I am a chemistry major of Grade 09 in the School of Chemistry of Jilin University. (one year older than you)
Jida Chemical has abandoned the construction of hospitals. So there is no so-called "department", only colleges and majors.
The School of Chemistry of Jilin University has five majors, namely: chemistry, material chemistry, polymer materials and engineering, chemical engineering and technology, and applied chemistry. ***9 categories.
Among them, chemistry and material chemistry are also called "Dahua", which is partial to science; Polymer materials and engineering, chemical engineering and technology, and applied chemistry are also called "miniaturization" and tend to be engineering. In class, five classes in the big class have classes together, and four classes in the small class have classes together.
As Jida Chemistry is the signboard of inorganic chemistry and quantum chemistry (Jida Institute of Chemical Engineering is the originator of modern theoretical chemistry in China), in fact, Jida Chemistry is very inorganic and quantitative (the top five in China, even higher), and there are many teachers in this direction. Four academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences study either inorganic or quantum chemistry. The level of organic chemistry is relatively low, but not bad! Chemical engineering is very bad (not ranked within 40 in China), and there are no great people in chemical engineering. Almost all the professors in the School of Chemical Engineering of Jida University are scientific chemistry, and there is almost no engineering chemistry. However, the above rankings are all related to the postgraduate stage. The four years of undergraduate study are all basic courses, and there is no specific research direction.
Let's start with the first question you asked. At the undergraduate level, the best major is Chemistry. It is necessary to extensively study the basic theoretical knowledge related to pure chemistry and lay a good foundation for future majors (inorganic, analytical, organic, etc.). ), similar to the "base class", is the key construction and training of the Institute of Chemistry. Followed by material chemistry, the college also attaches great importance to it.
Dahua is equipped with the best teachers from Jida Institute of Chemical Technology, and the number of teachers is not as good as Dahua. Because Dahua's major is the strength of the school, and the school attaches great importance to it.
In the course, the basic chemical theory course of big chemistry is deeper and takes longer than that of small chemistry (inorganic and analysis of big chemistry takes two years, inorganic and analysis of small chemistry takes 1.5 years). However, Xiaohua will take more courses related to chemical engineering.
Previously, only students majoring in chemistry could participate in the "base class". Since 2009, material chemistry has also been included in the "National Basic Science Talent Training Fund", and the boundary between "chemistry" and "material chemistry" is more blurred.
Therefore, in the undergraduate stage, the concept of this department (major) is that when you are a freshman and a sophomore, it is similar to the chemistry major, and there is no difference. The difference between starting a professional course in junior year is as follows:
There are more courses in chemistry than in material chemistry: biochemistry, comprehensive chemical experiments, introduction to polymer science, organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry and spectral analysis.
There are more specialized courses in material chemistry than in chemistry: comprehensive experiments in material chemistry, inorganic synthetic chemistry, molecular sieve chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and biomaterials. In the school of chemistry, there will be more teaching resources than the three majors (objectively speaking, the school does favor chemistry and material chemistry)
What I said just now is the third question.
Let me talk about the second question. This is actually a meaningful question at the graduate level. The two key disciplines of Jida University are inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, physics and physical chemistry. There are three State Key Laboratories: State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemical Calculation (the first in China). Organic chemistry and analytical chemistry are relatively poor. Chemical engineering can't be ranked, but it was only when it was a master's degree that it was separated, and there was little difference between undergraduate courses. There is no "department of organic chemistry" in undergraduate course, because everyone should learn the basic knowledge of organic. In the postgraduate stage, Jida's majors are inorganic, materials, polymers, supramolecules, theoretical chemical calculation, quantum chemistry and so on.
Finally, material chemistry is inorganic. The materials synthesized by Jida are all inorganic materials (mainly molecular sieves or some nano materials). In fact, the predecessor of the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry is the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Hydrothermal Synthesis of the Ministry of Education. In the postgraduate stage, inorganic and materials merged into one department: "Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Department". It is mainly the hydrothermal synthesis of some functional materials, such as molecular sieves, nano-materials, new microporous crystals and microporous crystal single crystals.
Well, there was a lot of writing on it, and it took 1 several hours to write and change it. It is my own summary, my own words. Look at the college website occasionally to make it more accurate. There may be some changes.
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I am a member of the Youth League Committee, and I will take part in the activities of accepting new students. I hope to see you at the end of August when I welcome new students ~