11 professors, 4 associate professors and 1 lecturer are employed in the department. The department consists of Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry divisions.

The Chemistry Department was established in 1996 within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and accepted its first students in the 2000-2001 academic year. It produced its first graduates in 2004. With the establishment of the Faculty of Science in 2022, it continues its activities within the Faculty of Science as of the 2022-2023 academic year.

Our mission is to provide students who are equipped at undergraduate and graduate levels, embrace ethical values, are innovative, to raise students who are enterprising, questioning, constantly renewing themselves and prone to teamwork, to the development of science and technology by conducting qualified research at national and international levels to contribute.

Our vision is to offer inclusive and advanced undergraduate and graduate education; academia, industry and producing competent and knowledgeable graduates for careers in the public sector; important research in chemistry executing; nationally and internationally recognized; exchange of ideas among colleagues, independent to be a respected department that encourages thought and the highest ethical standards.

The chemistry department aims to graduate students with a basic knowledge of fundamental areas of modern chemistry.

Chemistry department is located in Faculty of Science. There are three analytical chemistry, one biochemistry, one physical chemistry, three inorganic chemistry, and two organic chemistry research laboratories for graduate studies.

The chemistry department has one classroom each with a capacity of 60 and 30 students, equipped with computers and projection equipment. It provides service with two student laboratories for 40 people.