
The Polymer laboratory established by Dr. Milan Lazar at the end of 1962 created the conditions for founding the Polymer Institute in 1967.
The Institute initiated the focused research in polymer chemistry as a part of the chemical research at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Currently Polymer Institute SAS represents an important research and training center for basic and applied research in the contemporary topics of polymer chemistry. The Institute activities cover four areas: synthesis and characterization, composite polymeric materials, polymeric biomaterials and molecular simulation of polymers.
As a result of the PISAS accreditation for years 2016 – 2021, the international accreditation panel of experts evaluated the Institute with the highest rating A characterized as “The research is internationally leading within the European context. The Institute has demonstrated important contributions to the field.”

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PMA & SRC 2025 Conference Successfully Concluded!
On May 21–23, 2025, the international scientific conference PMA & SRC 2025 (10th International Conference on Polymeric Materials in Automotive & the 26th Slovak Rubber Conference) took place at the…

You’re Invited to BIMac 2026
XXIV. Bratislava International Conference on Macromolecules We are delighted to welcome you to BIMac 2026: “Polymers and Polymer (Nano)composites”, the next chapter in the esteemed Bratislava conference series, proudly organized by the Polymer…

DoktoGrant for our three students
We are excited to announce that three PhD students — Omid Moghaddam, Nafise Babaei, and Fereshteh Kazemi-Aghdam — have been awarded the prestigious DoktoGrants from SAS GRANTS for PhD students….

🎉👩🔬We celebrated women and girls in science👩🔬🎉
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we met at the Institute of Polymers on February 19 to remind ourselves of the importance of…

Global Women’s Breakfast at Polymer Institute
We are thrilled to announce to you the 3rd GLOBAL WOMEN’S BREAKFAST at Polymer Institute SAS which will be focused on “Accelerating equity in science” which is the main idea…