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VIRTCHEM: The VIRtual Immersive Education for CHEMistry and Chemical Engineering

Chemistry as you have never seen it before

Thanks to the VIRTCHEM project, students have the opportunity to experience an immersive 3D reality while being part of a stimulating international network. Online preparatory lessons are integrated with virtual exercises thanks to the use of virtual reality (VR) programs, equipped with VR workstations. The project is focused on the use of innovative teaching techniques that allow students to interact with typical elements of the chemical world, such as the reproduction of chemistry laboratories, an industrial chemistry plant, or the structure of molecules. This brings students closer to modern technologies that are increasingly used to simulate real situations, and it allows for interactive learning of theoretical and practical skills, which can then be effectively transferred to the real world. Workshops take place at all three participating universities.



“Along with studying chemistry in an innovative way, VIRTCHEM is foremost an occasion to get in touch with new academic environments. Meeting students and professors coming from other countries allows us to build a new European network, which will be particularly fruitful both from a personal and professional perspective.”
– Irene, student at the University of Milan
“I think this experience gives us chance to take a look to the world of tomorrow, where virtual reality will be steadily used in the field of chemistry.”
– Salah-Eddine, student at Sorbonne University


Key facts

Universities: Charles University, Sorbonne University, University of Milan

Lead university: University of Milan

Target audience:

  • Bachelor’s students

  • Master’s students

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Contact: Carlo Pirola, University of Milan, carlo.pirola@unimi.it