Chemistry Degree Programmes

Open Campus Day 2023 Chemistry — Photo: JLU/ Katrina Friese

Faculty 08 of JLU Giessen offers the following degree programmes in the field of Chemistry:

BSc Chemistry, 3 years (taught in German)
BSc Food Chemistry, 3 years (taught in German)
BSc Advanced Materials, 3 years (taught in German)
MSc Chemistry*, 2 years (taught in German with a proportion of modules taught in English)
MSc Food Chemistry, 2 years (taught in German)
MSc Advanced Materials**, 2 years (taught in German)
MSc Sustainable Chemistry, 2 years (taught in English)

*This Master’s programme offers the possibility to obtain a double degree with our partner universitiy in Padua (Italy).

**This Master’s programme offers the possibility to obtain a double degree with our partner universities Padua University (Italy), Kansai University (Japan), and Osaka University (Japan).

If you would like to study a degree programme taught in German, you should have sufficient knowledge of German to be able to cope well with your studies and everyday life. We recommend at least B2 level, preferably C1.

Schedule/ Teaching

The academic year at JLU comprises two semesters: winter term (1st Sept – 31 March) and summer term (1st April – 30 Sept). The lecture period usually starts 2 weeks later, see Term Dates.

Teaching is organised in modules. There are 2 types of modules:

taught modules on a certain topic (fixed schedule; weekly taught throughout the whole semester in German or English)
lab courses and research modules* (for Master students; individually arranged with a supervisor; taught in English)

English modules

We have a number of modules in our Faculty that are taught in English.

The following taught modules are offered in English:

Winter semester (October – March)	Summer semester (April – September)
Chemie - MCG1 Electrochemistry - from basics to application (6 CP) Chemie-W17 Data Science (6 CP) – duration: 2 semesters Chemie-W21 Molecular symmetry and spectroscopy (6 CP) VIP 08_3B_25-26 Organic Materials (6 CP) Chemie-W04 Advanced Chemistry in (Cyber)space (6 CP) Chemie-W24 Analytical Methods in Physical Chemistry (3 CP) Chemie-W26 Medicinal Chemistry (6 CP) Chemistry-W27 Sustainable Materials Chemistry: Energy Materials (6 CP) Chemistry-W28 Introduction to Sustainability (6 CP) Chemistry-W29 Sustainable Organic Chemistry (6 CP) Chemistry-W30 Sustainable Water Treatment (6 CP) VIP 08_4B_25-26 Scientific Writing and Data Dissemination (6 CP) VIP 08_1B_25-26 General Chemistry (6 CP) Chemie-MPO3 Stereoselective Synthesis (6 CP) SuC-MC1 Introduction to Principles of Sustainability (6 CP) SuC-MC2 Seminar: New Frontiers in Chemical Sustainability (6 CP) SuC-MC11 Chemical Concepts of Sustainability (6 CP) AdvMat-MM-02 Renewable Energies (6 CP) MLC-22 Biocatalysis and protein engineering (6 CP) Research modules & Laboratory Projects in any working group* – 10 CP, 8 weeks, full-time	Chemie-W17 Data Science (6 CP) - duration: 2 semesters Chemie-W03 Introduction to Chemistry in (Cyber)space (6 CP) Chemie-MCG2 Physical Chemistry and Materials Research – Interface Chemistry (6 CP) Chemie-W23 Modern Aspects of Physical Chemistry: Colloid Chemistry (6 CP) Chemistry-W30 Sustainable Water Treatment (6 CP) MLC-11 Food Technology (3 CP) Chemie-MML2 Applied molecular analysis (6 CP) BV09 Scientific Writing and Data Dissemination (6 CP) Chemie-MP4 Solid State, Material and Molecular Chemistry (6 CP) SuC-MC3 Sustainability of Organic Reactions: Principles of Green Chemistry (6 CP) SuC-MC4 Sustainable inorganic chemistry: criticality, synthesis, substitution and recovery (6 CP) SuC-MC5 Sustainable Energy Technologies (6 CP) SuC-MC6 Circular Economy (6 CP) VIP General Chemistry (6 CP) Chemie-MMC2 Organic Materials (6 CP) Chemistry-W27 Sustainable Materials Chemistry: Energy Materials (6 CP) Chemistry-W28 Introduction to Sustainability (6 CP) Chemistry-W29 Sustainable Organic Chemistry (6 CP) Chemistry-W30 Sustainable Water Treatment (6 CP)

Incoming students who want to attend these taught modules follow the usual module schedule for winter and summer term, see electronic course catalogue (in German).

Of course, you can also attend our German modules if you consider your German language skills to be sufficient (we recommend at least B2 level, preferably C1).

*Lab courses and research modules can be arranged individually with the help of the exchange coordinator. Please note that you must attend a safety instruction for the laboratory modules (more information here).