
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
ECTS and the University of Ioannina
This information package describes the University of Ioannina and the
courses offered by the Department of Chemistry in order to help the prospective ECTS
student to prepare his/her study period in this institution.
What is ECTS?
ECTS, the European Community Course
Credit Transfer System, was developed by the Commission of the European Communities in
order to provide common procedures to quarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It
provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements, and transferring them
from one institution to another.
The ECTS system is based on the principle of
mutual trust and confidence between the participating higher education institutions. The
few rules of ECTS, concerning Information (on courses available), Agreement
(between the home and host institutions) and the Use of Credit Points (to indicate
student workload) are set out to reinforce this mutual trust and confidence. Each ECTS
department will describe the course it offers not only in terms of content but also adding
credits to each course.
The ECTS credits
ECTS credits are a value allocated to
course units to describe the student workload required to complete them. They
reflect the quantity of work each course requires in relation to the total
quantity of work required to complete a full year of academic study at the institution,
that is, lectures, practical work, seminars, private work-in the library or at home-and
examinations or other assessment activities. ECTS credits express a relative value.
In ECTS, 60 credits represent the workload of a
year of study; normally 30 credits are given for a semester and 20 credits for a term. It
is important that no special courses are set up for ECTS purposes, but that all ECTS
courses are mainstream courses of the participating institutions, as followed by the home
students under normal regulations.
It is up to the participating institutions to
subdivide the credits for the different courses. Practical placements and optional courses
which form an integral part of the course of study also receive academic credit. Practical
placements and optional courses which do not form an integral part of the course of study
do not receive academic credit. Non-credit courses may, however, be mentioned in the
transcript of records.
Credits are awarded only when the course has
been completed and all required examinations have been successfully taken.
ECTS students
The students participating in ECTS will
receive full credit for all academic work successfully carried out at any of the ECTS
partner institutions and they will be able to transfer these academic credits from one
participating institution to another on the basis of prior agreement on the content
of study programmes abroad between students and the institutions involved.
All students of the participating departments
who are willing to take part in the ECTS Pilot Scheme may do so if their institution
agrees and within the limit of available places.
Most students participating in the ECTS will go
to one single host institution in one single EC Member State, study there for a limited
period and then return to their home institution. Some may decide to stay at the host
institution, possibly to gain a degree. Some may also decide to proceed to a third
institution to continue their studies. In each of these three cases, students will be
required to comply with the legal and institutional requirements of the country and
institution where they take their degree.
When the student has successfully completed the
study programme previously agreed between the home and the host institutions and returns
to the home institution, credit transfer will take place, and the student will continue
the study course at the home institution without any loss of time or credit. If, on the
other hand, the student decides to stay at the host institution and to take a degree
there, he or she may have to adapt the study course due to the legal, institutional and
departmental rules in the host country, institution and department.
Students selected by each institution to
participate in ECTS may only be awarded a student mobility grant if they fulfil the
general conditions of eligibility for the ERASMUS grant. These are:
students must be citizens of one of the EC Member States or citizens of
one of the EFTA countries ( or recognised by one Member State or one EFTA country as
having an official status of refugee or stateless person or permanent resident); as to
EFTA nationals, students will be eligible provided they are moving within the framework of
ERASMUS from the respective EFTA home country to an EC Member State. EFTA nationals
registered as students in ECTS participating institutions in other EFTA countries or in
Community Member States are only eligible for participation in ECTS if they have
established a right of permanent residence;
students shall not be required to pay tuition fees at the host
institution; the student may however, be required to continue to pay his/her normal
tuition fees to the home institution during the study period abroad;
the national grant/loan to which a student may be entitled for study at
his/her institution may not be discontinued, interrupted or reduced while that student is
studying in another Member State and is receiving an ERASMUS grant;
one study period abroad should not last less than three months or more
than one year;
students in the first year of their studies are not eligible for
receiving ERASMUS grants.
For more details on ECTS, please consult the ECTS Brochure which is
available from: the ECTS Department, Erasmus Bureau, Rue Montoyer 70, B-1040 Brussels,
Tel:32-2-233 01 11, Fax:32-2-233 01 50.
Institutions Participated in the pilot scheme of ECTS
(1989-97)
In the subject area of Chemistry the following institutions have participated:
B : Universite de Liege
DK : Aarhus Universitet
D : Ruprecht- Karls- Universitat- Heidelberg
Friedrich- Schiller- Universitat Jena
Technische Universitat Berlin
GR : University of Patras
University of Ioannina
E : Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
F : Univerite Paris-Sud (Paris XI)
ENSC Montpelier/INP Toulouse
Ecole superiereure de chimie industrielle
de Lyon
Universite Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
IRL : Dublin City University
Dublin University, Trinity College
I : Universita degli studi della Calabria,Rende
Universita degli studi di Pavia
Universita degli studi di Padova
NL : Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht
Universiteit van Amsterdam
P : Universidade de Aveiro
UK : University of Kent at Canterbury/University of Greenwich,London
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
The Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
A : Technische Universitat Wien
CH : Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
N : University of Bergen
S : University of Lund
SF : University of Oulu
A. INFORMATION ON THE INSTITUTION AND HOST COUNTRY
1. University of Ioannina
1.1 Address
University Campus, P.O Box 1186
Ioannina 45-110 Greece
Tel.: ++30-651-42915 (or 40900, 40301, 40303 (centre))
Department of public and international relations
Tel: ++30-651-40637(Monday-Friday 7.30am-2.30pm)
Fax: ++30-651-44112
Telex: 322160 PNPS
E-Mail: rector@cc.uoi.gr.
1.2 The City of Ioannina
Ioannina with approximately 100000 inhabitants
is the capital of Epirus, situated in the north-west part of Greece, in an altitude of
about 600 m, above the sea level, 450 km from Athens. It is spread in the shores of the
lake Pamvotis, the lake of Ioannina, with its picturesque island in the middle.
The province of Epirus is the most mountainous
place in Greece in the south of Albania. The city of Ioannina itself is surrounded by
mountains, with mount Mitsikeli to the north, dominating it. Ioannina is about 60 km south
of the Albania border and about 100 km from the port of Igoumenitsa, the nearest to the
island of Corfu, port of continental Greece. The modern city is the trade center of Epirus
and famous for its popular art of golden and silver jewellers and wood sculpture.
1.3 Historic Ioannina
The Historian Prokopios mentions for the first
time the foundation of the city as the new Evria at 527 A.D. with the inhabitants of old
Evria, in the peninsula where its old castle is situated. The inhabitants of old Evria
were removed by the emperor Justinian, because of the strategic importance of the new
location.
The word "Ioannina" is officially
mentioned for the first time in the Acts of Constantinople (879 A.D.), with Zacharias
Bishop of Ioannina.
The year 1082, Ioannina was occupied by the
Normans. With the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Latins (1204), Michael Comninos a
member of the last dynasty, established the Despotato (sovereignty) of Epirus (1205). A
bright progress of Ioannina soon began to appear and a favourable climate for the
development of culture and sciences was created. In 1335 the Despotato of Epirus united
with the regenerated Byzantine State. After the conquest of Ioannina by Serbians (1367)
and Italians (1385), the city came under the Turkish rule (1430), but with several
privileges (e.g. the inviolable of the church, non settlement of Turks in the castle
etc.). However, after the revolution of Dionysios Skylosophos in Ioannina all these
privileges were lost.
By the end of the 18th century the famous Ali
Pasha from Tepeleni became the ruler of Ioannina. He
expanded his sovereignty beyond Epirus, also to west Macedonia, Thessaly and the whole
mainland of Greece. Later, Ali Pasha revolted against
the Sultan and he was finally assassinated on the small island of the lake, in 1822.
The region of Epirus, with Ioannina were
liberated by the Greek Army and united with the modern Greek state, after the fight at
Bizani, on the 21st February 1913.
1.4 Travelling to Ioannina
Ioannina is connected by bus with Athens (7
hrs), Thessaloniki (6 hrs) and other cities. Also 1.5 hrs from Igoumenitsa (ferry boat
connection to Italy and Corfu). It is also connected by airplane with Athens, every day
(1hr) and Thessaloniki (40 minutes), It is connected with Tirana (Albania), once a week
(1hr). The airport of Ioannina is located 4 km from
down town and 10 km from the University Campus.
2. Coordinators of ERASMUS-ECTS
The ECTS Institutional Coordinator is the Professor of Organic Chemistry
and Vice Rector of the University, Prof. Georgios Dimou.
Address: Prof. Georgios Dimou,
University of Ioannina
Department of Chemistry
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Ioannina 45110
Tel.: ++30-651-98691
++30-651-42915
Fax: ++3-0651-41800
The ECTS Departmental Co-ordinator is the Professor of Inorganic
Chemistry, Prof. Nick Hadjiliadis (Head of the Department).
Address: Prof. Nick Hadjiliadis
University of Ioannina
Department of Chemistry
Laboratory of Inorganic
and General Chemistry
Ioannina 45-110
Tel.: ++30-651-98420, 98419
Fax: ++30-651-44831, 44112
3. Academic Calendar
The academic year starts the 1st of September
of every year and ends the 31st of August of the next year. It consists of two semesters
with 13 complete teaching weeks and two examination periods for each.
