Historical Background | Program Mission | Program Objectives | Program Outcomes | Alumni
The Department of Chemistry & Earth Sciences of Qatar University was founded in 1973 within the College of Education, and then became part of the College of Science when it was established in 1977. In 2004 Qatar University as a whole went through a major reform process that led to the merging of the Colleges of Science and of Humanities into the single College of Arts and Sciences. This also resulted in the merging of some departments within the College including Chemistry and Geology, which were combined into the "Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences”.
Since its establishment in 1973, the Department has been graduating students with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry. The Chemistry Program also has offered courses to various programs of Qatar University including Chemical Engineering, Biology, Human Nutrition, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science and Biomedical Sciences. Furthermore, the Chemistry Program provides basic courses for the recently initiated College of Pharmacy.
The Chemistry Program has been serving the Qatari community in several aspects, e.g. by offering consultations, suggesting solutions for numerous scientific problems, and by holding symposiums and public lectures. Chemistry faculty have also been providing special workshops and training for employees in many sectors. In addition, over the years the Chemistry Program has been supplying schools with chemistry teachers.