The Department of Chemistry was established in 1983 within the Faculty of Science and Letters at Bursa Uludağ University, with the aim of providing 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 its current building in the Görükle campus of Bursa Uludağ University, comprising blocks A and B, where it continues its educational 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 in the Faculty of Science and Letters. The department has 13 Professors, 11 Associate Professors, 1 Research Assistant with a PhD, 4 Research Assistants, and 1 Chemist in the Analytical, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry, Organic, and Biochemistry branches.

This program is subject to the first-stage degree system in Chemistry, with 120 ECTS credits. Upon successful completion of the program and fulfillment of program requirements, a Master of Science degree in Chemistry is awarded.

Second Cycle

Candidates must have: 1- A bachelor´s degree, 2- The required score on the Graduate Entrance Examination (ALES) for the specified fields.

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 master´s degree in chemistry, students must take all courses offered in the master´s program, successfully complete all of these courses with a weighted grade point average of at least 70 out of 100, and successfully defend a thesis on a relevant subject before a selected jury.

The Master of Science in Chemistry program consists of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 years of education. In the first year, students are required to take some compulsory and elective courses to advance their knowledge and skills in the relevant field. In the second year, they conduct theoretical and applied thesis research on a thesis topic determined by their thesis advisor. Students who successfully complete their thesis research and receive a passing grade from the thesis defense committee are awarded a Master of Science degree. Graduates of the Master of Science in Chemistry program receive the title of Specialist in Science.

Postgraduates (MSc) can work in industrial organizations or private sectors as a specialist researcher such as in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, iron and steel, automotive, food, textile, mining, etc. or as a quality-controller. Those with the pedagogical formation can work as teachers of high-degree, as well as academics working in faculties or institutes.

Candidates who successfully complete their postgraduate education can enroll in postgraduate education programs provided they meet the required level of ALES exam and foreign language proficiency (documented with TOEFL, IELTS, YDS, YÖKDİL, E/TEP, etc. exams).

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 70 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 mandatory and elective courses and successfully defend their thesis, prepared in a relevant field, before a selected jury.

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.