First semester: 28 September-20 January
Second Semester: 15 February-10 June
Examinations: 20 January-10 February,1st semester (1st time)
10 June-30 June, 2nd semester (2nd time)
1 September-14 September, 1st semester (2nd time)
14 September-28 September,2nd semester (2nd time)
Holidays: 28 October (National Day)
17 November (National Day)
23 December-7 January (Christmas)
30 January (The three Hierarhes Day)
21 February (Liberation of Ioannina)
25 March (National Day)
Two weeks in April (Easter)
1 May (Labor Day)
One day in June (Ascension Day)
4 General description
4.1 Information on the institution
The University of Ioannina is the third oldest
state University in Greece. It has about 9000 undergraduate students, about 400 members of
academic staff, 117 members of technical staff and 217 administrative personnel. Its
medium size ensures that personal attention is given to the individual needs of every
student.
Equipped with a variety of facilities the
University becomes an attractive institution, not only for Greek students, but also for
students from other countries. The main campus, a newly constructed complex of nine
buildings, is spread in an area of more than 800 acres, among green fields and woody hills
and only six kilometres from the city center. The campus includes teaching and research
facilities, the Student Union with three student restaurants, a faculty and staff
restaurant, areas for social activities, a student residence (630 single rooms) and many
shops. Some departments are housed in the 19th century buildings in the old town.
The University is administer by the Senate and
the Rector is at the head. The University Administration called Prytaneia, is composed of
the Rector (Prytanis), the two Vice-Rectors (for Academic Affairs and Finance and for
Development respectively) and the Head of the Secretariat who is responsible for the
Administrative Services.
4.2 The history of the University
The University was founded in 1964, with the
School of Philosophy, as part of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. In 1966, the
Department of Mathematics was established and it was only in 1970 that the University
became autonomous. Since then, a number of new Departments were added: Department of
Physics (1970), Department of Chemistry (1977), Department of Medicine (1977), Department
of Pedagogic for Elementary Schools (1984), Department of Pedagogic for Kindergartens
(1987), Department of Informatics Science (1990) and Department of Economics Science
(1998).
Chemistry (1977), the Medical School (1977), the Department of
Elementary Education (1984), Kindergarden Education (1987), and Informatics (1990).
4.3 Academic Structure
School of classics: (a) Department of Literature (b) Department of
History and Archaeology (c) Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology. Total
number of academic staff members: 97.
School of Education: (a) Department of Pedagogic for Elementary Schools
(b) Department of the Pedagogic for kindergarten. Total number of academic staff members:
27
School of Natural Sciences (a) Department of Mathematics (b) Department
of Physics (c) Department of Chemistry (d) Department of Informatics Science. Total number
of academic staff members: 156.
Medical School. Total number of academic staff members: 114.
Department of Economics Science. Total number of academic staff
members: 5
4.4 Admission and linguistic Requirements, Degrees
The admission requirements to the University
for the students of Greek citizenship is a secondary school certificate and be successful
in the state Admission Examinations, held every June for all Greek Universities. The
admission of foreign students requires also a secondary school certificate and a special
examination held for all Greek Universities, in September of every year among only the
foreign citizenship students. The instruction language is modern Greek. There are no
tuition fees in the Greek State Universities. A number of scholarships and awards are
available every year for the best students. The degrees awarded are:
1. Ptychion (Bachelor's Degree): Four years for all departments, except Medicine (six
years).
2. Certificate of Specialisation (Master's Degree): Requiring a minimum of two years
residence after the Ptychion Diploma, the successful attendance of four graduate courses
(3 hrs per week each) and of two graduate laboratories (6 hrs per week), (minimum mark 5)
and the submission of a thesis based on original research results.
3. Didactorikon Diploma (Doctoral Degree): Requiring a minimum of three years residence
after the Ptychion Diploma and the successful attendance of the graduate courses and
laboratories as for the Certificate of Specialisation with a minimum mark of 6.5 and the
submission of a thesis based on original research results.
4.5 Information for the Erasmus students
For the Erasmus students there are no specific
requirements for admission. The students do not pay tuition fees. If the students intend
to follow the undergraduate programme, they need to be fluent in modern Greek, the
language of instruction of our University. The students can take modern Greek language
courses to improve their knowledge during the winter or summer, every year. If, however, a
student wishes to have a laboratory training or an introduction to research laboratory,
the knowledge of modern Greek is not essential. The training can be run into English that
everyone speaks, or even in French, German etc, depending on the individual staff members.
Erasmus students may come into contact with the
Department of public, International Relations and Student Affairs. Head of the Department:
Mrs Tsoumani, Tel: ++30-651-97105, 7.30 am-2.30 pm Monday-Friday, at the Administration
building (University Campus)
5. Accomodation
The lodging can be assured for foreign students
at the University The lodging can be assured for foreign students at the University
hostel, after applying in the month of April for the next academic year. Cost 30000 GDR a
month, including meals. Room or small apartments rentals are available in the city for
45000-60000 GDR a month. Hotels may be found for a low cost (about 5000-15000 GDR a day)
for someone who will live for long periods of time.
Erasmus students can have the same
accommodation described above. The registration for an in Campus accommodation can be
proceeded through the departmental co-ordinator of the ECTS programme Prof. Nick
Hadjiliadis.
6. Student facilities and services
There is a library for each department at the University of Ioannina with several books
and journals. There is also a Computer Centre in the main campus. The health services are
offered at the two hospitals of the region:
1. The University Hospital, completed in 1989, 750 beds.
2. The Regional General Hospital of Ioannina, "G. Hatjikosta", 450 beds.
Other facilities include:
a) Research and Training Facilities
b) Services
University of Ioannina Press, Video Studio, Photography Unit, bookstore
c) Sports and Social Functions
Sports facilities, Theatre Club, Dance and folk dancing, Choral Society, Cinema Club,
Radio Station, Student Blood Donation Service, Erasmus House.
B. INFORMATION ON THE DEPARTMENT
1. The Department of Chemistry
Chairman of the Department:
Prof. Nick Hadjiliadis
Department of Chemistry
Laboratory of Inorganic and General Chemistry
Ioannina 45-110, Greece
Tel.: ++30-651-98420, 98419, 98429
Fax: ++30-651- 44831, 44112
e-mail: nhadjil@cc.uoi.gr
Vice Chairman of the Department:
Prof. Marios Kosmas
Department of Chemistry
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry
Ioannina 45-110, Greece
Tel.: ++30-651-98448
Fax: ++30-651- 44989
e-mail: mkosmas@cc.uoi.gr
Departmental Secretariat:
Mrs Sofia Vamvetsou:
University of Ioannina,
General Secretariat of the Department of Chemistry,
University Campus
Ioannina 45-110, Greece
Tel.: ++30-651-97194 or 97195
Department of Public, International Relations and Students Affairs:
Mrs Tsoumani
University Campus
Ioannina 45-110, Greece
2. The ECTS departmental coordinator:
Prof. Nick Hadjiliadis
Department of Chemistry
Laboratory of Inorganic and General Chemistry
Ioannina 45-110, Greece
Tel.: ++30-651-98420, 98419, 98429
Fax: ++30-651- 44831, 44112
e-mail: nhadjil@cc.uoi.gr
3. Description of the Department
The Chemistry Department of the University of
Ioannina was founded in 1977, It has 56 academic staff members, 18 technical staff members
and 4 administrative persons. There are about 550 students in total. In addition there are
about 250 young researchers (working for a Master degree, Doctorate degree or postdoctoral
fellows), in various fields of chemical research.
The teaching system consists of theoretical
(oral) courses and of laboratory courses, compulsory or optional, that may also include a
small theoretical introduction for each one of them. The students' assessment method is
mainly based on a written examination of a three (3) hours duration for each theoretical
or laboratory course given at the end of each semester. The laboratory courses also
include an assessment on the general performance of the student during his training and to
individual laboratory exercise reports that the student has to submit at the end of each
experiment. The final note of the student for the laboratory courses are therefore the
average of the above three notes obtained. Depending on the staff members (teachers) a
theoretical course may also be periodically examined prior to the final written
examinations, in which case the final note is the average of the two examinations.
Both the local and national students' grading
system varies between 0-10 marks. The lowest mark for succeeding a course is 5. Between
mark 5-6.5 the student's performance is GOOD. Between 6.5-8.5 is VERY GOOD and between
8.5-10 is EXCELLENT. Between 0-4 the student fails.
The Department of Chemistry of the University
of Ioannina offers the Ptychion (Bachelor's) degree, the Certificate of Specialisation
(Master's) degree and the Didactorikon (Doctoral) degree. To obtain the Ptychion
(Bachelor’s) degree, the student has to study for a 4 years (8 semesters) full time
period and complete a total of 233 credits consisting of theoretical or laboratory,
compulsory or optional courses, corresponding to 240 Erasmus-ECTS credits. According to
the system of our institution each course, theoretical or laboratory, compulsory or
optional gives one (1) credit per teaching hour, per week. The Certificate of
Specialisation and the Didactorikon degrees may be obtained under special regulations. The
Certificate of Specialisation and the Didactorikon degrees may be obtained under special
regulations.
Over the previous years, 890 students graduated
from the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina with Bachelor degree, 7
with Master and 116 with Ph.D. degree.
The Department of Chemistry is consist of four
sectors:
(a). Sector of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
(b). Sector of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
(c). Sector of Physical Chemistry
(d). Sector of Industrial and Food Chemistry
Each sector is responsible for teaching the
courses and practical work of its specialisation and also do research. The total state
budget of the Department of Chemistry of every year is divided among these sectors
according to the total number of hours of teaching and laboratory work of each. Every
staff member may have additional research funds from various sources.
