Housed in this institute are the two disciplines of inorganic and analytical chemistry. The academic staff of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry currently comprises five tenured professors for inorganic and two for analytical chemistry, five assistant professors and five emeriti. The service staff of permanent employees numbers approx. 35, including secretaries, lab technicians, electronic experts, the personnel of the mechanic workshops, the general service facilities and glassblowers. There are about 115 graduate students (with degrees corresponding to masters and PhD degrees) working in the laboratories of the institute. Some of them are teaching assistants, supported from institutional funds on time-limited contracts, whilst most research assistants are supported by fellowships or from research foundations.


The following six institutes of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy contribute to the NRW Graduate School:

• Institute of Biochemistry (BC)
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (AC)
• Institute of Food Chemistry (FC)
• Institute of Organic Chemistry (OC)
• Institute of Physical Chemistry (PC)
• Institute of Business Management in Chemistry (BMC)