It currently occupies an area of approximately 32,000 m², covering about 2,100 m² of teaching laboratories, 7,100 m² of research laboratories, 2,000 m² of instrument rooms, 1,500 m² of workshops and warehouse and 1,320 m² for the library, in addition to classrooms, professor offices, administrative area and other facilities. The research facilities are divided into specific laboratories as illustrated bellow, being mainly utilized as multi-users equipaments (not only for the local community, but open for any institution interested in carrying out different chemical analyses). To illustrate the institute capabilities only few equipaments are shown. A detalied description can be found on the website of the Institute of Chemistry.