The Department of Chemistry is among the most successful departments at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University. The department houses a number of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centers of Excellence, and carries out teaching tasks for many of the degree programmes at the faculty. Made up of a wide range of scientific areas, the department is expected to be a very strong partner in interdisciplinary initiatives in the future, especially regarding the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO).