Universities of Bologna, Helsinki, Krakow, and Lille (coordinating institution)
The programme is taught entirely in English.
1) FIRST APPLICATION SESSION:
Open to all students, European and non-European
Deadline for electronic submission: 15 February (of the year before start of study)
2) SECOND APPLICATION SESSION:
Open to EU students (ERASMUS+ programme countries) only
Deadline for electronic submission: 31 March (of the year before start of study)
Independent of your status you may apply as early as possible (opening 31 October). For details and specific deadlines, please see website: https://master-asc.eu/
Semester One – Obligatory courses (for all students in Lille, France):
- Quantum Chemistry and Chemical Bonds (5 CP)
- Mass Spectroscopy (5 CP)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (5 CP)
- Optical Spectroscopy (5 CP)
- X-Ray Diffraction (5 CP)
- English and Professionalisation (5 CP)
Semester Two – Choice between Leipzig and Lille:
Compulsory courses at both universities:
- Synchrotron Radiation and its Applications (5 CP)
- Structural Inorganic Chemistry (5 CP)
Additional elective modules at Leipzig:
- Highlights in Natural Products Synthesis (5 CP)
- Homogeneous Catalysis in Industry, Synthesis and Nature (5 CP)
- Receptor Biochemistry (5 CP)
- Modern Concepts in Catalysis (5 CP)
- Selected Topics of NMR Spectroscopy (5 CP)
- Surface Spectroscopy: Methods and Applications (5 CP)
- Modern Methods in Theoretical Chemistry (5 CP)
- Separation Techniques and Advanced "-omics" Techniques (5 CP)
Additional modules might be offered locally.
Semester Three – Students can choose to study at one of the following universities: Bologna, Helsinki, Krakow, Leipzig or Lille.
Compulsory course at all universities: research project or internship with transferable skills (10 CP)
In Leipzig, this could be in the following areas:
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Coordination Chemistry
- Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry
- Characterisation of Liquid and Solid Interfaces
- Reaction Kinetics and Structure Elucidation
- Structural Characterisation of Solid State Catalysis
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Mass Spectrometry
Additional elective modules at Leipzig:
- Protein Crystallography (5 CP)
- Biochemical Approaches in Chemical Biology (5 CP)
- Bioorganic chemistry (5 CP)
- Nano Structured Catalytic Systems (5 CP)
- Analytics of Solid State Surfaces (5 CP)
- Physical Chemistry of Clusters (5 CP)
- Computational Chemistry (5 CP)
- NMR on Biosystems (5 CP)
- Function Control at Complex Surfaces (5 CP)
- Methods and Procedures for Trace Analysis (5 CP)
Semester Four – Research project
Please see https://master-asc.eu/ for updated information and the offerings of the other universities.