Polymer Chemistry

The Master’s degree program provides fundamental academic and scientific knowledge and qualifies graduates to pursue professional careers that require the application of scientific knowledge and methods. Graduates will understand how to transfer new scientific knowledge, theory and methods to the working world, applying their knowledge to demanding activities and operations in various areas of manufacturing and plastics research.
Graduates of the Master’s degree program in Polymer Chemistry at the JKU Linz work intensively with the synthesis and characterization of new kinds of monomers and polymer products. “Polymer products” include plastomers, duromers, and elastomers as well as functional polymers, plastic multifunctional materials, plastic fibers, composites and polymer contained in paints and adhesives.
Graduates area mainly employed in various fields of R&D as well as chemical synthesis and characterization, in the pharmaceutical and plastics industry, in construction, in the packaging industry, aerospace engineering, sporting goods production, automotive industry, electrical industry and the electronics industry. Interdisciplinary skills in thinking and action are also emphasized.
Graduates of the Master’s degree program “Polymer Chemistry” acquire:
• Broad, solid, top quality education in the disciplines of natural and technical sciences
• Solid base knowledge in a variety of polymer related disciplines including:
Polymer Chemistry
Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Polymerization Techniques and Technologies
Materials Science and Characterizing Polymers and Synthetic Materials
Graduates of the Master’s degree program in Polymer Chemistry will become familiar and comfortable with base concepts in polymer synthesis, polymer modification and characterization: they are familiar with the basics of polymer manufacturing and the latest subject-specific research methods. Graduates have skills to plan and assess various reaction channels and procedures in the area of polymer manufacturing and characterization. The comprehensive, hands-on program offered at the JKU Linz enables graduates to reliably handle the raw materials required for polymer manufacturing as well as effectively use equipment to handle, manufacture and characterize polymer products. Graduates can conduct experiments and testing series as well as systematically and thoroughly conduct observation and documentation. Graduates are in a position to professionally interpret experimentally acquired data and view results in a larger context.
The program offers sound, base-knowledge education designed to be consistent with the various demands of different occupations in the fields of polymer chemistry. In order to link theory and practice, students participate in internships, attend lab courses that correspond to the lectures, and submit a final academic thesis. The scope of education in the context of the Master’s degree program in Polymer Chemistry includes conveying modern strategies and methods designed to create, utilize and relay information
The Master’s degree program in Polymer Chemistry at the JKU Linz includes a number of unique and exclusive features:
• Intensive support provided by diverse cooperation efforts with plastics producing and processing industries
• Internationality by involvement of globally active companies in the degree program
• Access to the latest technical equipment at well-equipped polymer institutes
• Broad compilation of JKU institutes involved in the field of polymer engineering at the JKU
• Close cooperation with polymer engineering institutes