Educational program             

7M05301 - Chemistry                                  

Field of education

7M05 Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Direction of personnel training

7M053 Physical and chemical sciences

Group of educational programs

M089 Chemistry

EP purpose

Training of highly qualified personnel with professional competencies sufficient for the development of new knowledge and effective solutions of research and applied problems in the field of modern theoretical chemistry and chemical industry.
Master could carry out professional activities in the following areas: 

- research in various fields of modern chemistry; 

- creation of new types of chemical products and materials, improvement of existing and development of new chemical processes based on the latest achievements in the field of chemistry and related disciplines in accordance with the needs of the market, industry and agriculture; 

- improvement and development of methods of quality control, standardization and certification of raw materials and chemical products; 

Language of education

Kazakh/Russian/English

Volume of the credits

120

The awarded academic degree

Master of Natural Sciences on the educational program "7M05301 - Chemistry"

Educational outcome

As a result of mastering the program, the master will be able to
1) interpret scientific theories and concepts in the relevant specialized field of fundamental and applied chemistry;

 2) integrate the latest achievements of science and practice in the field of chemistry into the practical activities of a research chemist, a teacher chemist to solve professional tasks, including in a wider interdisciplinary context, focused on achieving environmental, social, economic and other goals;

 3) conduct a systematic search and prepare a scientific review of the state of modern scientific research on a specific topic;

4) carry out the analysis of scientific information for the formulation of scientific hypotheses in the framework of its own research; 

5) implement independently the formulation of the goal and objectives of scientific research, as well as the expected result, on the basis of a critical analysis and evaluation of modern scientific concepts, achievements and research in the studied / profile field of chemistry; 

6) make a reasonable choice of methods, techniques, computer programs and applications of mathematical modeling and calculation, to control the process, including technological, performing a scientific experiment, processing and generalizing the results obtained;

7) analyze and interpret the obtained data (process control, scientific research results) to substantiate their reliability and value in the framework of modern concepts and theories in the field of chemistry;

8) apply fundamental and modern knowledge and methodology of physicochemical research to develop new and improve existing methods for producing substances and materials with specified characteristics, research methods of substances, materials and processes, technological processes or their stages; 

9) carry out qualitative and quantitative modeling of the process in order to establish its mechanism, ways of its regulation, to obtain a product with specified characteristics or to increase its output, to determine the optimal conditions for its implementation and control; 

10) develop a curriculum for teaching chemical disciplines in the context of modern achievements in the field of chemistry and the requirements of higher education pedagogy;

11) present the results of your own research in the chosen field of  chemistry in the form of a scientific publication; 

12) continue independent and autonomous training for creative self-development and self-improvement, for the development of basic and subject-matter competencies during the entire professional activity.

Vacancy

Salary

Organization

Qualifications and requirements

 Lecturer (teacher) of chemistry at educational center

250 000 – 650 000 KZT

Fibonacci IE, Almaty

Responsibilities:

Teaching mathematics to schoolchildren of grades 5-11 according to the programs: school, preparation for the UNT / KTA, USE, for international exams SAT, GMAT, etc.

Requirements: 

Possession of a diploma of higher education in the fields of teaching, technical or natural sciences. Experience in the field of teaching

Analytical chemist
 

 up to 200 000 KZT

DOSFARM LLP, Almaty

Responsibilities: 

Performing physical and chemical tests of intermediate / finished products, raw materials, materials, performing validation work. Timely completion of working documentation, development of regulatory documentation

Requirements: 

Higher chemical education (preferably in the field of analytical or organic chemistry). Preferably (not required) knowledge of pharmaceutical standards: GMP, GDP.

Name

City

"Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools" JSC, vocational schools, lyceums, colleges

Cities of Kazakhstan

Universities and research institutes of the chemical profile

Cities of Kazakhstan

"KazMunayGas" JSC

Atyrau, Pavlodar, Shymkent

United Chemical Company LLP

Astana

Kazphosphate LLP

Almaty, Taraz

Agrochemistry LLP

Almaty

Kazakhmys Corporation LLP

Astana, Karaganda, Zhezkazgan, Satpaev

Plant Protection and Quarantine KazRSI LLP

Almaty

"U.Uspanov Soil Science and Agrochemistry KazRSI» LLP

Almaty

Description of the advantages and distinctive features of the EP in terms of positioning in the market of educational services

EP accreditation: ASIIN international accreditation. Validity period: 03/31/2017-09/30/2022

There are joint EPs (SOPs) and double-diploma OPs (DDOPs).

Material and technical base of the EP:

To implement the educational program, the faculty has laboratories: for analytical, colloid, physical, inorganic, organic chemistry and chemistry of macromolecular compounds

Personnel potential:

41 lecturers, including 12 doctors of sciences, 19 candidates of sciences, 10 PhDs.

Practice bases: research institutes of CPCMA, the State Enterprise "RSINCTM", universities, schools, technical schools, colleges, oil, petrochemical, oil and gas companies, oil refineries, pharmaceutical factories, chemical laboratories, etc.

Academic mobility

As part of academic mobility, undergraduates of the "7M05301 - Chemistry" educational program have the opportunity to train and study at partner universities: M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian Federation), Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), Northern Arctic Federal University (Russian Federation), Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland), Aix-Marseill University (France), Greiswald University (Germany), V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Minerology (Russian Federation), Georgetown University (Malaysia), La Rochelle University of Science (France), Potsdam University (Germany), Karachi University (Pakistan), Purdue University (USA), Reading University (UK) and others. Double-degree programs with Belgorod State National Research University (Russian Federation) and M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian Federation) are available.

Scientific schools or scientific directions of the department (scientific projects):

The faculty has research schools (analytical chemistry, colloid chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical physics, catalysis, chemistry of macromolecular compounds); the widest range of scientific research in the field of chemistry within the framework of projects and programs of grant funding and economic contract projects.

Comparison with similar programs of foreign universities:

M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University http://www.chem.msu.ru/rus/teaching/education-program/welcome.html,  

McMaster University https://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/graduate/graduate-courses.html#6AA3

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill http://www.catalog.unc.edu/graduate/schools-departments/chemistry/#coursestext,

University of Wisconsin-Madison https://www.chem.wisc.edu/content/courses#,

University of Michigan https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/chem-assets/chem-docs/graduate/GradHandbook_2017-2018_FINAL.pdf

Cornell University rl23@cornell.edu, ao98@cornell.edu

Оrebro university https://www.oru.se/english/study/master-students/master-programmes/1819/?pid=858

Uppsala university http://www.uu.se/en/admissions/master/selma/kursplan/?kpid=16554&kKod=1KB103