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Department of Chemistry

 

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The Department of Chemistry is one of the oldest thriving Departments of the University. It is housed in two Blocks: the Old Block was erected in 1896 and the New Postgraduate Chemistry Block was constructed in the 1990s. The New Postgraduate Block has seven well-equipped laboratories with modern apparatus. A galaxy of distinguished scientists has chaired the Department of Chemistry here at GCU. Prof. Dunnicliff, a prescient scholar and educationist, joined the Department as Chairperson in 1917 while simultaneously chairing the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of the Punjab. After the Professor’s promotion to Principal, Government College Lahore, Bhai Man Singh replaced him at the Department, Dr. Dunnicliff former Principal Govt. College Lahore and Head of Chemistry Department GC Lahore and University of the Punjabbecoming the first Indian Professor of Chemistry at GC. He remained Chairperson, Department of Chemistry, from 1936 to 1947. At the time of the Partition of the Subcontinent in 1947, Pir Ghulam Waris took over the responsibility of chairing the Department. Dr. Riffat Siddiqui held the Chair from 1950 to 1957. Dr. M.A. Azim became the Chairperson in 1958 and retired in 1970. The Chairpersons succeeding him are: Prof. Mahboob Shah Hashmi, Dr. Ahsan Akhtar, Prof. Masood Hassan Khan, Dr. Anwar Chaudhry, Dr. M. A. Rehman, Dr. B.A. Khokhar, Dr. M. Nasim Akhtar and Prof. M. Akram Kashmiri. Prof. M. Saeed Iqbal is the present Chairperson of the Department.

 

Facilities

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Library

 

The Library at the Department of Chemistry has an extensive collection of books, journals and other research material. The Library has material on Physical, Inorganic, Organic, Bio, Analytical and Applied Chemistry.

 

Laboratories

 

The New Postgraduate Chemistry Block has well-equipped laboratories for Physical, Inorganic, Organic, Bio, Analytical and Applied Chemistry. There is one separate Advanced Research Laboratory and a Centre for Plant Product Research. An air-conditioned and well-equipped modern Instrument Room caters to the needs of researchers. Modern apparatus like FTIR, FTHINMR and HPLC along with ELSD, UV spectrophotometers and GCMS, is available for research work.

 

Research

 

Research Groups

 

·   Bio-Organic Research Group

·   Natural products Research Group

·   Biomaterials Research Group

·   Biotransformation Research Group

·   Bioremediations Research Group

·   Metal based Drug Development Research Group

·   Pesticides Process Development Research Group

·   Materials Chemistry Research Group

·   Pharmaceuticals Research Group

 

Research Projects

 

The Department promotes a culture of inquiry and research and prods its students to carve a niche for themselves in the field of research. Currently, the Department has undertaken 25 research projects in collaboration with industries and research institutions.

 

Academic Programmes

 

The Department of Chemistry offers BSc (Hons.), MPhil and PhD Degree Programmes.

Equipment in Chemistry Department

Sr.No.

Instruments/Equipments

Make

1.

Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer

Bruker

2.

CHNSO Elemental Analyzer

Elementar

3.

H1NMR

JEOL (60 MHz) MY60FT

4.

GC-MS QP2010

Schimatzo Japan

5.

HPLC

ALTECH with UV, RID & ELSE attachment

6.

FTIR

MIDAC M2000

7.

FPLC

BIO-RAD 2110

8.

UV/Visible Spectrophotometer

Cessil CE-7200

UV/Visible Spectrophotometer

Techom UV-2300

UV/Visible Spectrophotometer

Shimadzu UV-1700

9.

Electrophoresis

DEP-1 PCSIR

 

Courses

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Courses of B.Sc. (Hons) CHEMISTRY

 

Year – 1

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Semester

CHEM – 1101 

Biochemistry – I 

3

I

CHEM – 1201 

Biochemistry - II

3

II

 

Year – 2

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Semester

CHEM – 2101

Organic Chemistry – I

3

III

CHEM – 2201

Organic Chemistry – II

3

IV

CHEM – 2202

Analytical Chemistry – I

3

IV

CHEM – 2202P

Analytical Chemistry – I

1

IV

 

Year – 3

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Semester

CHEM – 3101

Physical Chemistry – I

3

V

CHEM – 3101P

Physical Chemistry – I

1

V

CHEM – 3102

Inorganic Chemistry – I

3

V

CHEM – 3102P

Inorganic Chemistry – I

1

V

CHEM – 3103

Organic Chemistry – III

3

V

CHEM – 3104

Analytical Chemistry – II

3

V

CHEM – 3105

Environmental Chemistry

3

V

CHEM – 3201

Physical Chemistry – II

3

VI

CHEM – 3201P

Physical Chemistry – II

1

VI

CHEM – 3202

Inorganic Chemistry – II

3

VI

CHEM – 3202P

Inorganic Chemistry – II

1

VI

CHEM – 3203

Organic Chemistry – IV

3

VI

CHEM – 3204

General Applied Chemistry

3

VI

CHEM – 3205

Polymer Chemistry

3

VI

 

Year – 4 

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Semester

CHEM – 4101

Organic Spectroscopy (Compulsory)

3

VII

CHEM – 4101P

Organic Spectroscopy (Compulsory)

1

VII

 

Paper – I

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

3

VII

 

Paper – I

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

1

VII

 

Paper – II

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

3

VII

 

Paper – III

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

3

VII

CHEM –4211

Research Project/Internship

3

VII

CHEM –4201

Separation Techniques (Compulsory)

3

VIII

CHEM –4201P

Separation Techniques (Compulsory)

1

VIII

 

Paper – IV

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

3

VIII

 

Paper – IV

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

1

VIII

 

Paper – V

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

3

VIII

 

Paper – VI

(Code and Title according to specialisation)

3

VIII

CHEM – 4211

Research Project/Internship

3

VIII

 

Elective Subjects (Semester VII)

Group1- Analytical Chemistry

Paper

Course Code

Title

Credit Hours

Paper – I

CHEM – 4102

Analytical Chemistry A

3

Paper – II

CHEM – 4103

Analytical Chemistry B

3

Paper – III

CHEM – 4104

Analytical Chemistry C

3

Practical

CHEM – 4105P

Analytical Chemistry Practical – I

1

 

Group 2- Applied Chemistry

Paper

Course Code

Title

Credit Hours

Paper – I

CHEM – 4106

Applied Chemistry A

3

Paper – II

CHEM – 4107

Applied Chemistry B

3

Paper – III