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Chemistry, Department

Fakultät für Chemie

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Degree courses with details

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

650

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

170

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

14/16 points

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Support in studies
subject-specific skills
methodological skills
interdisciplinary skills
Study organisation
Laboratory internships
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

45

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Courses are taught on the basis of broad knowledge of the chemistry sub-disciplines as well as an early focus on research. The key research areas of the faculty are reflected in the range of compulsory elective modules in the Bachelor's degree course. Strong networking with adjacent faculties and non-university institutions allows students to design their degree programme individually, with accompanying counselling and service offerings, including tools for self-learning and reflection. Specific courses are offered for teaching-qualification students modern practical equipment and access to research equipment. Proof of leadership competences is possible.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

The design as a compulsory elective course allows students to choose their own focus, giving it a strong interdisciplinary emphasis, including the ability to transfer up to 48 credits from another mathematical or natural sciences faculty upon request. Students can also design their studies individually, adapting them to their own life circumstances. As a result, it is especially easy to include a stay abroad for study purposes. Proof of leadership competences is possible. Practicals take place directly in the research groups.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Erasmus programme with 19 partner universities. Worldwide research collaborations from which students can benefit, for example for final theses abroad, lab rotations etc. Various international research associations/clusters. International atmosphere through diversity of nationalities of faculty members. Courses in cross-cultural skills. Access to major international research institutions. Option to participate in international conferences for advanced students and doctoral candidates. Buddy and social activities for new international students.

Special features regarding the equipment

Students are given early access to the modern large-scale equipment at the faculty, accompanied by courses on methods used in Chemistry. The departments has mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy units; An NMR device is available explicitly for practical training. Further large-scale equipment includes various X-ray diffractometers, ESR spectrometers, laser systems, atomic force microscopes, Mössbauer spectrometers and self-built units, which are used by students as part of their final theses. Cell culture laboratory (with S1 and S2 areas), campus licences for various chemical-specific software applications

Special features regarding research activities

In addition to high-quality individual projects, faculty members are active in numerous research associations as spokespersons or principle investigators. The focus here is on three key research topics at the faculty – "Functional Biomolecular Chemistry", "Synthesis Chemistry" and "Energy Conversion – Processes and Materials". The faculty supports the International Centre for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion and the Wöhler Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry. Various research projects as industry cooperations.

Other special features

Mandatory tutor training for practice/seminar group support as well as for internships with voluntary advanced modules. IT infrastructure with a student computer pool and access to campus licences (Microsoft, Origin, ChemDraw) and SciFinder, also for students, accompanying courses and counselling in the computer café. The "Virtual Laboratory" and video tutorials teach basic chemistry techniques in short films. The networking of the "Göttingen campus" with Max Planck Institutes etc. provides many additional benefits for students.

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/wie+bewerbe+ich+mich%3f/114963.html

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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