Institute of Chemistry, PMF

Doctoral studies in Chemistry

PhD IN CHEMISTRY - CURRICULUM

Table 1. Courses distribution in semesters/years

Semester	Code/ No.	Course/activity	ECTS credits		Course/activity description acc. to the Law on higher education
Semester	Code/ No.	Course/activity	Compulsory courses/activities	Elective courses
I		Ethics in scientific research in chemistry	3		Academic training
		Methodology in scientific research in chemistry	3		Academic training
		Course for obtaining generic knowledge and skills for research from the university list of elective courses		6	Academic training
		Course from the list of the study program for obtaining advanced knowledge		6	Academic training
		Course from the list of the study program for obtaining advanced knowledge		6	Academic training
		Course from the list of the study program for obtaining advanced knowledge		6	Academic training
		Total	6	24
II		Course from the list of the study program for obtaining advanced knowledge		6	Academic training
		Course from the list of the study program for obtaining advanced knowledge		6	Academic training
		Research work under supervision (preparation of PhD project proposal)	14		Independent research project under supervision (PhD project)
		First annual conference	4		Lectures and other communicating activities
		Total	18	12
III		PhD project proposal	27		Independent research project under supervision (PhD project)
III		First PhD seminar	3		Lectures and other communicating activities
		Total	30
IV		Work on the PhD thesis	20		Realization and public defence of the PhD thesis based on the PhD project
		International mobility	6		International mobility
		Second annual conference	4		Lectures and other communicating activities
		Total	30
		Activities for publication of two papers in referred scientific publications	20		Publication of referred scientific publications related to the PhD
		Participation in an international conference	7		Active participation in an international conference related to the PhD thesis
		Second PhD seminar	3		Lectures and other communicating activities
		Total	30
VI		Third annual conference	4		Lectures and other communicating activities
VI		Defence of PhD thesis	26		Realization and public defence of the PhD thesis based on the PhD project
		Total	30

Table 2. Courses for acquiring generic knowledge and skills for research from the university list of elective courses

No.	Code	Course name	Semester	ЕCТS	Scientific area of the course

1	U08S05P01	Crystals and minerals	I	6	/

Table 3. Elective courses for the study program CHEMISTRY for acquiring advance knowledge

No.	Code	Course name	Semester	ЕCТS	Scientific area of the elective course
No.	Code	Course name	Semester	ЕCТS	Scientific area of the elective course
1	ХМ-1011	Coordination chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
2	ХМ-1012	Chromatographic methods	I or II	6	Chemistry
3	ХМ-1013	Modern syntheses in organic chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
4	ХМ-1014	Methods of molecular spectroscopy –theory and application	I or II	6	Chemistry
5	ХМ-1015	Electrochemical methods in biochemical analysis	I or II	6	Chemistry
6	ХМ-1016	Application of the experiment in teaching chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
7	ХМ-1019	Environmental chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
8	ХМ-1022	Spectroscopic and radiochemical analytical methods	I or II	6	Chemistry
9	ХМ-1023	Heterocyclic chemistry with natural product chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
10	ХМ-1024	Diffraction methods for examination of crystals	I or II	6	Chemistry
11	ХМ-1025	Modern chemical methods in experimental biochemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
12	ХМ-1026	Methodology of pedagogical research in chemical education	I or II	6	Chemistry
13	ХМ-1031	Nanomaterials	I or II	6	Chemistry
14	ХМ-1032	Chemometrics	I or II	6	Chemistry
15	ХМ-1033	Reactions, mechanisms and structure in organic chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
16	ХМ-1034	Reflection spectroscopy	I or II	6	Chemistry
17	ХМ- 1035	Bioinorganic chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
18	ХМ-1036	Methods for studying and correction of alternative concepts in chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
19	ХМ-1039	Chemistry of hazardous substances	I or II	6	Chemistry
20	ХМ-1041	Electrochromism and electrochromic materials	I or II	6	Chemistry
21	ХМ-1042	Mass spectrometry-techniques and applications	I or II	6	Chemistry
22	ХМ-1043	Selected topics in experimental organic chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
23	ХМ-1044	Computer simulations of liquids	I or II	6	Chemistry
24	ХМ-1046	Constructivist learning in chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
25	ХМ-1049	Structure-activity relationships	I or II	6	Chemistry
26	ХМ-1052	Theoretical background and application of UV/Vis spectroscopy	I or II	6	Chemistry
27	ХМ-1053	Selected topics in theoretical organic chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
28	ХМ-1054	Chemical applications of Group theory	I or II	6	Chemistry
29	ХМ-1055	Modern biochemical methods	I or II	6	Chemistry
30	ХМ-1056	Knowledge sources and knowledge testing in chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
31	ХМ-1062	Trace analysis	I or II	6	Chemistry
32	ХМ-1063	Organic stereochemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
33	ХМ-1065	Application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in medicine	I or II	6	Chemistry
34	ХМ-1066	Techniques and technologies of learning	I or II	6	Chemistry
35	ХМ-1069	Data processing in chemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
36	ХМ-1071	Experiments from material science	I or II	6	Chemistry
37	ХМ-1072	Modern electroanalytical methods	I or II	6	Chemistry
38	ХМ-1073	Modern methods for solation and characterization of natural products	I or II	6	Chemistry
39	ХМ-1074	Spectroscopic methods in mineralogy and geochemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
40	ХМ-1076	Models and animations	I or II	6	Chemistry
41	ХМ-1079	Synthesis and analysis under inert conditions	I or II	6	Chemistry
42	ХМ-1081	Perovskites	I or II	6	Chemistry
43	ХМ-1083	Applications of computer packages in organic chemistry (HyperChem, SPARTAN and Gaussian)	I or II	6	Chemistry
44	ХМ-1091	Techniques for characterization of nanomaterials	I or II	6	Chemistry
45	ХМ-1093	Molecular modelling in organic chemistry and biochemistry	I or II	6	Chemistry
46	ХМ-1094	Analysis of organic compounds in complex matrices	I or II	6	Chemistry
47	ХМ-1095	Online tools in science teaching	I or II	6	Chemistry
48	ХМ-1096	Purification and isolation of proteins for proteomics	I or II	6	Chemistry
49	ХМ-10101	Chemistry of ceramic materials	I or II	6	Chemistry