EACH – Excellence in Analytical Chemistry

Annex 1
to A - Award criteria for
Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses

PROGRAMME LAYOUT

1 / Name of the Programme / Excellence in Analytical Chemistry – EACH
2 / level of studies / Master
3 / field of study / Chemistry
4 / speciality(ies) / Analytical Chemistry
5 / higher education institution(s) / University of Tartu (UT), University of Oulu (UO), Uppsala University (UU), Åbo Akademi University (AAU)
6 / Faculty(ies) / Faculty of Science and Technology (UT), Department of Chemistry (UO), Faculty of Science and Technology (UU), Department of Chemical Engineering (AAU)
8 / value in credits (ECTS) / 120
9 / standard study period / Two years
11 / language of instruction / English
16 / programme COORDINATOR / University of Tartu
17 / admission criteria / - Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) containing at least 75 ECTS in chemistry and 20 ECTS in mathematics and/or physics during the prior learning periods (minimum eligibility requirement for application is 60% of the maximum grade available as the average of all courses included in the transcript).
- English language requirements. One of the following international tests is required: IELTS: 6.5
TOEFL cb: 230, TOEFL ib: 89, TOEFL pb: 573. This requirement does not apply if student has completed previous level of education in English (in Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia, or in any EU/EEA member states).
- CV
- Motivation letter (of maximum 3000 characters) addressing the following: (1) Give a short overview of the physical and chemical basis of modern analytical chemistry. (2) In which role do you see yourself in your job after completion of the programme and what is your personal motivation to study analytical chemistry? (3) What is the role of analytical chemistry in the world's economy and society?
- Recommendation letter from a member of teaching staff of the previous study level.
- Applicants are required to submit an officially attested copy of original secondary school leaving certificate if an applicant has not yet completed Bachelor’s studies (or corresponding level of education) by the time of applying to the EACH programme.
18 / general objectives of programme / To provide top quality education in analytical chemistry by integrating (1) the fundamentals and (2) practical skills of analytical chemistry with (3) metrological, (4) quality assurance and (5) socio-economic aspects.
19 / brief description of Programme’s structure / Year 1 (60 ECTS): All students study at UT where they pass the following modules: General Analytical Chemistry Module, Metrology Module, Socio-Economical Module and Elective Module.
Year 2 (60 ECTS): Students study either at UO, UU or AAU to obtain a narrower specialization in one of the specific fields:
-- Separation science and bioorganic analysis, including multimodal separation techniques and complex samples of biological importance (UU);
-- Determination of trace elements using modern atomic spectroscopy techniques in complex samples of environmental, health or technological importance (UO);
-- Electroanalysis and electrochemical sensors, including their design, fabrication and uses for different analytical tasks (AAU).
20 / degrees to be awarded / Students are awarded double degrees - one of the following combinations:
1. Master of Science in Engineering (Applied Measurement Science) (UT) + Master of Science in Chemistry (UO)
2. Master of Science in Engineering (Applied Measurement Science) (UT) + Master of Science 120 Credits (UU)
3. Master of Science in Engineering (Applied Measurement Science) (UT) + Master of Science in Technology
21 / graduation requirements / 120 ECTS credits acquired, all compulsory courses passed and master's thesis prepared and successfully defended
22 / documents issued at graduation / Double diplomas and diploma supplements of the two universities where studies were taken.
23 / higher education institution(s) awarding graduation document(s) / All partner universities are degree awarding institutions: UT, UO, UU, AAU – double degrees will be awarded.
24 / learning outcomes (knowledge and skills to be acquired: speciality related and generic) / Upon completion of the EACH programme, the student:
1. Has systematic understanding of the physical, chemical and metrological foundations of analytical chemistry; factors affecting analytical results; methods for calculating and presenting of results and evaluating their quality for the widespread chemical analysis methods.
2. Has systematic understanding of laboratory quality systems (ISO 17025 and GLP), economic and legal aspects of chemical analysis and basic understanding of managing an analytical laboratory, including maintaining a quality management system.
3. Has the basic skills to work with the widespread analysis and sample preparation techniques and to tune them according to specific analysis tasks; to optimize analysis procedures; to make data evaluation and sampling.
4. Is able to define the problem, choose the methods, test them and determine their characteristics, assess their suitability for the task and apply corrective actions in one of the subfields of analytical chemistry:
4.a. Separation science and organic analysis, including multimodal separation techniques and complex samples of biological importance;
4.b. Determination of trace elements using modern atomic spectroscopy techniques in complex samples of environmental, health or technological importance;
4.c. Electroanalysis and electrochemical sensors, including their design, miniaturization and uses for different analytical tasks.
5. Has the knowledge and skills to evaluate the adequacy of chemical analysis results obtained either by him/herself or by others.
6. Has basic proficiency in one of the three languages spoken in the universities involved in the EACH programme and is familiar with the main cultural characteristics of the countries where studies take place.

