- Degree
- Master of Science in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry
- Course location
- Leipzig
- In cooperation with
- Universities of Bologna, Helsinki, Krakow, and Lille (coordinating institution)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The programme is taught entirely in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- 1) FIRST APPLICATION SESSION:
Open to all students, European and non-European
Deadline for electronic submission: 15 February
2) SECOND APPLICATION SESSION:
Open to EU students (ERASMUS+ programme countries) only
Deadline for electronic submission: 24 March
3) THIRD APPLICATION SESSION:
This is open to self-funded applicants. The admission decision will probably be made too late to provide non-EU students with enough time to apply for a visa.
Deadline for electronic submission: 5 May
Independent of your status, you may apply as early as possible (opening 31 October).
For details and specific deadlines, please see our website: https://master-asc.eu/ (https://master-asc.eu/).
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- Varied
- Additional information on tuition fees
- Tuition fees amount up to 9,000 EUR per year for students from partner countries and up to 4,500 EUR per year for students from programme countries (EU plus EFTA). Tuition fee waivers may be granted upon request, based on academic performance and financial need.
For details, please see website: https://master-asc.eu/ (https://master-asc.eu/)
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- Yes
- Description/content
- 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/ (https://master-asc.eu/) for updated information and the offerings of the other universities.