From the academic year 1998-99, the programme
of courses and laboratory works given by the Department of Chemistry was revised. The four
years (8 semesters) programme consists of 7 semesters of compulsory courses, plus 1
semester of optional courses. The 8th semester is divided into six sections. The sections
of:
(i) Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
(ii) Basic and Applied Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
(iii) Organic chemistry
(iv) Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry
(v) Chemical Technology and Environment
(vi) Food Sciences and Oenology
These six (6) sections may be considered as
preparatory for graduate studies for the students that chose them during their 8th
semester of undergraduate studies. The 8th semester offers the students 30 credits, 24 of
which have to be obtained in one chosen section and the remaining 6 of the same or any
other section.
4. Programmes of study
4.1 Summary table of all courses offered:
1st Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (22 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Inorganic Chemistry I
Qualitative Analytical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry I
Experimental Physics I
General Mathematics I
Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry |
3
4
3
4
4
4 |
4
6
4
5
5
6 |
2nd Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (27 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Organic Chemistry II
Inorganic Chemistry II
Computer and Programming
Experimental Physics II
General Mathematics II
Laboratory of Qualitative Chemical Analysis
Laboratory of Experimental Physicss |
3
3
4
4
4
6
4 |
3
4
5
4
4
6
4 |
3rd Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (32 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Inorganic Chemistry III
Organic Chemistry I
Chemical Thermodynamics
Laboratory of Quantitative Chemical Analysis
Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry I
Computing Methods in Chemistry
Quantitative Analytical Chemistry |
4
5
3
7
7
2
4
|
4
5
3
6
6
2
4
|
4th Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (30 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Inorganic Chemistry III
Organic Chemistry III
Physical Chemistry I
Laboratory of Quantitative Chemical Analysis
Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry I
Computing Methods in Chemistry
Quantitative Analytical Chemistry |
4
3
3
7
7
2
4 |
4
4
3
6
7
2
4 |
5th Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (34 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Biochemistry I
Physical Chemistry III
Unit Operations of Chemical Technology I
(Fluid Mechanics and Particles Technology)
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry I
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry II
Theoretical Chemistry II
Elective Courses (1 compulsory, 3 credits)
History of Chemistry
Didactic of Chemistry
Biology
Electronic Physics |
3
3
3
15
4
3
3
3
3
3
|
3
3
3
14
4
3
2
2
2
2
|
6th Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (31 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Biochemistry II
Physical Chemistry IV
Food Chemistry
Unit Operations of Chemical Technology II
(Heat and Mass transfer)
Inorganic Chemistry IV
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry II |
3
3
3
4
3
15 |
3
3
3
4
3
14 |
7th Semester
|
Credits |
Credits |
Compulsory Courses (29 credits) |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Unit Processes of Chemical Technology 3
3
Food Technology 3 3
Organic Chemistry III 3 4
Laboratory of Unit Operations and
Unit Processes of Chemical Technology 8 8
Laboratory of Biochemistry 4 4
Laboratory of Food Analysis and Technology 8 8
Elective Courses
Oenology I 2 2
General Microbiology 2 2 |
3
3
3
8
4
82
2 |
3
3
4
8
4
82
2 |
8th Semester
Optional Compulsory Courses (30 credits)
1.Section of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
|
Credits |
Credits |
Courses |
Hours per week |
ECTS |
Elective Compulsory Courses (30
credits)
1. Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Courses
1. Group theory
2. Special Chapters of Quantum Chemistry
3. Introduction to Crystallography
4. Solid state Chemistry
5. Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
6. Polymer Sciences
7. Models in Chemistry and Biochemistry
8. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
9. Didactic in Chemistry
10. Advanced course of Physical and
Theoretical chemistry
11. Literature or/and Laboratory Research
2. Basic and Applied Inorganic and Analytical
Chemistry Courses
1. Chemistry of Lanthanides-Actinides
2. Nuclear Chemistry
3. Physical methods in Inorganic Chemistry
4. Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions
5. Bio-inorganic Chemistry
6. Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
7. Chemistry of the 2nd and 3rd Transition
Metal Series
8. Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
9. Environmental Chemistry
10. Radiochemistry
11. Statistical Elaboration of Experimental Data
12. Chemistry of Inorganic Catalysts
13. Advanced Analytical Chemistry
14. Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds
15. Literature or/and Laboratory Research
3. Organic Chemistry Courses
1. Physical Products and Heterocyclic
Compounds
2. Organic Synthesis
3. Laboratory of Advanced Organic Synthesis
4. Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
5. Peptide Chemistry
6. Stereochemistry
7. Organic photochemistry
8. Chemistry of Polymers
9. Literature or/and Laboratory Research
4. Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry Courses
1. Biochemistry III
2. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
3. Biopolymers
4. Enzymology
5. Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids
6. Biotechnology
7. Man's Physiology
8. Peptide Chemistry
9. Literature or/and Laboratory Research
5. Chemical Technology and Environment Courses
1. Inorganic Chemical Technology
2. Organic Chemical Technology
3. Environmental Chemistry
4. Technology for Environmental Protection
5. Laboratory of Chemical Technology
6. Synthesis and Technology of Polymers
7. Special chapters of Chemical Technology
8. Geochemistry-Mineralogy
9. Literature or/and Laboratory Research
6. Food Science and Oenology Courses
1. Food Industries
2. Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Food
3. Organoleptic characteristic of Foods
4. Advanced Food Science Laboratory
5. Food Preservation and Packaging
6. Oenology II
7. Viticulture (wine-growing)
8. Elements of Economy
9. Laboratory of Wine’s Analysis
10. Literature or/and Laboratory Research |
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
9
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
3
6
|
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
9
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
3
6
|
The ptychion is awarded after
successfully passing with at least a five (5) mark of all the theoretical and laboratory,
compulsory or optional courses and obtaining the required 233 local credits or 240 ECTS
credits. This can be achieved in four (4) years (8 semesters) full time study.
The choice of the optional course is done by
the student at the beginning of each semester to the secretariat of the department The
books required for each course are distributed to the student free of any charge. An award
of 200000 GDR per year is awarded to the best student of each class and 150000 GDR to the
second best one. If the number of students of the class exceeds the number of 100, a third
award of 130000 GDR is awarded to the third best student as well.
If a student fails four times (4) in the
examinations of any course, he has the right to ask by the administration committee of the
department, to be examined by a three members committee with the participation of the main
examiner.
If a student does not graduate after six (6)
tears of studies, he has not the right to have free hospital and medical treatment, free
books, food, awards, transportation etc.
An Erasmus student may obtain a Ptychion degree
at the Department of Chemistry if he successfully passes the courses of an one (1) full
year or at least one (1) semester of study and he gets 60 or 30 credits correspondingly,
provided he has obtained the remaining 180 or 210 credits in his home institution.
An Erasmus student may also work in a
laboratory for one or two semesters in a laboratory project of his choice among the six
(6) sections offered in the Department of Chemistry, without the obligation to follow any
courses. He will be awarded 30 or 60 credits respectively after a successful diploma work
of one or two semesters, by submitting a corresponding report at the end of his session in
English. This laboratory training may also be an introduction to research, according to
his choice. An Erasmus student may also be placed in industrial laboratories for the
proper training and receive the 30 or 60 credits according to the time spent, though our
Ptychion degree has not as a prerequisite the industrial training. Therefore, such an
industrial placement for a student is only done upon the request of his home institution.
Graduate studies in English may also be offered
in case of an interest of at least three students for each course.
5. Admission and registresion procedures
See 4.4 for details. For an Erasmus student the
usual ECTS procedure is applied.
C. COURSE UNITS
1st Semester
Title: Inorganic Chemistry I
Teaching: Professor J. Tsagaris
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Introduction to atomic physics (X-Rays, photoelectric phenomenon, quantum theory).
Bohr theory. Quantum numbers. Aufbau principle. Types of chemical bonds. Structure of
simple covalent compounds based on the valence bond theory. Theory of molecular orbitals.
Structure of simple ionic solids. General properties of the elements. Theory of metallic
bonding. Bonds between molecules. Molecular geometry.
Title: Qualitative Chemical Analysis
Teaching: Professor M. Karayannis
Lecturer K. Konidari
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Methods of Chemical Analysis. Chemical Reactions (writing and completing). Solutions
and concentrations. Stoichiometric computations. Chemical equilibrium and rate of a
chemical reaction. Equilibria of weak acids and bases. Water ionisation-hydrolysis-pH.
Heterogeneous equilibria. Precipitation-Equilibria involving complex ions. Zwitterionic
compounds and redox systems. Applications in Analytical Chemistry.
Title: Organic Chemistry I
Teaching: Lecturer J. Elemes
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Structure and Properties. Methane (activation energy) , Alkanes (substitution of free
radicals), Stereochemisty, Cycloalkanes, nucleophilic substitution, Alkenes structure and
synthesis.
Title: Experimental Physics I
Teaching: Assistant Prof. K. Kotsis Department of Physics
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 5
Title: General Mathematics I
Teaching: Professor M. Grammatikopoulos Department of Mathematics
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 5
Title: Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry
Teaching: Professor N. Hadjiliadis,
Lecturer S. K. Hadjikakou
Lecturer M. Louloudi,
Lecturer C. Papadimitriou
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Introduction to laboratory techniques. Ten (12) practical laboratory experiments
related to General and Inorganic Chemistry.
2nd Semester
Title: Organic Chemistry II
Teaching: Assistant Prof. G. Pilidis
Credits: 2
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Alkenes II (reactions of the carbon-carbon double bond (electrophilic addition of free
radicals)). Conjugation and Resonance (Dienes). Alcohols I (preparation and natural
properties). Alcohols II (Reactions). Ethers and Epoxides. Alkines. Aromaticity (Benzene).