University of Tartu

name and volume of the module: / General Analytical Chemistry Module (21)
general objectives of the module: / To provide the basic knowledge and skills in analytical chemistry.
learning outcomes of the module
(speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills. / Student, who has passed the module:·
- Has systematic understanding of analytical chemistry, its main concepts and terminology and is able to defend his/her ideas in a related discussion;
- Knows the physical and chemical background of the common chemical analysis methods and is able to apply them in practice;
- Knows and is able to apply mathematical methods for treatment of measurement data and is able to present measurement results correctly;
- Has an overview of method development in chemical analysis and is able to evaluate the advantages and drawbacks of these methods.
courses of the module, their volume and principles of their selection / Measurement Data Processing (3) (two lectures delivered by staff from UU), Practical Chemical Analysis (6), Master Seminar in Analytical Chemistry (3), Practical Works in Chemical Analysis and Metrology (6) (two practical works on atomic spectroscopy will be delivered by UO people and two practical works on electroanalysis will be delivered by AAU people), English for Analytical Chemistry (3).
All courses are compulsory.
name and volume of the module: / Metrology Module (9)
general objectives of the module: / To provide knowledge and practical skills in metrology and is applications to analytical chemistry.
learning outcomes of the module (speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student, who has passed the module:
- has the knowledge of the main metrological concepts (traceability, measurement uncertainty) and approaches (validation of analysis procedures, reference materials, interlaboratory comparisons) relevant to chemical analysis;
- has the knowledge and skills for ensuring and checking the reliability of analysis results and expressing them correctly;
- has the ability to analyze presented analysis results for their correctness and reliability.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Fundamentals of Metrology (3), Metrology in Chemistry (6)
All courses are compulsory.
name and volume of the module: / Socio-economical Module (13)
general objectives of the module: / To provide socio-economical knowledge of analytical chemistry and language skills.
learning outcomes of the module (speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student, who has passed the module:
- knows the main concepts of quality assurance, the most common quality assurance systems (ISO 17025 and GLP) and is able to work in compliance with them;
- understands the socio-economical impact of analytical chemistry, both at micro- and macro-economy level;
- is able to communicate results of chemical analysis to a non-specialist audience;
- is able to communicate at the basic level in the language of one of the four countries involved in the programme
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Measurements and Law (3), Economic Aspects of Measurements (3), Quality Management (3), Language Course (4)
Language course: Estonian, Finnish or Swedish language can be selected. The remaining courses are compulsory.
name and volume of the module: / Internship placement (8)
general objectives of the module: / Student acquires understanding of the analytical chemistry issues in a professional environment at industry, research institution or a professional laboratory as well as the knowledge and skills for performing certain tasks in that professional environment. This course is important for (1) preparation of the student for future employment and (2) possible selection of the master's thesis topic.
learning outcomes of the module (speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student, who has passed the module:
- has understanding of the analytical chemistry issues in a professional environment at industry, research institution or a professional laboratory;
- has the knowledge and skills for performing certain tasks in professional environment.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Internship placement (8)
Compulsory. The minimum duration of the placement is four weeks.
name and volume of the module: / Elective Module (9)
general objectives of the module: / Student acquires additional knowledge according to his/her interests. Also the levelling course in chemistry is included in this module.
learning outcomes of the module (speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student, who has passed the module:
- has introductory knowledge in some specific field of chemical analysis or physical measurements;
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Measuring and Instrumentation (3), Practical Works on Physical Measurement and Calibration (3), Introduction to Environmental Analysis (3), Introduction to Biochemical Analysis (3), Analytical chemistry of food products (3), Levelling course in chemistry (6)
9 ECTS credits are required. 6 ECTS must be earned from the courses listed above. The remaining 3 ECTS can be from any courses offered by UT, e.g. related to local culture or society.
For students showing insufficient level in the introductory test the Levelling course in chemistry is compulsory.

