School of Chemistry, UNAM School of Chemistry, UNAM The School of Chemistry is one of the 27 academic institutions that are part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The School carries out research activities in the fields of biochemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, food chemistry, biotechnology, metallurgy, chemical engineering, pharmacy, inorganic chemistry, nuclear chemistry, theoretical chemistry and theoretical physics. The School is organized into 12 scientific departments and 4 units. The School of chemistry also offers five 4.5-year undergraduate degrees: Most of the School's buildings are located in the main campus of UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria (University City, south Mexico City),
School of Sciences, UNAM four other buildings lodging the Faculty's respective departments and their faculty. The newer part of the complex consists of two buildings, one called "Amoxcalli", which holds the Faculty's library and the Computing Center. The newest one is called "Tlahuizcalpan" which hosts various labs and research premises, as well as classrooms. In recent years, an interdisciplinary extension of the Faculty was inaugurated in the port of Sisal, Yucatán, devoted to the research of coastal ecosystems and their species. The National Herbarium of Mexico at UNAM in Mexico City houses the largest collection of plant specimens in all of Latin America and