For more detailed info check our Syllabus

For more detailed info check our Syllabus

For more detailed info check our Syllabus

For more detailed info check our Syllabus

For more detailed info check our Syllabus

 * Selection of 2 Semi-Optional Course from “Table 1. Semi-Optional Courses for 6th Semester”

Table 1. Semi-Optional Courses for 6th Semester

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* Selection of 2 Semi-Optional Courses from “Table 2. Optional Courses for 7^th Semester”. 

• Selection of 2 Optional Chemistry Courses from “Table 2. Optional Courses for 7^th Semester” (or 5 when selected a Bibliographic Diploma Thesis is selected).

# Instead of 2 Optional Chemistry Courses of 4 ECTS credits each, 1 Optional Chemistry Course of 8 ECTS credits may be selected.

** The research project in the frame of the experimental Diploma Thesis is usually conducted in one of the research laboratories of the Department of Chemistry. It can also be carried out in part or totally in another cooperating Department or Research Institute or in the Industry or other bodies that employ chemists (e.g. Hospitals, the General State Laboratory, etc.). The Experimental Diploma Thesis is always supervised by a member of the Academic staff of the Department of Chemistry who is responsible for assigning the final mark to the thesis (one combined mark for the courses EX704 and EX705).

For Erasmus students, the Experimental Diploma Thesis may take place entirely in one semester (total 19 ECTS credits). It can be replaced by a Bibliographic Diploma Thesis (extended literature review), which corresponds to 6 ECTS credits. Additionally, the students must select 1 Semi-Optional Course (1×5=5 ECTS Credits) and 2 Optional Chemistry Courses (2×4=8 ECTS Credits).

7^th Semester (VII) (if a Bibliographic Diploma Thesis is selected in 8^th Semester)

*     Selection of 2 out of 3 Semi-Optional Courses from “Table 2. Optional Courses for 7^th Semester” below.

^    Selection of 5 out of 11 Optional Chemistry Courses courses from “Table 2. Optional Courses for 7^th Semester Table 2” below, in the special cases that a Bibliographic Diploma Thesis will be selected in 8^th Semester.

#    Instead of 2 chemical semi-optional courses each with 4 ECTS Credits, 1 chemical semi-optional course with 8 ECTS Credits may be selected.

Table 2. Optional Courses for 7^th  Semester

* Practical Training can be selected either in the 7^th or the 8^th Semester.

* Selection of 3 Optional Chemistry Courses from “Table 3. Optional Courses for 8^th Semester”.     

# Selection of 2 Optional non-Chemistry Courses from “Table 3. Optional Courses for 8^th Semester”. 

** The research project in the frame of the Experimental Diploma Thesis is usually conducted in one of the research laboratories of the Department of Chemistry. It can also be carried out in part or totally in another cooperating Department or Research Institute or in the Industry or other bodies that employ chemists (e.g. Hospitals, the General State Laboratory, etc.). The Experimental Diploma Thesis is always supervised by a member of the Academic staff of the Department of Chemistry who is responsible for assigning the final mark to the thesis (one combined mark for the courses EX802 and EX803).

For Erasmus students, the Experimental Diploma Thesis may take place entirely in one semester (total 19 ECTS credits). It can be replaced by a Theoretical Diploma Thesis (extended literature review), which corresponds to 6 ECTS credits. Additionally, the students must select 1 Semi-Optional Course (1×5=5 ECTS Credits) and 2 Optional Chemistry Courses (2×4=8 ECTS Credits).

8^th Semester (VIII) (if a Bibliographic Diploma Thesis is selected in 8^th Semester)

*     Selection of 4 out of 9 Optional Chemistry Courses from “Table 3. Optional Courses for 8^th Semester” below.

^    Selection of 2 out of 9 Optional non-Chemistry Courses from “Table 3. Optional Courses for 8^th Semester” below.

@   Bibliographic Diploma Thesis. In special cases, and after aprovement by the Department of Chemistry, the students may select a Theoretical Diploma Thesis (extended literature review) in the 8^th Semester, which corresponds to 8 ECTS credits. Additionally, the students must select 1 Semi-Optional Course (1×5=5 ECTS Credits) and 2 Optional Chemistry Courses (2×4=8 ECTS Credits). In that case, they must additionally select: a) in the 7^th semester, 2 Semi-Optional Courses (10 ECTS Credits) and 5 Optional Chemistry Courses (totally 20 ECTS credits), b) in the 8^th semester, apart from the theoretical thesis (8 ECTS), 4 Optional Chemistry Courses (totally 16 ECTS) and 2 Non-Chemistry Optional Courses (totally 6 ECTS). The selection of the Bibliographic Diploma Thesis is not subject to the limitation of 120 ECTS Credits.

Table 3. Optional Courses for 8^th Semester

* Practical Training can be selected either in the 7^th or the 8^th semester.

The undergraduate curriculum has four years duration and is organized into semesters. There are two academic semesters in each academic year (a total of 8 semesters). Each academic semester consists of about thirteen teaching weeks.

Each course is offered only once in each academic year, i.e., in either the Fall semester, October-January, or the Spring semester, February-June.

The academic calendar for the current year can be found here:  http://www.upatras.gr/en/calendar

The examinations for the courses offered in the fall semester are held at the end of January – beginning of February. Students who fail in any of these courses can participate in resit examinations in September. The examinations for the courses offered in the spring semester are held in June, and, if a student fails in these exams, he/she can again participate in the September resit examinations.

For Greek students, assessment is only by written examination. The grades range from zero (0) to ten (10). The minimum passing grade is five (5). A useful classification of local grades is: "Fail" - less than 5; "Pass" - 5; "Good" - between 5 and 6.5; "Very Good" - between 6.5 and 8.5; "Excellent" - above 8.5.

For incoming ERASMUS students whose native language is not Greek, the examination paper will be in English and the conversion of local grades to ECTS grades will be done according the Erasmus regulations (see below).

ECTS GRADES

The University of Patras provides a whole number of benefits for the students aiming to accommodate their student life in the city of Patras.

These benefits include accommodation and catering support (for low family income students), lower fare for transportation, health care, accommodation allowance, scholarships, etc.

Furthermore, the students are provided with free high-speed Internet access and many other electronic services that assist the instruction procedures.

Please, follow the links at the University's web site for an analytical presentation:

• Catering facilities
• Accommodation
• Health Care and Insurance

Other useful links:

• How to reach the University
• The city of Patras
• Archaeological Museum of Patras

In order to be accepted for studies in the Department of Chemistry, an incoming student should be a full-time student of a University with which the Department of Chemistry has a Bilateral Student Exchange Agreement for the corresponding year (Please check the following list here below).

Eligible students should follow the procedure explained here: http://www.upatras.gr/en/erasmus_mobility

• Université de Cergy- Pontoise
• Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
• Université de Poitiers
• Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III
• Université Paris Est Creteil Val de Marne
• Uni of Reims- Champagne-Ardenne
• Université de Strasbourg

• Freie Universität Berlin
• University of Muenster
• Technische Uni Muenchen
• Universität Leipzig

• Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
• Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria
• Universitá degli Studi di Firenze
• University of Calabria
• degli studi del Piemonte Orientale "A.Avogardo"
• University of Padova
• University of Palermo

• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (AUM)

• Adam Mickiewicz University
• Gdansk University of Technology
• Jagiellonian University in Krakow

• Universitet I Bergen

• Uppsala Universitet

• Cardiff University

• University of Cyprus
• Cyprus University of Technology

• University of Nova Gorica

• Ondokuz Mayis University

• Valahia University of Targoviste
• Universitatea Apollonia Din Iasi