As one of the earliest Departments of Chemistry in China, the Department of Chemistry at Beijing Normal University (BNU) was established in 1922. The predecessor of the department can be traced back to the Division of Physics and Chemistry established in 1912 at Faculty of Education, Capital Metropolitan University. Now the Department of Chemistry has a history of 100 years. In 1952, according to the adjustments of the universities in China, the Department of Chemistry at National Fu Jen University joined the Department of Chemistry at BNU. In September 2005, the Department of Chemistry was renamed as the College of Chemistry.