Institute of Chemistry, UP Diliman

The Institute of Chemistry (IC) is one of seven research and academic institutes of the University of the Philippines - College of Science. It is located in the UP Diliman Campus, which is the flagship campus of the University of the Philippines System.

The Institute is divided into five academic groups, based on the main branches or fields of chemical study: Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, and Physical chemistry. Each is headed by an Academic Group leader.

The Institute offers five degree programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemistry, Diploma in Chemistry, Master of Science (M.S.) in Chemistry, M.S. in Chemical Education and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry.

Research interests
The following research interests are divided into their academic groups, as much as possible:
 * Analytical Chemistry – Separation Science, Electrochemistry, and Chemical Instrumentation
 * Biochemistry and Biotechnology
 * Inorganic Chemistry – Bioinorganic Chemistry, and Inorganic Catalysis; Organic Chemistry – Natural Products Chemistry, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry
 * Physical Chemistry – Chemical Thermodynamics, Surface Chemistry, Molecular Modeling and Theoretical/Experimental Physical Chemistry
 * Environmental Chemistry
 * Materials Chemistry – Inorganic Materials Science, Polymer Chemistry, and Organic Materials Chemistry.

Courses (Subjects)
The division described above (Academic Groups) leads to an interesting way of numbering of Chemistry (Chem) courses: a course begins with "1" for an Inorganic (or General) Chemistry course, "2" for Analytical Chem courses, "3" for Organic, "4" for Biochemistry, and "5" for Physical. A course numbered 100 above is usually a junior/senior undergraduate course, 200 for masters courses, and 300 for doctoral courses.

Here is the list of courses and their course titles:

Undergraduate Courses

 * Chemistry (Chem) 16: General Chemistry I (MN)1
 * Chem 17: General Chemistry II(MN)
 * Chem 26/.12: Elementary Analytical Chemistry (N)1
 * Chem 28/.1: Quantitative Inorganic Analysis (MN)
 * Chem 31/.1: Elementary Organic Chemistry (N)
 * Chem 33/.1: Organic Chemistry I
 * Chem 34/.1: Organic Chemistry II
 * Chem 40/.1: Elementary Biochemistry (N)
 * Chem 112/.1: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
 * Chem 123/.1: Advanced Analytical Chemistry


 * Chem 125: Chemical Instrumentation
 * Chem 1453: Biochemistry I
 * Chem 146/.1: Biochemistry II
 * Chem 150/.1: Introduction to Physical Chemistry (N)
 * Chem 153/.1: Physical Chemistry I
 * Chem 154/.1: Physical Chemistry II
 * Chem 156: Introduction to Quantum Chemistry (laboratory part understood)
 * Chem 196: Undergraduate Seminar
 * Chem 197: Special Topics in Applied Chemistry
 * Chem 200: Undergraduate Thesis (laboratory part understood)

Notes: N - refers to courses only taught to non-Chemistry majors, MN - for courses taught for both majors and non-majors alike, otherwise all courses are taught for majors only.

".1" refers to courses whose laboratory part is not integrated into the lecture part.

Chem 145 has no laboratory component.

Students
The students of the Institute may join several other College-based recognized organizations, but presently there is only one such organization recognized by the Institute itself: the UP Chemical Society (UP ChemSoc).

Official websites

 * UPD Institute of Chemistry
 * UP College of Science
 * University of the Philippines - Diliman
 * University of the Philippines