Electrophilic aromatic substitution.
Title: Inorganic Chemistry II
Teaching: Professor N. Hadjiliadis
Lecturer S. K. Hadjikakou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Chemical Thermodynamics. States of Matter. Solutions. Solubility Product. Colloids. Acids
and Bases. Ionic Equilibria. Chemical Kinetics. Introduction to Complex Compounds.
Oxidation and Reduction. Elements of Electrochemistry. Chemistry of the representative
elements with emphasis on their environmental properties (Hydrogen, hydrides and the group
elements IA, IIA , IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB).
Title: Computers and Programming
Teaching: Associate Prof. J. Demetropoulos
Assistant Prof. M. Papamichaile, Department of Chemistry
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 5
Title: Experimental Physics II
Teaching: Lecturer E. Theodoridou, Department of Physics
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Title: General Mathematics II
Teaching: Professor M. Grammatikopoulos,
Department of Mathematics
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Title: Laboratory of Qualitative Chemical Analysis
Teaching: Lecturer K. Konidari
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Separation of cations and anions based on semimicromethods. Qualitative analysis of a
solid compound, alloy or ore.
Title: Laboratory of Experimental Physics
Teaching: Associate Prof. I. Filis,
Assistant Prof. N. Nicolis
Lecturer P. Onoufriou
Lecturer A. Ioannidou-Fili
Department of Physics
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
3rd Semester
Title: Inorganic Chemistry III
Teaching: Associate Prof. D. Kovala-Demertzi
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Inorganic Chemistry in aqueous and non aqueous solutions. Chemistry of complex
compounds (Theory-structure). Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions.
Magnetochemistry. Elements of spectroscopy (UV-VIS, IR-Raman etc) applied to Inorganic
Chemistry.
Title: Organic Chemistry III
Teaching: Assistant Prof. L. Hadjiarapoglou
Credits: 5
ECTS credits: 5
Content:
Aldehydes and Ketones (nucleophilic addition). Carboxylic acids. Carboxylic acid
derivatives (nucleophilic acyl-substitution). Carbanions I (aldolic and Claisen
condensation). Amines I (preparations and physical properties). Amines II (reactions).
Phenols. Arylhalogenides (nucleophilic aromatic substitution). Carbanions II (Synthesis
with maleic and aceto-acetic ester).
Title: Physical Chemistry I (Chemical Thermodynamics)
Teaching: Assistant Prof. P. Skoulika
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Properties of gases. 1st, 2nd and 3rd laws of Thermodynanics (Entropy, Gibbs, Free
Energy, Absolute value of Entropy etc.). Phase changes. Phase equilibria. Phase diagrams.
Phase changes of many components. Chemical reactions etc.
Title: Laboratory of Quantitative Chemical Analysis
Teaching: Lecturer P. Veltsistas
Credits: 7
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Introduction to the practical knowledge of the laboratory of Qualitative Analysis.
Principles for a laboratory with professional ability operated; programming of the stages
of analysis; glassware, plasticware, etc and their use; instruments and their use;
calibration of instruments; laboratory accidents and treatment of the injured; use of fire
extinguishers; preparation of the analyst for the analyses. Statistical treatment of
analytical results and statement of the results of the analyses; ruler of significant
figures for recording the measurements etc.
Title: Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Teaching: Associate Prof. T. Kabanos
Assistant Prof. J. Plakaturas
Lecturer M. Louloudi
Credits: 7
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Synthesis, purification and characterisation of simple inorganic molecules (for
example SnI4) and simple complex molecules (for example Co(NH3)6Cl3).
Title: Computing Methods in Chemistry
Teaching: Professor M. Kosmas
Credits: 2
ECTS credits: 2
Content:
Partial derivatives. Teylor's theorem. Derivation and integration of integrals. Double
and multiple integrals. Matrices. Eigenfunctions and Eigen-vectors. Differential
equations. Hyperbolic functions. Fourier series and Fourier transform. Laplace transform.
Title: Quantitative Analytical Chemistry
Teaching: Professor N. Evmiridis
Lecturer P. Veltsistas
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
A. Theory of titrimetric analysis:(a) Principles, Normal solutions, indicators,
titration curves, titration errors. Titrimetry in aqueous and non aqueous solutions.(b)
Plotting of relative amounts of species of chemical equilibria. Logarithmic plottings and
their application in titrimetric analysis. Plotting of buffer capacity of aqueous buffer
solutions.
B. Theory of gravimetric analysis:(a) Principles reagent solubility, precipitate
solubility, mechanism of precipitate formation. Crystalline and colloid precipitates.
Adsorption and colloid precipitates. Precipitate impurities and techniques for their
removal. Coefficients and errors of precipitation and separation. (b) Gravimetric
determination of H2O, Fe, Al, Ca, Mg, SO42-,SiO32- etc.
C. Statistical Treatment and Statement of Analytical Results:(a) Distribution
curves. Estimates of the true value and precision of analytical measurements, criteria for
rejecting analytical measurements. Statement of the analytical results.(b) Propagation of
error and errors of reading the measuring instrument.
4th Semester
Title: Instrumental Analysis
Teaching: Professor M. Karayannis
Assistant Prof. M. Demertzis
Lecturer C. Nanos
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Advantages of the instrumental methods of analysis. Methods of treatment of analytical
data. Quality characteristics of instruments for chemical analysis. Absolute and relative
methods of instrumental analysis. Potentiometry. Ion electrodes. Absolute potentiometry
and potensiometric titrations. Coulometric titrations and applications. Electrogravimetric
analysis. Conductimetric titrations. Polarography-polarographic techniques in chemical
analysis. Spectrometric methods of analysis. UV-VIS spectroscopy. Spectrometric
titrations. Flame photometry. Atomic Absorption. Trace elements analysis.
Fluorometry-Applications. Kinetic methods of analysis with the use of instruments.
Chromatography and ion exchange. Other techniques of instrumental analysis (e.g. IR, NMR,
Mass spectroscopy etc.)
Title: Physical Chemistry II
Teaching: Associate Prof. G. Tsaparlis
Credits: 2
ECTS credits: 2
Content:
Equilibrium electrochemistry (ions in solution, Debye-Huckel's theory, electrodes
etc). Electrochemical potential. Dynamic Electrochemistry (Helmholtz's double shell,
supertension, Butler-Volmer equation etc).
Title: Organic Chemistry IV
Teaching: Professor I. Gerothanasis
Credits: 5
ECTS credits: 5
Content:
Spectroscopy and structure. Electromagnetic spectrum. Ultraviolet spectra, infra-red
spectra, mass spectra, NMR spectra, ESR spectra. Fat, carbohydrates monosacharites,
polysacharies. Ammoniac, proteins.
Title: Theoretical Chemistry I (Quantum Chemistry)
Teaching: Associate Prof. I. Demetropoulos,
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction to quantum mechanics. Application of mechanics in some simple systems.
The Hydrogen atom. Solution of the Schrudinger equation. Approximative methods.
Polyelectronic atoms. Diatomic molecules. Polyatomic molecules.
Title: Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry II
Teaching: Associate Prof. D. Kovala-Demertzi,
Lecturer S. K. Hadjikakou
Lecturer C. Papadimitriou,
Credits: 7
ECTS credits: 7
Content:
Synthesis, purification and characterisation of inorganic and complex compounds in
normal and inert atmospheres. Physicochemical studies of inorganic and complex compounds
with conductivity, magnetochemistry, IR and UV-VIS spectroscopy and electrochemical
methods.
Title: Laboratory of Instrumental Analysis
Teaching: Assistant Prof. M. Demertzis, Lecturer H. Nanos
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
12-15 exercises of various instrumental methods of analyses. Analyses of unknown
samples. A bibliographic instrumental method of analysis.
Title: Laboratory of Physical Chemistry I
Teaching: Professor E. Kamaratos,
Associate Prof. A. Michailidis
Assistant Prof. S. Skoulika,
Credits: 5
ECTS credits: 5
Content:
Various exercises of thermochemistry, phase equilibria and electrochemical
measurements.
5th Semester
Title: Biochemistry I
Teaching: Professor M. Sakarellou,
Assistant Prof. M. Papamichaile
Lecturer E. Panou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 31
Content:
Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Elements of Cell Biology.
Introduction to Metabolism. Catalysis. Biological Oxidation. Hydrocarbons metabolism.
Lipoid. Metabolism of Aminoacids.
Title: Physical Chemistry III
Teaching: Associate Prof. G. Tsaparlis
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Title: Unit Operations of Chemical Technology I. (Fluid mechanics and Particle Techniques)
Teaching: Professor A. Sdoukos,
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Newtonian and non Newtonian fluids. Distribution of velocities. Normal and forced
flow. Equations of Continuity, Bernoulli, Nabiev-Stokes frictions. Theory of Similarity.
Dimentional analysis. Pressure ganges. Pumps. Thermodynamic principles of compression of
gases. Compressors. Properties of particles sizing. Principles of reducing of the particle
size. Jaw croshers. Mills. Fluidisation. Transport, mixing and stocking of solids.
Screening. Flotation. Electrostatic and magnetic separation. Precipitation. Industrial
filters. Centrifugation. Cyclons. Filtering and washing of gases. Electrofilters.
Agitation and mixing of liquids.
