Postgraduate

The School of Chemical Sciences (SCS), established in 1969, is one of the pioneering schools of USM. With an academic staff of more than 30 and over 50 supporting staff, the School has been entrusted to provide professional training in chemistry to meet the demands of academic, industries and society.

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

MASTER OF SCIENCE (CHEMICAL INSTRUMENTATION) - MIXED MODE PROGRAMME

This programme was first introduced in the 2001/2002 academic session. It offers courses on various chemical instrumentations involving atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, surface and thermal analysis, separation methods and environmental pollution and monitoring techniques. These courses will discuss the basic principles of various techniques and include hands-on operation of various instrumentations involved. The topics related to quality systems, intellectual property and research methodology are also offered as core courses. The candidate will undertake a short research project and submit a dissertation based on the project.

MASTER OF SCIENCE (CHEMISTRY) AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CHEMISTRY) – RESEARCH MODE

The MSc. and PhD. programmes provide broad training opportunities across the chemical sciences. In-depth programmes of study are offered in the major chemistry disciplines (Organic, Physical, Inorganic, Industrial and Analytical Chemistry) such as those stated below:

Analytical Chemistry

Chemically Modified Electrodes
Environmental Electrochemistry
Environmental Photocatalysis
Mechanochemistry
Separation Chemistry
Wastewater/Water Treatment

Industrial Chemistry

Biopolymers and Modified Biopolymers
Catalysis
Corrosion Chemistry and Coatings
Nanomaterials

Inorganic Chemistry

Catalysis
Coordination Chemistry
Inorganic Polymers
Inorganic Synthesis
Liquid Crystals
Organometallic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Chemical Biology
Liquid Crystals
Natural Products Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Polymer Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
Nanomaterials
Surface Chemistry

FACILITIES

The School is well equipped with teaching and research laboratories. Existing analytical and characterisation instruments include NMR, ICP-OES, GCMS, LCMS (TOF), TGA/DSC, GPC, TOC and CHN analyser, HPLC, GC, FTIR, FTIR with microscope, UV-Vis, AAS and fluorescence spectrophotometers, electrochemical systems and nitrogen porosimeter, POM, microwave digester and synthesiser, and other supporting equipments. The School is also equipped with electronics and glass-blowing workshops.
The expertise and facilities available in the School of Chemical Sciences are always tapped by the industries and government agencies in solving their problems. In line with the desire to improve the consultancy services offered by the School, the School of Chemical Sciences has taken a proactive step by setting up an Analytical Services and Testing Laboratory (MUPA) in year 2000 to offer more effective services for the industrial.sectors.

Industry/Community Advisory Panel (ICAP)

The creation of Industry/Community Advisory Panels within individual schools and centres of USM is in compliance with the university’s overall efforts taken towards building a lighter working framework with industry, companies and the community. These ICAPs are considered timely and useful for enhancing institutional competitiveness. These panels comprise of selected academic staff, senior executives from the private sector and well-respected leaders from the community.
The ICAP meetings served as forums to discuss issues on curriculum, training solutions for coordinating industry/community expectations and relevance, best practices to be adopted, and practical approaches to address these contemporary issues and other areas of concern to all parties

Requirement

Research Mode

Mixed Mode

School of Chemical Sciences
11800, Universiti Sains Malaysia Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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