Master in Analytical Chemistry

Program Overview

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Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry

Programme Overview

The Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry makes students become experts in solving analytical chemistry problems, with a strong experimental and quality management component, to become both professionals and researchers in this field.

Key Information

• Duration: 1 ½ years
• Credits: 90 ECTS credits
• Start: September 2025
• Timetable: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
• Languages: Spanish and English
• Degree: Official degree
• Hours of laboratory work: Three hours a day of laboratory work during the first year and Master Thesis in the second year.

Why Study the Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry at IQS?

• Excellent job placement in less than six months
• Three hours of laboratory work per day (50% of academic work)
• High level of instrumental specialization
• Development of skills in quality management and the ability to lead projects

Facilities

• More than 8,700 m2 of laboratories and workshops
• Specific laboratories for the Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry

Objectives and Competences

• Objectives:
  • Solve analytical chemistry problems with a strong experimental and quality management component.
  • Become a professional or researcher in the field.
• Competences:
  • Advanced knowledge of analytical chemistry disciplines.
  • Mastery of chemistry and management tools for research.
  • Knowledge of industrial sectors and new trends in analytical chemistry.
  • Advanced skills in knowledge management and project leadership.

Curriculum

• Technology Module:
  • Structural Identification and Characterization (6 ECTS)
  • Advanced Chromatography (6 ECTS)
  • Spectrophotometry and Electroanalysis (6 ECTS)
  • Quality and Information Management (3 ECTS)
  • Chemometrics (3 ECTS)
  • Analytical Technology Laboratory (6 ECTS)
• Specific Module:
  • Environmental Quality Analysis and Forensic Sciences (4 ECTS)
  • Agri-food Analysis and Foodomics (4 ECTS)
  • Analysis of Pharmaceutical Products and Biomarkers (4 ECTS)
  • Analytical Integration and Specialization Laboratory (6 ECTS)
• Electives:
  • Formulation Science and Technology (3 ECTS)
  • Power Skills and Leadership (3 ECTS)
  • Project Management and Intellectual Property (3 ECTS)
  • Corrosion Science for Industrial and Bioengineering Applications (3 ECTS)
  • Experimental Design (3 ECTS)
  • Data Analysis (3 ECTS)
• Master Thesis: (30 ECTS)

Career Opportunities

• Become a professional in various industrial sectors.
• Join universities and research centers.
• Public health.
• Launch a career within the field of teaching.
• Project Leadership.
• Laboratory Manager.

In-Company Internship

• Not mandatory, but available for students who want to expand their practical preparation.
• Internships with research centers or companies in the sector between the second and third semesters.

Leadership Team

• Cristian Gómez Canela, PhD
• Jordi Díaz Ferrero, PhD
• Sergi Colominas Fuster, PhD

Faculty

• Ana Belén Cuenca González, PhD
• Cristian Gómez Canela, PhD
• Gemma Gotor Navarra, PhD
• Gisela Domínguez Picart, PhD
• Javier Batllori Aguilà, PhD
• Jordi Díaz Ferrero, PhD
• Jordi Cuadros Margarit, PhD
• M. Josefa Blanco Roca, PhD
• Margalida Artigues Cladera, PhD
• Sergi Colominas Fuster, PhD
• Xavier Ortiz Almirall, PhD
• Yeray Asensio Ramírez, PhD

Admissions Process

• Online pre-registration.
• Admission confirmation.
• Pre-enrolment.
• Enrolment.
• Supplementary Training.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

• Academic Excellence.
• Financial need.
• International Students.

Quality and Accreditations

• VSMA Report and Statements.
• Internal Quality Guarantee System Manual (SGIC).
• Degree Report.
• Degree review reports produced by AQU Catalunya.
• Degree Monitoring Report (IST).

Program Outline

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Degree Overview:

The Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry at IQS is a 1.5-year program designed to equip students with the expertise to solve analytical chemistry problems, emphasizing experimental and quality management components. The program aims to produce professionals and researchers in the field.

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Objectives:

The program's objective is to produce qualified professionals who are highly valued by leading companies in the chemical, food, environmental, and pharmaceutical sectors. The program combines solid theoretical education with extensive hands-on work with leading companies in the sector. Students will learn to apply the main instrumental techniques to analytical determinations.

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Outline:

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Duration:

1.5 years

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Credits:

90 ECTS credits

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Start:

September 2024

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Timetable:

Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 2:30 pm

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Languages:

Spanish and English

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Hours of laboratory work:

Three hours a day of laboratory work during the first year and Master Thesis in the second year.

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Modules:

• Technology Module:
• Structural Identification and Characterization (4 ECTS)
• Advanced Chromatography (4 ECTS)
• Spectrophotometry and Electroanalysis (4 ECTS)
• Chemometrics (4 ECTS)
• Analytical Technology Laboratory (4 ECTS)
• Management Module:
• Project and Laboratory Management (3 ECTS)
• Quality and Information Management (3 ECTS)
• Specific Module:
• Environmental Quality Analysis (4 ECTS)
• Agri-Food Analysis (4 ECTS)
• Pharmaceutical Products Analysis (4 ECTS)
• Industrial Products Analysis (4 ECTS)
• Analytical Integration and Specialization Laboratory (8 ECTS)
• Electives:
• Pharmacology for Chemists (3 ECTS)
• Photochemistry (3 ECTS)
• Evaluation of Compounds with Biological Activity (3 ECTS)
• Innovation and Information Management (3 ECTS)
• Materials and Corrosion (3 ECTS)

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Teaching:

• The program emphasizes a practical and theoretical approach to learning.
• Students will have extensive hands-on experience in laboratories equipped with the latest technologies.
• The program features a strong faculty with expertise in analytical chemistry.

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Careers:

• Positions in academic or industrial research, development, and production in the chemistry, food, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, agribusiness, materials, biomedicine, environmental, and other industries.
• Academic research and technology transfer professional.
• Public health
• Teaching
• Project Leadership
• Laboratory Manager

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Other:

• The program provides mastery of advanced analytical techniques with particular emphasis on the environmental, food, pharmaceutical, industrial, and quality management fields.
• Students must choose two subjects from the electives module.
• IQS Career Services provides support to students in their job search.