Title: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry I
Teaching: Assistant Prof. V. Tsikaris
Assistant Prof. G. Varbounis, Assistant Prof. A. Zarkadis,
Lecturer J. Hadjidakis
Credits: 15
ECTS credits: 14
Content:
Exercises based on laboratory techniques (melting and boiling point, sublimation,
fractional distillation with water vapour or in vacuo, extraction liquid-liquid and
liquid-solid. Recrystallisation, qualitative analysis of organic compounds, identification
of organic compounds with IR, UV and NMR spectroscopies. Thin layer chromatography, column
chromatography, electrophoresis. Isolation of natural products)
Title: Laboratory of Physical Chemistry II
Teaching: Professor M. Kosmas
Associate Prof. I. Demetropoulos
Associate Prof. G. Tsaparlis
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Various exercises of electrochemistry (conductivity, Nernst law, standard electrodes,
Hydrogen electrode etc)
Optional Courses
Title: Electronic Physics
Teaching: Associate Prof. M. Kamaratos Department of Physics
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 2
Title: Biology
Teaching: Assistant Prof. D. Matthopoulos Department of Medicine
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 2
Title: History of Chemistry (Didactic in Chemistry)
Teaching: Professor I. Tsagaris, Lecturer E. Bokaris
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 2
Content:
Introduction: Piaget and Ausubel theory. Theories of teaching: Old theories, new
theories according to sensible psycology. Didactic subjects of Natural Sciences. The
Experiment in teaching. Models and analogies. Computers in the teaching of Physics and
Chemistry. Classification of the basic notions of Chemistry according to Shayer and Adey.
The difficulties of Chemistry in the Greek High school. The teaching of solving chemistry
problems, of atomic and molecular structure, chemical reactions etc in the Greek High
schools and Lyceums.
6th Semester
Title: Biochemistry II
Teaching: Professor K. Drainas, Assistant Prof. D. Tsoukatos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction Structure of nucleic acids. Chemical analysis of DNA. Organisation of the
genetic matter in the living organisms. Biosynthesis of DNA-replication. Biosynthesis of
DNA-transcription. Organisation and expression of the genetic information-translation.
Genes. Biosynthesis of aminoacids. Specific metabolic processes of sugars. Specific
metabolic processes of lipoides. General principles in the regulation of metabolism.
Elements of physical Chemistry of the open system. Regulation of the metabolic processes.
Hormones.
Title: Physical Chemistry IV
Teaching: Professor E. Kamaratos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Objects of spectroscopy. Propagation of radiation into matter. Phenomena of quantum
interpretations, like the spectrum of the black body, the Franck-Hertz experiment etc.
Elements of quantum mechanics. Einstein coefficients. Transition possibility. Spectra of
atoms. Spectra of molecules. Light strengthner Laser. Interaction of magnetic field.
Electron magnetic resonance. Nuclear magnetic resonance. Interaction of electric field.
Photoelectron spectroscopy. Mossbauer Spectroscopy. The Raman Effect. Other spectroscopic
techiques.
Title: Food Chemistry
Teaching: Professor M. Kontominas,
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Chemistry of food components (proteins, sugars, fats etc). Food and nutrition.
Chemistry and Biochemistry of the main categories of food. Methods of examination of food.
Food sampling. Methods of food analysis.
Title: Unit Operations of Chemical Technology II
Teaching: Professor A. Sdoukos,
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Principles of heat transfer by thermal conduction, radiation and transfer. Heat
exchangers. Thermal media. Thermal isolation, water-vapor thermodynamic diagrams T-S, P-H,
H-S. Boilers. Carnot and Rankine cycles. Thermodynamic principles of industrial freezing.
Joule-Thomson effect. Liquidation cycles Linde and Claude. Vaporization.
Principles of mass transfer. Design of units that function with different transfer. States
of equilibria. Principles, equilibrium kinetics and instrumentation of the
processes:absorption, distillation, extraction of liquids, solubilization, drying,
crystallization, moistening etc.
Title: Inorganic Chemistry IV
Teaching: Associate Prof. Th. Kabanos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Description and study of transition elements. Orgamometallic Chemistry. Inorganic
Chains, Rings Cages and Clusters. Chemistry of halogens and Noble gases. Elements of
Lanthanide, Actinide and Transactinide Chemistry. Periodicity.
Title: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry II
Teaching: Assistant Prof. V. Tsikaris
Assistant Prof. G. Varbounis, Assistant Prof. A. Zarkadis,
Lecturer J. Hadjidakis
Credits: 15
ECTS credits: 14
Content:
About 20 exercises of various preparations based on nucleopholic aliphatic
substitution, elimination, addition of halogen in the C=C double bond, cycloaddition,
electrophilic aromatic substitution, nucleophilic aromatic substitution, Grignard
reaction, reactions of carbonyl compounds, redox reaction, reaction on coupling of
diazonium salts, reactions of free radicals and photochemistry and transfer reactions.
7th semester
Title: Unit process of Chemical Technology
Teaching: Professor. P. Pomonis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Homogeneous chemical reactors. Principles of design for batch and continuous flow
reactors. Plung flow reactors. Continuously stirred tank reactor cascade. Comparison of
reactors. Adsorption. Heterogenous catalysis, kinetics of surface catalytic reactions.
Principle of design for heterogenous chemical reactions. Thermal instability.
Effectiveness factor of catalysts, catalytic selectivity. Poisoning of catalysts.
Non-catalytic heterogenous processes-model of the strinking particle.
Title: Food technology
Teaching: Associate Prof. P. Demertzis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Food industries. Food Microbiology. Food Deterioration. Food preservation. Food
packaging. Food sanitation.
Title: Organic Chemistry V
Teaching: Professor C. Sakarellos,
Lecturer M. Siskos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Specific chapters. Structure-Spectra-Mechanisms. Application of physical and
spectroscopic methods in the study of the stereochemical configuration of organic
molecules. Cyclic dichroism, 13C-NMR spectroscopy. Nuclear Overhaouser effect. Mechanism
and reactivity of organic compounds. Kinetic data and their interpretation in molecular
terms. Reaction of first, second, zero and fractional order. Antagonistic mechanisms. The
enviroment and the nature of the transition state. Reverse reactions. The use of isotopes
(kinetic and non-kinetic). Investigation of the intramolecularity versous the
intermolecularity of the transfer. Investigation of the intermediate states with the aid
of isotopes. Biogenetic and bioelimination uses of isotopes. Study of intermediate active
states. Isolation of intermediates. Trace of intermediates. Trapping of intermediates
(free radicals, carbenes, nitrenes, benzins, carbanions,cross-experiments).The
intermediates as models for the transition states. Stereochemical criteria. Qualitative
relations of reactivity and structure (Hammet and Taft equations). Influence of the
intermediate enviroment.
Title: Laboratory of Unit Operations and Unit Processes
Teaching: Associate Prof. T Albanis
Assistant Prof. E. Economou,
Assistant Prof. T. Vaimakis,
Lecturer T. Bokaris
Lecturer L. Loukatzikou,
Lecturer D. Petrakis
Credits: 8
ECTS credits: 8
Content:
Selection of exercises from topics such as: Study of functions during the flow of
fluids. Filtration. Surface tension of solutions. Precipitation. Size distribution of
particles. Distillation. Adsorption on solids. Kinetics of drying. Polymers-Limited
viscosity and molecular weight. Extraction etc.
Title: Laboratory of Biochemistry
Teaching: Professor M. Sakarelou
Assistant Prof. E. Papamichael,
Assistant Prof. A. Tselepis
Assistant Prof. D. Tsoukatos
Lecturer E. Panou,
Lecturer A. Perisinakis,
Lecturer M. Lekka
Lecturer A. Koukou
Credits: 4
ECTS credits: 4
Content:
Introduction to the laboratory exercises of Biochemistry, techniques, instruments,
objects. Lipoid. Isolation of enzymes. Purification of enzymes. Enzyme kinetics. Isolation
and determination of DNA. Properties of gels. Metabolism of glycols. Characterisation of
glycogen.
Title: Laboratory of Food Technology and Analysis
Teaching: Associate Prof. P. Demertzis, Assistant Prof. S. Karayanni,
Assistant Prof. J. Rousis,
Lecturer C. Akrida
Lecturer K. Riganakos
Lecturer M. Tasioula
Credits: 8
ECTS credits: 8
Content:
10 exercises on analysis and technology of various foods, like milk, cheese, honey,
meat, baking-powder, fruit juices etc.
8th Semester
1st Section of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Title: Group Theory
Teaching: Associate Prof. G. Tsaparlis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Symmetry operations in a molecule. Group representations. Tables of characters.
Reduction of representations. Applications in the determination of symmetry of molecular
orbitals. The direct product and applications in the simplification of molecular
integrals. Subgroups and their applications in the correlation diagrams of groups.
Isomorphous groups. Applications of group theory to spectroscopy. Symmetry in chemical
reactions. Group theory in atoms. Introduction in the application of group theory to
solids. Space groups.
Title: Specific Chapters of Quantum Chemistry
Teaching: Associate Prof. I. Demetropoulos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Deeper inside in the Schrodinger equation. Step up and down operators. Hermite and
Legendre polynomials. Self consistent field (Hartree-Fock). Ab initio calculations in
molecules. Configuration interactions. Valence bond theory of polyatomic molecules. Theory
of _-electrons. HOMO and LUMO orbitals. Semiempirical methods of self consistent field.
Mulliken population analysis. Computational quantum chemistry.
Title: Introduction to Crystallography
Teaching: Associate Prof. A. Michailidis
Assistant Prof. S. Skoulika
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Crystalls and lattices. Symmetry. Crystal systems and geometry. Space groups and
equivalent positions. X-ray diffraction. Determination of atomic positions. Some simple
structures. Structures of biological molecules.
