College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering (CCME) of Peking University was originally founded as the Chemistry Division of the Metropolitan University of the Qing Dynasty, which is the oldest chemistry department in national universities of China. CCME now comprises five academic departments and five research institutes, while hosting two state key laboratories, two Ministry of Education (MOE) key laboratories and one national defense key laboratories. In 2003, “Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences” was established by CCME in conjunction with the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was constructed formally in December 2007.

Currently, CCME has 209 faculty and staff members, including 10 Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 “Cheung Kong” Scholars, an honorary professorship granted by the Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, 61 full professors, and 67 associate professors. Among our faculty members, there are three Creative Research Groups (Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry) funded by the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and 38 professors were awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 17 were awarded with the 21st Century Talent Fund by the MOE, in addition to many other awardees of the State Major Research Plan for Basic Research funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and NSFC Major and Key Programs. CCME publishes two academic journals, “Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica” and “University Chemistry.” It has wide connections and extensive exchange programs with international academic and educational organizations