Chemistry
The programme in a nutshell
The Master's is a two-year programme. The Master’s programme (your chosen profile combined with your individual specialization track) consists of:
- introductory courses
- advanced courses
- research project in the field of your specialization (including a Master’s thesis)
- a dissertation
- a colloquium
- optional courses
Career profiles and specializations
There are four principal routes through the Master's programme, called career profiles. Each specialisation track within a career profile can be tailor-made to a student's personal requirements. At the initial planning stage, and with advice from the master coordinator, the optimal personal programme can be defined. Each career profile and specialization includes a striking balance between compulsory courses, optional courses and research training.
General overview of the two year master programme
Specialization tracks
Each track encompasses compulsory (theoretical) courses, a research project including a Master's thesis, a literature thesis and a colloquium, as well as optional courses or a work placement. The first year focuses on your knowledge of chemistry theory. The second year is devoted to your specialization or career profile.
Analytical Sciences
Molecular Design, Synthesis and Catalysis
Molecular Simulation and Photonics
Science for Energy and Sustainability
Science, Business and Innovation
Career profile
You can choose between the following career profiles:
- Research. Focuses on the research in the field of your specialisation intererest. (English)
- Social. Focuses on policy, management and entrepreneurship in the field of Chemistry. (partly in Dutch)
- Communications. Focuses on science communications theory and research, as well as in practice. (partly in Dutch)
- Education. Provides teacher training for Dutch pre-university or vocational education. (partly in Dutch)
Other possible specializations
Biological Chemistry (specialization within Biomolecular Sciences)
This specialization offers an overview in the important steps in modern target finding and drug development. Focus of this specialization is the interaction between molecules (drugs, receptor ligands) with proteins in the cell, which can either be drug targets or drug modifying enzymes. Furthermore, signal transduction pathways downstream of important drug targets and cellular stress responses, induced by chemicals not normally present in cells (xenobiotics), are studied. In several new courses that have been developed for Biomolecular Sciences-Biological Chemistry, these special issues will be addressed.
More information on Biological Chemistry
Molecular Clinical Diagnostics (specialization within Medical Natural Sciences)
This specialization deals mainly with biomarkers and their use in clinical chemistry. The study is directed to the search for new biomarkers that can be used for the prevention, diagnostics en therapeutics of diseases, and uses a combination of hyphenated state-of-the-art bio-analytical, immunological, medical, pharmacogenetic, pharmacokinetic, etc., procedures and methodologies.
More information on Molecular Clinical Diagnostics
Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (specialization within Ecology)
This specialization teach you to evaluate the exposure to chemicals and their effects on the environment, ecosystems and human health.
More information on Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
Course descriptions
Online information regarding the biology programme and course module descriptions:
Study guide