Title: Solid State Chemistry
Teaching: Associate Prof. A. Michailidis
Assistant Prof. S. Skoulika
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Synthesis and characterisation of materials. Nature of solids. Electronic structure of
solids: impurity and imperfections in solids. Atom movements. Structural transformations.
Chemistry of the organic solids.
Title: Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
Teaching: Associate Prof. A. Milona
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Molecular collisions. Active cutting and probability of a chemical reaction. Theory of
intramolecular forces. Theoretical study of the rate coefficient. Molecular transfer of
energy. Lasers. Transfer of rotational and vibrational energy. Transfer of electronic
energy. Experimental methods for the study of the dynamics of molecular elementary
processes.
Title: Polymer Science
Teaching: Professor M. Kosmas
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction. Nomenclature. Average values of molecular masses. Chemistry of reaction
stages of polymerization. Chemistry of chain reactions of polymerization through free
radicals. Chemistry of chain reactions of polymerization through ions. Kinetics of the
stages of polymerization reactions and molecular distribution of products. Statistical
study of the dimensions of the macromolecular chains. Phase equilibria. Dilute
macromolecular solutions. Osmotic pressure. Viscosity. Light scattering etc.
Title: Models in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Teaching: Associate Prof. I. Demetropoulos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Theoretical part: Molecular geometry and energy, relation of molecular structure and
experimental methods, quantum chemistry and molecular mechanics. Force fields and
vibrational spectroscopy and molecular mechanics (MM2). Methods of computations of
molecular geometry. Energy minimization. Applications of MM2 in steroids, Hydrocarbons,
Nucleotides, peptides, proteins. Applications of molecular mechanics in stereochemistry
and solid liquid states.
Practical part: A laboratory exercise of a molecule modeling with computer.
Title: Electron Spectroscopy
Teaching: Associate Prof. I. Demetropoulos
Associate Prof. A. Milona
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Advanced Laboratory of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 9
ECTS credits: 9
Content:
Exercises from the field of crystallography, spectroscopy, molecular dynamics,
theoretical chemistry, polymers etc.
Title: Literature or/and Laboratory Research
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
2nd Section of Basic and Applied Inorganic and Analytical
Chemistry
Title: Chemistry of Lanthanides-Actinides
Teaching: Assistant Prof. J. Plakatouras
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction to the chemistry of lanthanides. The lanthanide contraction.
Magnetochemistry. Spectroscopy. Chemistry of actinides. Systematic examination of Thorium,
Uranium, Plutonium and their compounds. Theory of radiation etc.
Title: Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry
Teaching:
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Physical methods in the study of inorganic compounds. Spectroscopic methods like
UV-VIS, IR, Raman etc. Cyclic dichroism. NMR spectroscopy. Other Spectroscopic methods.
Megnetochemistry. X-ray diffraction.
Title: Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions
Teaching:
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Revision of rate laws, mechanisms, order, molecularity etc of a chemical reaction.
Mechanisms of substitution reactions in inorganic compounds (octahedral, square planar
etc). Stereochemical changes during substitution reactions. Oxydation-Reduction reactions
(mechanisms) etc
Title: Bioinorganic Chemistry
Teaching:
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Metalloporphyrins, photosynthesis and respiration. Chlorophyl and Cytochroms.
Bio-redox reagents and mechanisms. Hemoglobin and Myoglobin. Metalloenzymes. Natural
stabilization of N2. Necessary elements and trace elements in biological systems. Biology
of non metals.
Title: Inorganic Pharmaceutical chemistry
Teaching: Associate Prof. P. Isopoulos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
General introduction. Physicochemical study of pharmaceutical solutions.
Water and electrolytes (K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+ etc).Iron and therapy of the anemias. Iodine
and iodophores. Trace elements. Radiodrugs. Chelate complex compounds of metal cations
with pharmaceutical action. Chemotherapy of cancer with the use of inorganic drugs. Gases
as therapeutic media.
Title: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Teaching: All members of staff of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (Credits 9, ECTS credits 9)
Synthesis and characterization of specific complex compounds in ordinary and inert
atmosphere. Use of physicochemical techniques for the characterization of the compounds
e.g. magnetochemistry (normal, law temperature), spectroscopy (UV-VIS, IR) and
electrochemical methods.
Title: Environmental Chemistry
Teaching: Professor M. Karagiannis
Lecturer H. Nanos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Elements of air and soil pollution. Different ecological systems of Epirus (e,g, lake
Pamvotis, rivers Aoos, Kalamas etc). Methods of analysis of water samples. Study of trace
elements in precipitates, speciation, distribution of organic polluants from
pharmaceutical and agricultural substances.
Title: Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry
Teaching:
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Instrumentation of counting of radioactive materials. Gas solid and liquid
sintillation counters. Applications of radiochemistry in analysis, industry, medicine and
agriculture. Basic principles of radiation chemistry and health physics.
Title: Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data
Teaching: Professor N. Evmiridis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
General concept of statistics. Significance tests. Sequential significance testing.
Analysis of Variance. Experimental error. Simple linear expressions. Design of
experiments. Factorial experiments. Confounding and Reduced Factorial experiments.
Multiple regression. Cumulative sum techniques.
Title: Chemistry of Inorganic Catalysis
Teaching: Professor N. Evmiridis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introductory concepts: Grouping and evaluation of catalysts according to empirical
correlation or semiempirical laws. Geometrical properties or electronic properties of the
solid surfaces or electronic sructure of the elements. Synthesis course of an active
catalytic phase. Synthesis course of the various types of supported catalysts.
Determination of specific surface area and pore size distribution of the porous catalysts.
Title: Constants of Ionic equilibrium
Teaching: Assistant Prof. M. Demertzis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Literature or/and Laboratory Research
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
3rd Section of Organic Chemistry
Title: Natural products and Heterocyclic Compounds
Teaching: Assistant Prof. G. Varvounis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction. Natural heterocyclic compounds and artificial heterocyclic compounds of
pharmaceutical interests. Nomenclature, isolation and identification of natural
heterocyclic compounds. Retrosynthetic analysis. Total synthesis of natural heterocyclic
compounds (nicotine, cinine, caffeine etc ). Total synthesis of artificial heterocyclic
compounds of pharmaceutical interest (Valium, Aprazolam, simetidine, pyrimethanine etc ).
Spectroscopic (IR, UV, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and MS) analysis of certain heterocyclic compounds.
Title: Organic Synthesis
Teaching: Assistant Prof. L. Hadjiarapoglou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Reduction. Oxidation. Halogenation. Formation of simple and douple C-C bonds.
Alkylation. Acylation. Aldolic condensation. Protection of active compounds.
Title: Laboratory of Advanced Organic Synthesis
Teaching: All members of staff of the Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 9
ECTS credits: 9
Content:
Exercises within the above theoretical content.
Title: Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
Teaching: Assistant Prof. B. Tsikaris
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Electromagnetic radiation and matter. Spectroscopies in UV-VIS, IR-Raman, NMR, ESR,
MS, etc.
Title: Peptide Chemistry
Teaching: Professor K. Sakarelos
Lecturer E. Panou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction. Aminoacids. Peptides and proteins. Peptide synthesis. Three-dimensional
structure of peptides and proteins. Side reactions in peptide synthesis. Separation and
isolation of peptides and proteins. Some biological extensions of peptide chemistry.
Title: Stereochemistry
Teaching: Lecturer I Hadjidakis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction to stereochemistry. Basic notions of atomic and molecular orbitals.
Configurational analysis. Stereoisomerism. Dynamic stereochemistry.
Title: Organic Photochemistry
Teaching: Assistant Prof. A Zarkadis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Chemistry of polymers
Teaching: Lecturer M Siskos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Literature or/and Laboratory Research
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
4th Section of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry
Title: Biochemistry III
Teaching: Professor M Sacarelou
Assistant Prof. Papamichail
Lecturer M. Lekka
Lecturer A. Persinakis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Nucleic acids. Peptide hormones (structure-biological action). Biological membranes-
biological stamping. Topics of enzymology. Enzyme techniques, kinetics of enzyme
reactions. Strucure of enzymes etc.
Title: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Teaching: Assistant Prof. A. Tselepis
Assistant Prof. D. Tsoukatos
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
The clinical chemical laboratory. Topics of clinical biochemistry. Laboratory
exercises of clinical chemistry (Blood. Determination of hemospherine, electrophoresis of
serum proteins, electrophoresis of serum lipoproteins, determination of cholesterol and
triglycerides of serum etc.)
Title: Biopolymers
Teaching: Professor M. Sakarelou
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry of biological macromolecules. Structure of
proteins, polysacharides. Lipids in biological membranes. Proteins in biological
membranes. Interaction of proteins- lipids. Conformational analysis and forces that
determine the structure of proteins. Basic techniques for the study of the structure of
biopolymers.
Title: Enzymology
Teaching: Assistant Prof. M. Papamichail
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Historical revision in the study of enzymes and their nature. Nature and determination
of enzymic reactions. Enzymic techniques. Nomenclature- systematic classification of
enzymes. Kinetics of enzymic reactions. Enzymic mechanisms. Complex enzyme- substrate.
Allosteric and synergic effects. Regulation of enzyme action with covalent modification of
their structure.
Title: Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids
Teaching: Professor K. Drainas
Lecturer A. Persinakis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction. Mutagenesis. Mechanisms of reparation of mutations. Reparation of RNA.
Genetic recombination. Genetic mechanisms.
