Among the talent cultivated in the chemistry department of NTU, Lee is the most well known, but in reality the department has numerous heroes. Of the more than 200 members of the Academia Sinica, over 90 graduated from NTU before going on to make outstanding contributions in such fields as bio-, protein, and inorganic chemistry, as well as pharmacology and toxicology.
台大化學系培養出的優秀人才中，李遠哲最為人所知，事實上，化學系英才濟濟，中研院院士二百多人中，有九十多位畢業自台大，其中化學系就佔了十位，分別在生物化學、蛋白質化學、藥理學、毒理學與無機化學等領域表現傑出。