Department of Chemistry- Industrial Chemistry Laboratory: Postgraduate Studies Programme
Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry
Welcome to Postgraduate Study Programme (PSP) "Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry"
Catalysis 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 “Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry” and allows students to focus on the three delineated areas of catalysis i.e. homogeneous-, heterogeneous- and bio-catalysis in their basics in the first semester, in one area in the second semester and for a further semester to accomplish catalysis research.
Previous structure of the PSP
The first title of this Postgraduate Study Programme since September 2004 was “Catalysis an Integrated Approach”. Source of funding: EPEAEK II Programme of Greek Ministry of Education and the European Union (75/25). The Postgraduate Study Programme “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 Professors 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 Postgraduate Study Programme “Catalysis an Integrated Approach” was modified possesing 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 program has been financed mainly by registration fees of the postgraduate students. The academic year 2017 - 2018 the Postgraduate Study Programme 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
Since the academic year 2018 - 2019 the Postgraduate Study Programme “Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry” has been re-established according to the law for Postgraduate Study Programmes in Greece by Greek Ministry of Education (ΦΕΚ 2762/11-7-2018 τ.Β΄). The degree of Master of Science (MSc) in "Catalysis and its Applications in the Industry” is awarded for one year’s study assessed by exams and catalysis research carried out mainly in the third semester.