The Department of Chemistry was established in 1983 within the Faculty of Science and Letters at Bursa Uludağ University, with the aim of conducting education and research in five separate branches: Analytical, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry, Organic, and Biochemistry. The department completed its first year in the 1983-1984 academic year in the Faculty of Education building in Yıldırım district of Bursa. In the 1984-1985 academic year, the department moved to the building comprising blocks A and B on the Görükle campus of Bursa Uludağ University, where it continued its education and research activities. As of the 2017-2018 academic year, it continues its education, teaching, and research activities on the 3rd floor of the Science Departments building of the Faculty of Science and Letters.It continues its education and research activities. The Department of Chemistry has 13 Professors, 11 Associate Professors, 1 PhD Research Assistant, 4 Research Assistants, and 1 Chemist in the Analytical, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry, Organic, and Biochemistry branches. The goal is to train individuals who meet the requirements specified in the B.U. Graduate Education and Training Regulations to become Doctors of Chemistry, possessing the ability to access and evaluate information through scientific research in one of the following branches: Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

This program is subject to the first-stage degree system in Chemistry, with 240 ECTS credits. Upon successful completion of the program and fulfillment of program requirements, a PhD in Chemistry is awarded.

Third Cycle

Candidates must have the following qualifications for the specified fields: 1- A Master´s degree, 2- A score on the Graduate Entrance Examination (ALES), and 3- A score on a foreign language exam (IELTS, TOEFL, YDS, YÖKDİL, E/TEP, etc.).

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

To obtain a doctorate in chemistry, students must take all courses offered in the doctoral program, successfully complete all courses, and achieve a weighted grade point average of at least 75 out of 100. Additionally, students must achieve a minimum grade point average of 75 on the doctoral qualifying examination (oral and written) administered by expert faculty members in the relevant field, and successfully defend their thesis in a related area before a selected jury. These students are then awarded a doctorate in chemistry.

The Chemistry PhD program involves a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 years of education and training. In the first two years, students are required to take some compulsory and elective courses (120 ECTS) to advance their knowledge and skills in the relevant field. In subsequent years, they conduct theoretical and applied thesis work on a thesis topic determined by their thesis advisor. Students who successfully complete their thesis work and receive a passing grade from the thesis defense committee are awarded a Doctorate degree. Graduates of the Chemistry PhD program receive the title of Specialist in Science.
The aim of the Chemistry Graduate Program is to train Doctors of Science in Chemistry who can conduct literature research on a specific topic in one of the branches of Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry within the Department of Chemistry; conduct experimental studies related to this research topic in the laboratory; evaluate the laboratory results and present them in a scientific report; and work in research and development organizations.

Graduates (PhD) can work in industrial organizations or private sectors, as a specialist researcher or technical manager, such as in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, iron and steel, automotive, food, textile, mining, etc. or as a quality-controller. Besides, as academics working in faculties or institutes.

The student who completed succesfully to this program can work in the area of chemistry science or in the areas that accept lecturers from this area.

Attendance is mandatory for all courses, with a minimum of 70%. Students who meet the attendance requirement are eligible to take the final exam. Each student takes one final exam for each course. The final exam contributes 100% to the overall grade (including scores from assignments, practical work, etc., which may be considered as midterm grades). All exams are graded out of 100 points. A minimum final average of 75 points is required. Students must also achieve a minimum average of 75 on the doctoral qualifying exam (oral and written) administered by expert faculty members in the relevant field. Furthermore, students must successfully complete their thesis work and receive a passing grade on the thesis defense exam administered by the thesis defense committee.

To successfully complete the program, students must pass all courses offered, successfully defend their thesis in a relevant field before a selected jury, and meet the graduation requirements based on their thesis.

Full-Time

Prof. Dr. Saliha ŞAHİN
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi
Kimya Bölümü
email: salihabilgi@uludag.edu.tr
Tel:0224 2941724

Our department provides educational services with 13 Professors, 11 Associate Professors, 1 PhD Research Assistant, 4 Research Assistants, and 1 chemist. The department has 4 classrooms, each equipped with air conditioning and projection devices. The department has active sub-departments of Inorganic, Analytical, Organic, Biochemistry, and Physical Chemistry, each with its own student and research laboratories. In addition, there are 2 chemistry laboratories (general chemistry student laboratories) in the central classroom building. Our department is equipped with the following equipment for characterizing chemical substances: GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, GC-FID, HPLC-DAD, FT-IR, FAAS, GFAAS, UV-VIS, contact angle measuring device, and surface plasma resonance (SPR) spectrometer.