Tallinn University of Technology

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology

About the department

The department of Chemistry and Biotechnology was created in the School of Science in 2017, founding director was Ivar Järving. The institute merged the former Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Gene Technology from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Institute of Food Science from the Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Technology. Recent scientific discoveries in chemistry, molecular biology and food technology have opened up completely new perspectives in fields as medicine, industry, agriculture and the environment.

Programmes

General info about Applied Chemistry, Food and Gene Technology Programmes 

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Seminars

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Division of Food and Biotechnology

Research groups of Division of Food and Biotechnology 

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Division of Gene Technology and Biomedicine

Research groups of Division of Gene Technology and Biomedicine

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Division of Chemistry

Research groups of Division of Chemistry

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10.12.2025

TalTech in Saudi Arabia: Cooperation Meetings and a Roundtable on the Future of the Circular Economy

From 30 November to 2 December, Rector Tiit Land and Karin Käär from the Circular Economy Core Laboratory took part in a visit to Riyadh, led by Es...

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