The department of physical chemistry has 12 scientific groups that carry out research in the fields of thermodynamics of intermolecular interactions and supramolecular structures, electrocatalysis, high pressure chemistry, biophysical chemistry, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, and oil chemistry. The department has the most modern scientific equipment: including ultrafast and precision calorimeters, X-ray diffractometer, atomic force microscope.

8 doctors of science and 25 candidates of science work in the department. In 2022, the researchers of department had published 153 scientific articles in international journals, indexed by WoS / Scopus.  In 9 years (2014-2022), 1000 articles were released. Together with large industrial enterprises, the new technologies and materials are being developed and introduced.

The department teaches students of the Chemical Institute, as well as institutes of geology and oil and gas technologies, fundamental medicine and biology, ecology and environmental management in Russian and English languages. The department opened two magistracies: “Physico-chemical research methods in chemistry” and “Oil chemistry and catalysis”.

The department holds the Republican Chemical Olympiad and preparatory training for the Tatarstan national team to participate in the All-Russian Chemical Olympiad.

The department chair: Prof. Marat Ziganshin.


Scientific laboratories:




Laboratory of fast scanning calorimetry








 Laboratory of intermolecular interactions thermochemistry








  Laboratory of supramolecular systems physical chemistry








  Laboratory of Industrial catalysis








 Laboratory of  Homogeneous catalysis








Laboratory of biophysical chemistry 








Laboratory of conformational analysis and spatial structure








  Laboratory of  Rheological and thermochemical research








Laboratory of oil chemistry








 Laboratory of electrocatalysis and mediator electrosynthesis








  Scientific group of Dr. Vladimir Sirotkin