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Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry (ASC) (Erasmus Mundus) – (M.Sc.)
University of Helsinki
Masters Programmes in English
| Application Deadline: | January 15 (for EM scholarship); May 31st (without scholarship) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 2,000 - ≈ € 4,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Helsinki / Finland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August, September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Helsinki
The International Master’s Degree Programme in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry(ASC) is a European Joint Degree programme. Its goal is to educate graduates to gain expertise to become high-standard spectroscopy professionals for employment in the international public and private sectors. They will also be well prepared for postgraduate (PhD) studies.
A consortium of seven European universities offers advanced education in chemical spectroscopy. This two-year course (120 ECTS) is taught fully in English. The consortium consists of the following European higher education institutions:
* University of Helsinki, Finland
* University of Science and Technologies Lille, France
* University of Leipzig, Germany
* University of Bologna, Italy
* University of Bergen, Norway
* Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland
* Complutense University Madrid, Spain.
The students admitted to ACS study at two or more partner universities. You are encouraged to base your thesis on a collaborative project between two of the partner institutions, thus underlining the European dimension of the programme. A mobility scheme ensures that, in addition to high level of specialisation and access to state-of-the-art technologies, you can complete a common core curriculum of studies in various higher education institutions throughout Europe.
Students completing this European master’s degree with thesis will find employment in European R&D careers in instrument manufacturing companies, spectroscopic laboratories, analytical enterprises and administrative organizations. Further scientific opportunities towards PhD programmes are also available.
Contents
Challenges of Modern Chemistry
Modern chemistry is concerned with complicated materials whose properties and uses can only be understood when the materials are viewed as a whole and not merely defined in terms of component parts.
Superconductors, resins and ceramics require a true understanding of structure but not only a simple chemical analysis. Continuing developments of new composite materials for a wide range of applications in industry and medicine need ever better understanding not only of static structure but of the dynamic nature of molecular interactions.
The imitation of nature has been a dream of mankind throughout the ages and the introduction and uses of the technologies of biomimetric chemistry, nanoscience and nanotechnology are rapidly arriving at this goal. Designer substances like the additives used to improve the colour, taste and smell of food, the omnipresent nutraceuticals and engineered pharmaceuticals may indeed soon be a thing of the past as they are replaced by the molecular machines of nanotechnology which can act directly in synergy with the organism as such. Chips carrying genetic information for the production of enzymes and biocatalysts and ultimately for a range of more complicated molecular machines open undreamt of possibilities.
The earth as a single chemical system
A clearer understanding of the world around us leads to the recognition that the earth itself should be considered as a single chemical system.
Examination of this global system is of vital importance and has led to the development of “green chemistry” as a label for environmentally more friendly chemistry.
These ongoing developments require a much improved understanding of chemical structure and action, and the ability to examine intact systems of great chemical complexity.
The key to such understanding lies in a variety of spectroscopic techniques which are able to provide a true picture of molecular assemblies and small changes taking place within them. Such advanced spectroscopy must be able to operate in real time and give reports on ultra rapid fast reactions.
A common European answer to worldwide chemical problems
The developments occurring within chemistry need “Urgent expansion in the following five categories”:
* High-performance instruments and measurements of unprecedented precision, sensitivity, spacial resolution and specificity.
* Low-cost robust instruments for analysing exceptionally small volumes.
* High-throughput measurements including informatics and mathematics for interpretation of large-volume data streams.
* Separation and analysis of chemical and biological mixtures of extreme complexity.
* Determining the structural arrangements of atoms within non-crystalline chemical substances and resolving how they change as a function of time.”
This description about worldwide problems in chemistry needs to be addressed by common European answers. One of them is this programme in advanced spectroscopy, offered as a full programme at the participating institutions.
Important
Regretfully, applications for this programme can not be processed at the University Admissions Finland: you are asked to contact the Faculty of Science (sci-info@helsinki.fi) for further information.
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Requirements
Students who have not yet obtained their first degree may be admitted conditionally to Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses and selected conditionally for scholarships, on the basis that the admission and the scholarships only become effective if the students obtain their first degree before the start of the Masters Course.
Proof of English Level
Courses are taught in English. All students need to have a good knowledge of English (B2 level or equivalent to 580 TOEFL score). If you don’t hold any English language certification when filing your application, please proceed to your self assessment by creating your own Europass Language Passport
IELTS or Toefl tests results must be sent with your application file.
Here are the scores required for the main tests:
* TOFL Paper> 550
* TOEFL CBT> 213
* TOEFL IBT>80
* TOEIC> 605
* IELTS> 6.5
CEF/Europass -B2 and above
GRE> 1800 (V+Q >1200)
MELICET> 77
VEC Online> 74
If English is the medium of instruction in your university, then an official certificate stating this, issued by an officer of your university will be accepted instead of IELTS or Toefl.
All students will be tested upon arrival before starting the language classes.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
Finnish Universities are accredited by the law. Universities are responsible for the quality and continuous development of their education and other operations. Legislation also requires them to regularly perform external evaluations of their operations and quality systems and to publish the results of such evaluations. Finnish HEIs decide on their own quality systems, and the comprehensiveness, functioning and effectiveness of the systems are evaluated in the audits, which are valid for six years.
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