The Core Chemistry

Aim of the Working Group

The work group reviewed and recommended updates for the core content of chemistry curricula at European universities based on the now >20 years old recommendations from the first two ECTN Network projects (1996 – 2003) and subsequently in the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe projects (from 2001). The modernization of the core chemistry content took advantage of the recent “Recommendations for the Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry at Universities”, published by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) in September 2021 and a related European wide online survey.

The work group presented the revised core chemistry brochure to the ECTN General Assembly 2026 in Valencia where the brochure was unanimously approved for publication. It is open access available under: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20642519

Members of the work group: Rafael Ballesteros-Garrrido (Spain), Gabriella Borzone (Italy), Lauma Busa (Latvia), Marilena Cimpoesu (Romania), Marek Frankowicz (Poland), Peter Gärtner (Austria), Stefania Grecea (Netherlands), Arsenio Muñoz de la Peña (Spain), Edyta Nalewajko-Sieliwoniuk (Poland), Sanjiv Prashar (Spain), Emmanuel Sinagra (Malta), Gergely Tóth (Hungary), Peter Weinberger (Austria), Hans-Georg Weinig (Germany, Chair)