Department of Chemistry- Industrial Chemistry Laboratory: Postgraduate Studies Programme
Catalysis - Green Chemistry and their Industrial Applications
Welcome to Postgraduate Study Programme (PSP)
"Catalysis - Green Chemistry and their Industrial Applications"
Catalysis - Green Chemistry is an interdisciplinary field which combines high quality exciting science and engineering with a unique potential to contribute to environmentally and economically sustainable technologies which is reflected in the Postgraduate Study Programme (PSP) “Catalysis - Green Chemistry and their Industrial Applications” and allows students to focus on the three delineated areas of Green - Sustainable Applied Catalysis i.e. Homogeneous Catalysis, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Biocatalysis in their basics in the first semester, in one area in the second semester and for a further semester to accomplish Green - Sustainable Applied Catalysis research.
Previous structure of the PSP
This Postgraduate Study Programme (PSP) was established in September 2004 and its first title was “Catalysis an Integrated Approach” (Government Gazette Issue 1797/6-12-2004 t.B΄). Source of funding: EPEAEK II Programme of Greek Ministry of Education and the European Union (75/25). The PSP “Catalysis an Integrated Approach” was organized from the academic year 2004 - 2005 up to 2009 - 2010 in the Department of Chemistry of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in collaboration with the academic staff of the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) in Thessaloniki and the Kavala Institute of Technology, Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas and in cooperation with Faculty Members of the Departments of Chemical Engineering of both the University of Patras and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, the Department of Chemistry of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the School of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina. The academic year 2010 - 2011 the PSP “Catalysis an Integrated Approach” was modified and possessed a teaching staff from Professors from the Department of Chemistry of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens and the duration to obtain the degree of MSc in Catalysis was shortened for one semester to have a total studies duration of three semesters. Since the academic year 2016 - 2017 the PSP has been financed mainly by registration fees of the postgraduate students. The academic year 2017 - 2018 the PSP was revised, enlarged and updated with new knowledge and renamed from “Catalysis an Integrated Approach” into “Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry” with addition of a new course in the emerging field “Applied Catalysis in Biorefineries”.
Present PSP structure
The Postgraduate Study Programme (PSP) “Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry” was re-established in the academic year 2018 - 2019 according to the law 4485/2017 for Postgraduate Study Programmes in Greece by Greek Ministry of Education (Government Gazette Issue 2762/11-7-2018 t.B΄). The PSP "Catalysis and its Applications in Industry" was certified in January 2024 by the Evaluation and Certification Council of the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) as fully compliant with the Principles of the Quality Standard for the Certification of Postgraduate Study Programmes of the HAHE and the Principles and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), for study level 7 of the National and European Qualifications Framework (PMS Certification Decision of HAHE). Τhe PSP was modified, enlarged and renamed from "Catalysis and its Applications in Industry" into "Catalysis - Green Chemistry and their Industrial Applications" in April 2024 (Government Gazette Issue 2433/24-4-2024 t.B') in accordance with the recommendations of the External Evaluation & Accreditation Panel appointed by the HAHE (Accreditation Report of the External Evaluation & Accreditation Panel of HAHE). The teaching staff of PSP "Catalysis - Green Chemistry and their Industrial Applications" consists of members only of the Department of Chemistry of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2 Faculty Members from the Industrial Chemistry Laboratory, 4 Faculty Members, 1 Emeritus Professor and 1 retired Faculty Member from the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, 3 Faculty Members and 1 retired Faculty Member from the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and 1 Faculty Member from the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry). The degree of Master of Science (MSc) in "Catalysis - Green Chemistry and their Industrial Applications” is awarded after the attendance and successful examination of three (3) compulsory courses and three (3) optional courses and Green - Sustainable Applied Catalysis research carried out during the one and half year duration of the PSP especially in the third semester.