Title: Biotechnology
Teaching: Professor K. Drainas
Lecturer A. Koukou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Introduction. Biotechnology substrates. Genetic improvement of industrial
microorganisms. Industrial ferementations. Production of monocell proteins. Production of
energy from biomass. Production of organic compounds. Treatment and production of
materials. Applications of biotechnology in the enviroment. Applications of biotechnology
to health and agriculture.
Title: Elements of Man's Physiology
Teaching: Assistant A. Tselepis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
The eukaryotic cell. the nervous cell. Organization of the human body. The circulation
system. The respiration system. The digestive system. The urinary system. The endocrinic
glands. A laboratory exercise.
Title: Peptide Chemistry
Teaching: Professor K. Sakarelos
Lecturer E. Panou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
See the same course in the 3rd section.
Title: Literature or/and Laboratory Research
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
5th Section of Chemical Technology and Environment
Title: Inorganic Chemical Technology
Teaching: Assistant Prof. T. Vaimakis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Raw materials, fuels and energy in chemical industries. Technological diagrams.
atmospheric air-nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen. Synthesis of ammonia. Nitric acid, sulfur,
sulfuric acid. Binary, tertiary and quaternary phase diagrams. Phosphorous, phosphoric
acid. Chemical fertilizers. Sodium chloride. Chlorine. Sodium hydroxide. Soda. Ciments.
Ceramics. Glasses. Iron and steel. Aluminium. Voxite- Alumina. Kryolite.
Title: Organic Chemical Technology
Teaching: Lecturer D. Petrakis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Ore carbon industries. Gasification and liquidification of carbon. Fischer-Tropsch
synthesis. Production of liquid fuels. Distillation. Cracking. Reformation.Desulfuration
of hydrocarbons. Raw materials of the organic synthetic industry (methane, acetylene
etc.). Processes: Oxidation, hydrogenation, syntheses based on carbon monoxide, etc.
Title: Environmental Chemistry
Teaching: Professor M. Karagiannis
Lecturer H. Nanos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
See the same course in the 2nd Section.
Title: Technology of Environmental Protection
Teaching: Associate Prof. T. Albanis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
The problem of cost-profit in the control of pollution. Types of liquid wastes and
their control processes. Primary and secondary treatment of wastewater. Aeration
reservoirs. Advanced treatments of wastewater. Ion exchange . Reverse osmosis. Treatment
of liquid wastes of specific industries (aluminium, steel, refineries, food industries,
paper industries etc.). Air pollution natural sources of atmospheric pollution in a global
scale. The CO2. Suspended particles. Artificial sources of atmospheric pollution.
Automobiles- Industries. Methods of controlling gaseous wastes. Sentimentation, washing,
cyclones filters. Treatment of SO2 and NOX. The photochemical pollution.
Influence of temperature inversion in atmospheric pollution.
Title: Laboratory of Chemical Technology
Teaching: All members of staff of the Chemical Technology Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
Exercises from the general contents of Inorganic and Organic Chemical Technologies:
Catalytic reactions, Specific surface areas, thermogravimetry, water treatment,
applications of fractals.
Title: Synthesis and Technology of Polymers
Teaching: Lecturer E. Bokaris
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Mineralogy-Geochemistry
Teaching: Lecturer L. Loukatzikou
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
The content will be determined.
Title: Literature or/and Laboratory Research
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
6th Section of Food Science and Oenology
Title: Food Industries
Teaching: Associate Prof. P. Demertzis
Assistant Prof. I. Roussis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Technology of meat and meat products. Technology of fruits and vegetables. Technology
of fats and oils. Technology of milk and milk products. Technology of sugar products.
Technology of juices. Technology of carbonated beverages. Technology of cereals. Pasta
technology. Fermentation industries. Chocolate and cocoa technology. Coffee and tea
technology.
Title: Biochemistry and Biotechnologie of
Food
Teaching: Assistant Prof. I. Roussis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Qualitative control and Organoleptic Characteristics of Food
Teaching: Lecturer M. Tasioula
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Chemistry of organoleptic characteristics (color, flavor, rheology and texture) of
foods. Quality control of foods based on their organoleptic characteristics and on their
chemical examination.
Title: Advanced Food Science Laboratory
Teaching: All members of staff of the Food science Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
Content:
10 exercises from: 1. Alkoholic fermentation. 2. Determination of plasticizers in
foodstuffs. 3. Food preservation. 4. Microbial examination of foods. 5. Cheese analyses.
6. Food colors. 7. Gas chromatographic analysis of fatty materials. 8. Wine- making and
must analysis.
Title: Preservation and Packaging of Food
Teaching: Lecturer K. Riganatos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Food preservation operations (raw materials, applications of thermal processing in the
preservation of food, processes of condensation, dehydration, freezing, irradiation of
foods and their applications, storage- stability of foods). Packaging of food
(introduction, definitions, importance of packaging, packaging materials and their
properties, production of packaging materials, recent developments in food packaging).
Packaging and enviroment, migration of substances from package to food, modified
atmosphere packaging.
Title: Oenology
Teaching: Lecturer K. Riganatos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Conversion of grape juice into wine. Wine microbiology. Composition and aging of wine.
Treatment of wine, winery design, equipment and operations. Oenological analysis and
controling. Wine and wine products and by- products. Legislation, accountancy and
investment. The wine and wine in manas enviroment.
Title: Viticulture
Teaching: Associate Prof. M. Kontominas
Associate Prof. I. Albanis
Lecturer K. Akrida
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
Biology of wine, cultivation of wine, abelography, ecology, climatology, pedology,
viticulture, geography, pathology and therapy.
Title: Elements of General Economics
Teaching: Lecturer. I. Hadjidakis
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Content:
General accountancy, general management, economical management, economy.
Title: Laboratory of Wine’s Analysis
Teaching: Lecturer. K. Akrida
Lecturer K. Riganakos
Credits: 3
ECTS credits: 3
Title: Literature or/and Laboratory Research
Teaching: All members of staff of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Credits: 6
ECTS credits: 6
The instructors of the courses of the 8th semester may vary. The
various courses will only be given if there is a minimum number of three (3) students
attending them.
Notes:
(a) |
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The number of the institutional credits represents the hours per
week that each course is given. |
(b) |
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Except the courses bearing the title laboratory, all the others are
theoretical courses. There are no seminars. |
(c) |
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The instructors for the courses of the 8th semester are varying
among the members of the staff of each section every year. |
(d) |
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A student has to choose one (1) out of the six (6) section courses
of the 8th semester and take 30 credits (24 credits of the chosen section and 6 of the
same or any other section) |
(e) |
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Student who has chosen the Literature or/and Laboratory Research,
has to perform it in the section he has chosen.In case that section. |
(f) |
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Prerequisite for the Literature or/and Laboratory Research is the
satisfactory knowledge of one of the languages given at the University of Ioannina (e.g.
English, French, German). This will be certified by the proper language instructors. |
(g) |
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Students desiring to obtain later the Diploma of Oenologist have to
follow the No 2,6,7,8 and 9 courses of the 6th section, according to the law in effect. |
(h) |
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All the courses are compulsory except otherwise specified and
except the courses of the 8th semester. |
(i) |
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There is no limit in the number of students for each course, except a few advanced
laboratory courses, where the number may vary. |
4.1. Main Graduate Program
Graduate studies in the Greek Universities
were better organised and more official in many departments and schools from the academic
year 1994-95. The detailed programme of the graduate studies at the Department of
Chemistry of the University of Ioannina in effect, approved by the ministry of education
(official journal No 87(2)/10-2-1994) is as follows:
Article 1 (General Rules) |
The Department
of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina is organising and functioning from the academic
year 1993-94 Programme of Graduate Studies (P.G.S), according to the articles 10 to 12 of
the Law 2083/92. (Low for undergraduate studies).
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Article 2 (Object-Aim) |
The object of the Programme of Graduate Studies (P.G.S)
is the Chemistry Science (teaching and research). The P.G.S is the formation of Graduate
Chemists of a high level (theoretical and technological) who through research, will
contribute to the improvement of the chemistry science and of the rapid developing
technology and able to fill strategic sectors of Public Administration, of the
Universities and Research Institutions as well as Industry, in order to satisfy the needs
of development of the country.
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Article 3 (Graduate Titles) |
The P.G.S. of
the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina is offering:
1. Graduate Certificate of Specialisation (Master's) in the fields of: (a) Biochemistry
and Chemistry of Biomolecules (b) Chemical Technology (c) Chemistry.
2. Didactorikon (doctoral) degree in Chemistry
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Article 4 (Categories of graduates) |
To the P.G.S.
of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina are at first admitted
graduates of Chemistry of Greek Universities or of other equivalent foreign Universities.
Other Universities graduates of science, health science or Polytechnics or related
branches of Agricultural Universities can also be admitted to the P.G.S provided their
attendance and successful examinations in additional courses of undergraduate level, which
will be given to each graduate by decision of the Coordination Committee of the P.G.S,
depending on the level of his knowledge and the field of the graduate studies of the
department of Chemistry that he/she is seeking.
The attendance and examinations in these
courses is taking place prior to start the P.G.S. With a similar decision and the same
criteria the Coordination Committee may not oblige certain graduates to attend and be
examined in courses of undergraduate level.
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Article 5 (Duration) |
The minimum
duration (residence) of the titles offered according to Article 3 is determined to four
(4) semesters for the Graduate Certificate of Specialisation (G.C.S) and for the
Didactorikon two (2) additional semesters.
