BY THE NUMBERS CHEMISTRY • 2nd largest chemical industry in Europe. • 7th largest chemical industry in the world • € 82.4 in revenue (2014). In 1762, the Académie Française de ned chemistry INTERNATIONAL as “the art of breaking down substances, analyzing The ever-growing internationalization of scienti c research is increa- Sources : Union des Industries Chimiques - www.uic.fr them, and recombining them.” Today, chemistry plays sing collaborations between researchers and research institutions a part in every eld in which matter is subjected to from all continents. The institute of chemistry at the CNRS promotes USEFUL LINKS a policy of active international relations and itself participates in change: pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, agriculture, ma- • Centre National de la Recherche Scienti que (CNRS): terials, metallurgy, electronics, aeronautics, etc. many exchange programs (bilateral workshops, CERC3, etc.). This institute also maintains many international exchange networks such http://www.cnrs.fr In fact, chemists are so omnipresent in these sec- as PICS (international programs for scienti c cooperation), LIA (as- • Les entreprises du médicament: http://www.leem.org tors, working alongside practitioners of other disci- sociated international laboratories), GDRI (international research • Fédération des Écoles de chimie et de génie chimique plines, that they have become vital components of groups), and UMI (international mixed research units). (Fédération Gay Lussac): www.19ecolesdechimie.com them. Chemistry’s applications include fertilizers, A number of uniquely French sectors of excellence nd expression • Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer plastics, paints, beauty products, adhesives, medica- through chemistry. Underpinning the restaurant eld is research (IFREMER): http://www.ifremer.fr tions, scents and  avors, and phytosanitary products. in so-called molecular gastronomy. Developed by Hervé This and a • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA): New preoccupations of today’s chemists concern team at the chemistry laboratory at AgroParisTech-INRA in Paris, this http://www.inra.fr product safety and environmental protection. new method of studying the phenomena that occur during cooking • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and other culinary processes has inspired many chefs – Ferran Adrià Among the recipients of the great prizes and ho- (INSERM): http://biblioinserm.inist.fr (Catalonia), Heston Blumenthal (England), Pierre Gagnaire, Thomas nors for chemistry research (Davy Medal, Nobel Prize • European Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, Keller (United States), and Thierry Marx – while spreading the new and Restriction of Chemicals (June 2007): in Chemistry, Hudson Prize, or Leverhulme Medal), “molecular cuisine” of French origin. http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/index_fr.htm one nds many French chemists, including eight No- • Société Française de Chimie (SFC): http://www.sfc.fr bel Prizes, from Marie Curie to Yves Chauvin in 2005. RELATED FIELDS • Information portal on chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and With chemistry being so embedded in so many • Agronomy, Agri-Food, Agriculture, Viti-Viniculture • Biology • Bio- parapharmaceuticals: http://www.france-chimie.com economic sectors, French universities and enginee- chemistry • Biotechnology • Environment • Manufacturing • En- • Union des Industries Chimiques: http://www.uic.fr ring schools offer a wide array of chemistry degrees. gineering • Nanoscience • Pharmacology • Physics • Health A high level of specialization is available at the mas- ter level with training available in research and de- SUBFIELDS velopment in the elds of organic chemistry, mineral • Analytic chemistry • Chemistry of materials and surfaces (biomaterials) chemistry, specialty chemicals (paints, varnishes, ex- • Inorganic chemistry • Mineral chemistry • Nuclear chemistry • Organic chemistry • Physical chemistry • Plant chemistry • Quantum chemistry plosives, essential oils, phytopharmaceuticals, etc.), • Theoretical chemistry • Computational chemistry • Electrochemistry as well as the soap, perfume, and personal hygiene • Biological and biomedical engineering • Water engineering • Industrial industry. engineering • Process engineering • Geology and geoscience • Nanotech- nology • Petrochemistry • Thermochemistry Updated January 2016 Updated January

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