The Joint Conference on Chemistry is an annual conference organized by the consortium of Chemistry Department of five universities in Central Java: Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP), Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES), Universitas  Sebelas Maret (UNS), Universitas Jenderal Soedirman (UNSOED) and Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana (UKSW).

This joint conference has been held since 2006 which initially started with a local seminar to accommodate the dissemination of research results from chemistry lecturers and researchers from the five universities. Starting 2014, we enhanced the the scope of conference to be an International Conference by inviting overseas participant from all over the world.

The series of International Joint Conferences on Chemistry held are:

1. The 9^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, in 2014
2. The 10^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, in 2015
3. The 11^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, in 2016
4. The 12^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, in 2017
5. The 13^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, in 2018