Abstract Chemistry is a central science in the history of science and technology development. It is a basic tool for exploring the unknown world. Chemistry is an essential part of human’s knowledge system. Chemistry has profound impact for the formation of human civilization. Chemistry played a crucial role in building top world first-class university. With new incoming scientific and technological revolution and the construction of new engineering in higher education, chemistry will continue to be the corner stone of basic sciences. Therefore, strong chemistry discipline is essential for quality training and should be continuously strengthened in the process of building world first-class university. The development of higher education proves that a first-class university must have a strong chemistry discipline and be able to provide first-class chemistry related courses and training system. This plays a vital role in the quality of talent training. In the construction of world-class university, no matter what new trends and ideas emerge, no matter how the evaluation index varies, the status of chemistry as the basic and central science will never change, and the position of chemistry as the core course in the quality of talent cultivation cannot be shaken.
LIU Yan-Xia, ZHAO Lin, ZHANG Ya-Gang. The Essential Role of Chemistry in Building of World First-Class University[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 43(8): 21-31.
