The Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is the legacy and successor to the tradition of the Cluj School of Chemistry, with instruction in Romanian. It began its activity within the Faculty of Sciences (Department of Chemistry and Physics), one of the four founding faculties of the “Dacia Superioară” University.
Institutional Evolution
The faculty has undergone several name changes and structural shifts over the decades:
1948: The Faculty of Chemistry was established as a standalone entity.
1970: It was renamed the Faculty of Chemical Technology.
1990: The name changed to the Faculty of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry.
1994–1995: The institution adopted its current title, the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

Academic Specializations
The curriculum has evolved significantly to meet changing educational standards:
1948–1958: Only the Chemistry section existed.
1958–1959: The Physics-Chemistry section was introduced.
1977–1978: The Chemistry section was temporarily dissolved (later reinstated in 1990). Due to changes in the Romanian higher education nomenclature, the Chemistry-Physics section was established, which remained active until the implementation of the Bologna Process.

In 1974, the Building Materials Technology section was introduced to our faculty, having originally operated within the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca.
The Rise of Chemical Engineering
Starting in 1977, the first chemical engineering specializations emerged, followed by several modern additions over the years:
Technology of Organic Substances: Established in 1977; known today as Chemistry and Engineering of Organic Substances, Petrochemistry, and Carbochemistry.
Technology of Inorganic Substances: Established in 1977; currently known as Inorganic Substances Engineering and Environmental Protection.
Chemistry and Technology of Oxidic Materials: Established in the 1990–1991 academic year; now titled Science and Engineering of Oxidic Materials and Nanomaterials.
Biochemical Engineering & Chemical Systems Informatics: Both founded in 1994–1995; the latter is now known as Engineering and Informatics of Chemical and Biochemical Processes.
Food Chemistry and Biochemical Technologies: Introduced in the 2006–2007 academic year.

Graduate Studies
In addition to these undergraduate programs, the faculty offers a variety of Master’s programs in both Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. These programs are designed to provide graduates with specialized expertise in contemporary fields demanded by a modern society.


Currently, the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering consists of three departments:
– Chemistry department,
– Chemical engineering department,
– Chemistry and chemical engineering department, hungarian line of study.
Each of these departments comprises well-defined research groups that collaborate through various research centers and joint projects developed at the faculty level. Furthermore, they maintain partnerships with numerous universities worldwide, effectively integrating global research trends into the chemical and engineering sciences in Cluj.