General Information

The Chemical Department with a yearly quota of 30 incoming students is one of the eight departments in the Faculty of Science and Letters at Çukurova University. Chemistry education is a four-year undergraduate program. The department has six subdivisions namely analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, industrial chemistry, organic chemistry and physical chemistry. All these subdivisions have their own research laboratories to do postgraduate education and national and international research projects. Undergraduate education is in Turkish and some courses in the graduate program are in English.

Length of Programme & Number of Credits

4 Year - 240 ECTS

Feature & Definition

The objectives of the program are to provide the fundamentals of contemporary chemistry education to give an insight into recent research and industrial topics in chemistry to develop experimental and analytical skills in chemistry to encourage research activities in chemistry.

Mode of Study

Full Time

Head of Department

Prof. Dr. EMEL YILDIZ

ECTS / Course Catalog Coordinator

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKMEN SIĞIRCIK

Erasmus Coordinator

Prof. Dr. EMEL YILDIZ

Internship Coordinator

Prof. Dr. EMEL YILDIZ

Orientation Staff

Prof. Dr. BİLGEHAN GÜZEL

Goals

Purpose of the Program: Chemistry Department, teaching scientific thinking, analyzing professional problems; based on science and technology, has the qualities that can contribute to the development, aims to raise candidates for science and chemistry graduates in the light of basic knowledge of science.

Objectives

The aim of the program is to make the department of chemistry determine the education and research objectives in line with the current requirements of Turkey and to develop solutions to chemical problems and to develop common projects with the industry by conducting research activities at national and international level by competing with the world with knowledge and research infrastructure.

Specific Admission Requirements

Placement through a centralized national university placement examination (ÖSYS). Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM) is responsible to place students according to their ÖSYS scores.

Qualification Awarded

The students who have successfully accomplished this program gain the bachelor´s degree of Chemistry.

Level of Qualification

Bachelor's

Qualification Requirements of Graduation

To be successful in this program, students are required to successfully complete all the courses to meet a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum of GPA of 2.00/4.00.

Access to Further Studies

The graduates of this program are eligible to apply for admission to graduate studies in same field or related areas if they pass the evaluation process designated according to the regulations of "Çukurova University Graduate Education and Examination Committee", which includes ALES, general point of average, and the interview.

Internship

There is no internship course in this program.

Applied Course

There are no applied courses in this program.

Work Placement

Students receive workplace training in the eighth semester. (7+1)

Double Major, Additional Major & Exchange Possibilities

There are Erasmus, Farabi and Mevlana programs.

Employment Opportunities

Public and Private Sector, R&D Centers and Laboratories, Hospitals, Teaching, Special Education Consultancy, Occupational Health and Safety expertise, Information Technologies Expertise.