The chemistry discipline of Zhejiang University is a double-class selected discipline and a national first-class key discipline. In the third round of discipline evaluation, the chemistry discipline of Zhejiang University ranked ninth, and in the fourth round of discipline evaluation, the chemistry discipline of Zhejiang University was an "A-" discipline evaluated by the Ministry of Education.

It ranks ninth with Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Sun Yat-sen University, Wuhan University, Sichuan University, Hunan University and Fuzhou University. In the latest ranking of chemistry disciplines, Zhejiang University ranked 12, falling out of the top ten universities in chemistry disciplines.

According to the latest subject evaluation, the top three schools in chemistry major are: Peking University, China University of Science and Technology and Fudan University.

The Department of Chemistry of Zhejiang University has national key disciplines, doctoral programs and postdoctoral mobile stations, and it is the "national basic scientific research and teaching talent training base", "national basic engineering course teaching base" and the first batch of national chemical experiment teaching demonstration centers.

There are 66 faculty members 1 person, 53 postdoctoral fellows, including 67 professors and researchers, including academician of Chinese academy of sciences 1 person, 3 national leading talents in scientific and technological innovation, winner of national 100 million talents project1person, 9 winners of national outstanding youth fund, winner of national outstanding youth fund 12, and national youth.