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:

B. Sc. Chemistry, 3 years (taught in German)
B. Sc. Food Chemistry, 3 years (taught in German)
B. Sc. Material Science, 3 years (taught in German)
M. Sc. Chemistry*, 2 years (taught in German with a proportion of modules taught in English)
M. Sc. Food Chemistry, 2 years (taught in German)
M. Sc. Material Science**, 2 years (taught in German)
M. Sc. Sustainable Chemistry, 2 years (taught in English)

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

**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) Chemie-MMC2 Organic Materials (6 CP) Chemie-W01 Metal and Ligand Reactivity (6 CP) Chemie-MP03 Stereoselective Synthesis (6 CP) Chemie-MML1 Technology and methods of mass spectrometry (6 CP) SuC-MC1 Introduction to Principles of Sustainability (6 CP) SuC-MC2 Seminar: New Frontiers in Chemical Sustainability (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) Research modules & Laboratory Projects in any working group* – 10 CP, 8 weeks, full-time	Chemie-W17 Data Science (6 CP) - duration: 2 semesters Chemie-MCG2 Physical Chemistry and Materials Research – Interface Chemistry (6 CP) Chemie-W23 Modern Aspects of Physical Chemistry: Colloid Chemistry (6 CP) MLC-11/MK92 Food Technology 2 (3 CP) Chemie-MML2 Applied molecular analysis (6 CP) BV09 Scientific Writing and Data Dissemination (6 CP) SuC-MC5 Sustainable Energy Technologies (6 CP) SuC-MC6 Circular Economy (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).