almost unique among German universities and offers a variety of interdisciplinary teaching& research for scientific disciplines (Biology, Materials Science, Physics) as well as Engineering Sciences.

In the Master's degree programme, many lectures are offered by external lecturers from industry and research institutes. This provides students with contacts and insights into professional life. External internships, theses, and stays abroad can easily be integrated into students' studies. The master's degree programmes include numerous areas that allow students to pursue a focus of their own choosing. There is a very wide range of subjects available due to the diversity of subjects in the field of chemistry and biology.

The Department maintains a large number of collaborations with national and international partners at renowned universities and research institutions and is involved in numerous exchange programmes. This gives all students the opportunity to spend time abroad during their studies. Careful coordination, selection and support by the Foreign Student Adviser and a professorial mentor ensure that credits earned abroad are recognised. We also offer foreign students an attractive range of courses and a wide range of support.

We have state-of-the-art equipment for research and teaching: Established NMR centre houses a wide range of large-scale equipment for special NMR analysis; our large-scale equipment park includes devices for mass spectrometry, IR, diffractometry, electron microscopy, a scanning tunnelling microscope/scanning force microscope, laser and Raman spectroscope, DNS/protein structural analysis; own digital learning environment (computer rooms), learning centre with seminar rooms and computer workstations; tutorial centre with textbook collection. In the last few years more than EUR 8m has been invested in teaching alone.

The research profile of the Department of Chemistry is primarily focused on the three areas Catalysis, Polymers and Active Agents. From a methodical perspective, these research areas are interlinked by the two cross-functional disciplines Magnetic Resonance and Theoretical Chemistry. Synergy effects relevant to research and teaching arise due to TU Darmstadt's focus on Engineering and the high proportion of publicly and, in particular, industrially funded (bilateral as well as institutional, e.g. the Merck-TU Darmstadt research laboratory) research projects.

The research activities at the Department of Chemistry combine the breadth of subject knowledge required to educate and train students with specific key areas defined for each location, to ensure the work is visible and attractive on an international level. Due to the prominence of practice-related research groups and collaborations with industry in the Rhein-Main-Neckar region, the department can offer an above-average number of students industry-based research and teaching with a particular focus on professional practice and can coordinate industrial work placements and final theses, thereby offering students the best possible career prospects.