Applied Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (PhD.)

What you will learn

Learning objectives and graduate profile

The study programme encourages the principles of scientific work, its ethical and social aspects, scientific problem formulation, presentation and publication of scientific results, provides the necessary knowledge for the development of science and the field of study, emphasises the research-development-application link and the evaluation of one's own contribution to practice. Also, the creative activity of the graduate in the field of analytical chemistry and chemical analysis.
Students are also involved in the solution of scientific projects, thus developing and deepening the principles of scientific work, the solution of complex problems, analytical and synthetic thinking, a sense of teamwork. The aim of studying in the doctoral study programme Applied Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry is the development of intellectual and creative abilities, practical skills of the student. The graduate has an active knowledge of a foreign language (English), is able to work in a team, to forecast developments in his/her field. In the course of his/her studies he/she will deepen the knowledge of analytical and bioanalytical chemistry necessary for the development of analytical methods and procedures, as well as for the development of analytical chemistry instrumentation, master the principles of scientific work, forms of processing and presentation of results. Gain experimental skills and experience in working with modern instrumentation. The student will be able to search, process and interpret information from available sources (scientific databases, scientific publications). The student will be able to process, publish and present the results obtained at scientific events.

Doctoral graduates

Graduates of the study programme are able to work independently and creatively in various fields of application of analytical chemistry, as well as in frontier disciplines related to analytical chemistry, with particular preference given to analytical orientation in the direction of biological sciences related to chemistry, such as biochemistry, pharmaceutical and clinical chemistry, laboratory medicine and biotechnology. The graduate is proficient in scientific approaches and research methodology in selected application areas of analytical chemistry and obtain solutions using separation, electrochemical, spectral, magnetochemical, and possibly other instrumental methods (nuclear, thermal, etc.). He/she is also able to design, manage and objectively evaluate problem-oriented experiments, focused on major problems of contemporary social practice. From an analytical point of view, he/she is usually more deeply specialised in certain problem areas, such as analysis of components in multicomponent matrices, trace analysis, analysis of harmful substances in the environment, characterisation and prediction of the properties of new materials, etc. It contributes to obtaining decisions in areas beyond analytical chemistry. It is also active in various other areas of social practice, in quality assurance and quality management, in environmental monitoring, in pharmaceutical chemistry, in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, in the food industry and elsewhere. He/she has basic management skills, focused on the application of applied analytical chemistry and bioanalytical chemistry in practice, can lead a research team, plan team tasks, and also has knowledge of relevant environmental, economic, legal and ethical aspects. On the basis of the knowledge acquired, the graduate is also competent to teach specialised chemistry subjects at university.

Graduate employment

Admission requirements

Admission conditions for full-time and part-time study.

Requirements for applicants, method of selection and recommended personal qualities

Number of students admitted to the study programme: 4 (full-time form)/5 (external form)

The requirements for applicants and the method of their selection are generally specified in §56-58 of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education, and are regulated in more detail by the Study Regulations of UCMvTrnava and the Regulations of the Admission Procedure of UCM v Trnave.
The basic condition for admission to doctoral studies is a second-degree university degree (§ 56 (3) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts). Graduates of domestic or foreign universities may apply for admission if they have completed a master's degree or an engineering degree.
The admission procedure at the UCM FPV is carried out in accordance with Act No 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts, Sections 56 to 58. The admission process enables an applicant who demonstrates fulfilment of the specified admission conditions to become a student of the chosen study programme. A student applying for one of the announced dissertation topicsdevelops a framework project on the topic. An applicant who fails to demonstrate fulfilment of the basic conditions for admission to the study at the time of verification of fulfilment of the conditions for admission may be admitted to the study conditionally, with the obligation to demonstrate fulfilment of the basic conditions for admission to the study no later than on the date set for enrolment in the study. Applications for undergraduate studies shall be accepted on the deadline published on the faculty's website. Admission to doctoral studies will be by interview, where the applicant presents his/her motives, the project on the topic of the doctoral thesis and the prerequisites for the studies, as well as his/her knowledge of a foreign language.

Subjects during the studies

Full description of the study programme

Do you have any questions about the study programme? Ask the main supervisor

prof. RNDr. Ján Titiš, PhD.

: jan.titis@ucm.sk