University of Turku

Master's Degree Programme in Exact Sciences: Materials Chemistry

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Build a new world with novel materials!

The Master's Degree Programme in Exact Sciences: Materials Chemistry specialisation track teaches you to understand, discover, create and develop new materials that improve quality of life.

At the University of Turku, the research in materials chemistry consists of fundamental research of material properties, interfaces, surfaces and nanostructures from a chemical point of view. Applied research focuses on functionalised organic electronics, luminescent materials and porous carriers as well as nanotechnology, detection technology, energy storage and conversion.

Upon graduation from the Materials Chemistry track, you will be able to use the diverse set of skills acquired as part of this track, including experimental, theoretical and numerical techniques to produce and analyse new chemical projects. The studies of Materials Physics and Materials Chemistry give you an ability to understand and to develop the properties of materials from molecules and nanoparticles via metals and magnetic and semiconducting compounds for pharmaceutical and biomaterial applications. You will be familiar with the current methodologies, research equipment and modern numerical methods needed to model properties of materials used in research and technology.

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Academic Excellence & Experience

The aim of the Master’s degree is to support you to become an independent expert who can evaluate information critically, plan and execute research projects to find new knowledge, and solve scientific and technological problems independently and as a part of a group.

At the University of Turku, the research in Materials Chemistry consists of fundamental research of material properties as well as that of interfaces, surfaces, and nanostructures from a chemical point of view. Applied research focuses on functionalised organic electronics, luminescent materials and porous carriers as well as nanotechnology, detection technology, energy storage and conversion.

Specialisation Tracks

The track of Materials Chemistry is one of the five specialisation tracks of the Master’s Degree Programme in Exact Sciences. Other tracks of the programme are:

• Astronomy and Space Physics,
• Chemistry of Drug Development,
• Materials Physics,
• Mathematics and Statistics,
• and Theoretical Physics.