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Article 6 (Programme of courses) |
a) Attendance
of theoretical courses
For the obtainment of the GCS, the candidate
has to attend two (2) courses of the graduate level, of 3 hrs per week (3 credits) during
the 1st semester and the same number of courses during the 2nd semester. The
total number of credits for the two semesters is 12.
Two (2) of these courses (one for each
semester) must belong to the laboratory to which the candidate belongs while the two
others are indicated by the responsible for the candidate member of the teaching staff and
the coordination committee of related to the object of his specialisation field.
Each one of the seven (7) laboratories of the
Department of Chemistry is offering two (2) courses, one for each semester, except the
laboratories of Organic and Physical chemistry which offer 3 courses each (total 16), as
follows:
1st Semester
1. Bioinorganic Chemistry
2. Special Topics of Biochemistry
3. Chemical Organology and Automatization in Chemical Analysis
3. Food Chemistry
4. Special Topics of Advanced Physical Chemistry I
5. Special Topics of Bioorganic Chemistry
6. Transport Phenomena and Actions
7. Special Topics of Organic Chemistry
2nd Semester
1. Special topics of Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
2. Special Topics of Physical Biochemistry
3. Advanced Analytical Chemistry
4. Food Biochemistry
5. Special Topics of Advanced Physical Chemistry II
6. Special Topics of Physical Bioorganic Chemistry
7. Surface Phenomena
8. Advanced Theoretical Chemistry
The student has to succeed in the examinations
of all four courses with a minimum mark (5),
excellent (10), in a maximum of two examination periods, i.e. February-June and September.
(b) Attendance of laboratories
In addition to the theoretical courses the
candidate has to attend also, only during the 1st Semester, two laboratories of 6 hrs per
week, selecting among the 7 laboratories, as follows:
1. Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
2. Laboratory of Biochemistry
3. Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
4. Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry
5. Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry
6. Laboratory of Physical Chemistry
7. Laboratory of Food Chemistry
One selection must be the laboratory where the
candidate is performing his P.G.S., while the second selection it is indicated to him by
the responsible staff member and the coordination committee.
The number of credits is 12 and the candidate
must obtain at least the mark (5) with excellent (10). In the case that the candidate
fails even in one course, he is no more considered as a graduate student. Starting from
the 2nd Semester of the Programme of Graduate Studies the candidate starts to work in
research and he must by the end of the 4th semester, submit a report of his research
results to the responsible staff member and the coordination committee and if accepted he
is offered the title of the corresponding G.C.S.
In case that the candidate continues for the
Didactorikon degree and upon approval of the coordination committee, the candidate may not
submit the report with his research results and he can incorporate them in his
Didactorikon thesis later. The necessary requirement for a candidate to be admitted for
the Didactorikon degree is the achievement of an average of a minimum of 6.5 (Very Good)
or more during his G.C.S. examinations.
For the obtainment of the Didactorikon degree
and if the candidate is admitted, he is continuing his research and submits at the end of
the 6th semester his Didactorikon thesis, which must be accepted according to the Law No
2083/92. (7 member committee, with at least three (3) full professors of similar or relate
fields of the same or other Universities or Departments). The continuation of his research
is performed under the direction of a three (3) member committee, formed for this purpose.
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Article 7 (Number of graduate students) |
The number of
graduate students admitted every year can be up to 40.
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Article 8 (personnel) |
For the
functioning of the P.G.S. no additional personnel except the one in service is required.
The teaching staff members presently in service at the Department of Chemistry of the
University of Ioannina is 56.
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Article 9 (Infrastructure) |
For the
realisation of the P.G.S. no extra infrastructure is required except the one existing. At
the Department of Chemistry there exist many research groups in many research fields with
satisfactory activity and funding from national and international sources (General
Secretariat of Research and Technology, Programmes of the European Union, Ministry of
Health). The department has organised research laboratories with small and large
instruments, like a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer (Brucker), elemental analyser (C,H,N). Also
Infrared spectrophotometer, magnetic balance, thermobalance, instruments of liquid and gas
chromatography, BET etc.
There exist a Computing Center, also, at the
Department of Chemistry and a Library with 235 titles with possibilities of information
searching from other libraries.
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Article 10 |
The P.G.S.
will last for 10 years. |
Article 11,12 |
These two
articles are referred to the general cost and the funding offered by the Ministry of
Education and the admission of our present candidates for a Didactorikon according to the
new regulations of the present law.
An Erasmus student may carry part of his
research project at the Laboratories of the Department of Chemistry of the University of
Ioannina, by spending 1 or 2 semesters here. The attendance of graduate courses is also
possible at Ioannina for the Erasmus students and may be offered in English in case there
will be at least three (3) students interested. |
4.2. Graduate M.Sc. Degree in Bioinorganic
Chemistry.
From the academic year 1998-99 a graduate
program leading to M.Sc. degree in Bioinorganic Chemistry started functioning at the
Chemistry Department. This program is financially supported by the European Union with the
amount of 321266000 Gr. Drh. Or approximately 1100000 USD for two years with the
collaboration of the Chemistry Department of the Universities of Patras, Thessaloniki and
Crete as well as by the Chemical Engineering Department of the National Technical
University of Athens and the Nuclear Research Center of Athens «Democretos».
The detailed programme of these graduate
studies, approved by the ministry of education (Law B7/539 official journal No
673(2)/3-7-1998) is as follows:
Article 1 (General Rules) |
From the academic year 1998-99
the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina is organising and functioning a
graduate program leading to M.Sc. degree in Bioinorganic Chemistry, according to the
articles 10 to 12 of the Law No 2083/92. |
Article 2 (Object-Aim) |
The object of the Program is
the Bioinorganic Chemistry (teaching and research). The program aims to provide a high
level theoretical and technological training to the Graduate Chemists in the field of
Bioinorganic Chemistry. |
Article 3 (Graduate Titles) |
The Program
offers:
(I) A Graduate Certificate of Specialisation (Master's) in the field of Bioinorganic
Chemistry.
(II) Didactorikon (doctoral) degree in Chemistry.
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Article 4 (Categories of graduates) |
To the
Graduate Program of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina are at first
admitted graduates of Chemistry of Greek Universities or of other equivalent foreign
Universities. Other University graduates of science, health science or Polytechnics or
related branches of Agricultural Universities can also be admitted to the Program provided
their attendance and successful examinations in additional courses of undergraduate level,
which will be given to each graduate by decision of the Coordination Committee of the
Program, depending on the level of his knowledge.
The attendance and examinations in these
courses is taking place prior to start the P.G.S. With a similar decision and the same
criteria the Coordination Committee may not oblige certain graduates to attend and be
examined in courses of undergraduate level.
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Article 5 (Duration) |
The minimum
duration (residence) of the titles offered according to Article 3 is determined to four
(4) semesters for the Graduate Certificate of Specialisation (G.C.S) and for the
Didactorikon four (4) additional semesters.
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Article 6 (Programme of courses) |
a)
Attendance of theoretical courses
For the obtainment of the GCS, the candidate
has to attend two (2) courses at the graduate level, of 3 hrs per week (3 credits) during
the 1st semester and the same number of courses during the 2nd semester. The
total number of credits for the two semesters is 12.
The Oral Course are:
1st Semester
1. Bioinorganic Chemistry I.
2. Application of the Methods of Magnetic Resonance in Bioinorganic Chemistry.
2nd Semester
1. Bioinorganic Chemistry II.
2. Applications of the methods of Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Biochemistry in
Bioinorganic Chemistry.
b) Attendance of laboratories
In addition to the theoretical courses the
candidate has to attend three periods of laboratories exercises also, one during the 1st
Semester and two during the 2nd Semester (5 hrs per week):
1st Semester
1. Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Biochemistry.
2nd Semester
1. Laboratory of Spectroscopy and Physical Chemistry Techniques.
2. Introduction to the methodology of research in Bioinorganic chemistry.
c) Summer Schools.
Two summer schools will organise with a
duration of 30 hrs each (having 3 credits per school). The fields of the courses during
summer schools are: (1) Aminoacids and Proteins Chemistry, (2) Chemistry of nucleotides.
The whole procedure for attendance and the
obtainment of the Master degree is in accordance to the Law No 2083/92 and under the
regulations of the Department of Chemistry.
Since the 2nd Semester of the Program of
Graduate Studies the candidate starts to work in research which must be completed by the
end of the 4th semester. By the end of this procedure the candidate support his thesis in
a three member committee.
For the obtainment of the Didactorikon degree
and if the candidate is admitted, he is continuing his research under the supervision of a
three member committee. The whole procedure for attendance and obtainment of the
Didactorikon degree is in accordance to the Law No 2083/92. And under the regulations of
the Department of Chemistry.
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Article 7 (Number of graduate students) |
The number
of students can be up to 25.
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Article 8 (Personnel) |
For the functioning of the
program 15 staff members of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory of the Department of
Chemistry of the University of Ioannina and 15 staff members of the coactive Universities
and Institutes are required. |
Article 9 (Infrastructure) |
The
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory has small and large instruments, like a 400 MHz NMR
spectrometer (Brucker), elemental analyser (C, H, N). Also a FT-Infrared
spectrophotometer, magnetic balance, UV-Vis spectophotometer, thermobalance, instruments
of liquid and gas chromatography, etc.
There exist a Computing Center, also, at the
Department of Chemistry and a Library with 235 titles with possibilities of information
searching from other libraries.
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Article 10 |
The program
will last till academic year 2001-2002.
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Article 11,12 |
These two articles are
referred to the general cost of the program. |
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