University of Oulu

name of the module: / Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Module (15)
general objectives of the module: / To provide knowledge of the background chemistry areas that are needed to understand chemical and physical properties of elements, their compounds and reactivity. This is needed to get profound understanding of analytical systems, e.g. sample preparation and spectroscopy.
learning outcomes of the module
(speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student, who has passed the module:
- knows structure and bonding of complexes of transition metals and their chemical and spectroscopic properties;
- knows organometallic chemistry and catalysis;
- knows the basics of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics of atoms and simple molecules.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Inorganic Chemistry II (4), Physical Chemistry (II) (4), Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry (7).
These courses are compulsory.
name of the module: / Trace Elements Analysis Module (10)
general objectives of the module: / To provide theoretical background and practical skills in trace element analysis using various instrumental techniques. The module will also focus on students’ skills in common statistical methods and statistical experimental design.
learning outcomes of the module
(speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student, who has passed the module:
- has acquired in-depth theoretical background and basic practical skills of FAAS, ETAAS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS;
- is aware of interference effects, optimization of analytical methods and instrument diagnostics;
- has acquired in-depth theoretical background and basic practical skills in sampling, is able to understand sources of different types of sampling errors and how to take representative samples;
- knows and can apply various sample preparation techniques used in trace and ultra trace elemental analysis depending on the scope of the analysis and is aware of systematic error sources in sample preparation;
- is familiar with statistical techniques that are applied in validation of analytical methods of element analysis and in quality control in analytical laboratories;
- knows and is able to apply experimental designs in the field of analytical chemistry.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Sampling and Sample Preparation (4)
Atomic Spectrometric Methods (4).
ICP-MS Workshop (3).
Determination of Trace Elements (3)
Statistical Methods in Analytical Chemistry (4) (two lectures will be given by UU people)
Experimental Design (4)
Courses in the amount of 10 ECTS are compulsory.. The exact courses depend on the topic of the master's thesis.
name of the module: / Finnish Language (5)
general objectives of the module: / Student acquires basic skills of the Finnish language.
learning outcomes of the module
(speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student is able to communicate in the Finnish language either at the level A1 or A2 (depending whether he/she has taken the language course at UT during the year 1). Language levels are determined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Finnish Language (5)
Compulsory course.

Uppsala University

name of the module: / Open Advanced Course in Chemistry with Focus on Separation and Mass Spectrometry (10)
general objectives of the module: / The module will give practical and theoretical knowledge and skills of modern analytical separation and detection methods with emphasis on mass spectrometry.
learning outcomes of the module
(speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills. / Student, who has passed the module is able to:
·  describe theoretical models for separation, optimization and detection for chromatographic (liquid - and gas chromatography) and capillary electrophoretic methods and predict how changes in experimental conditions influence a separation with these methods;
·  describe the principle and the design of the components that are included in separation and mass spectrometric instrumentation;
·  account for which type of information that can be received from a chromatogram, electropherogram and mass spectrum (as well as from the hyphenated techniques) and have the ability to carry out general evaluation of spectra;
·  choose appropriate technique regarding both separation and detection and be able to choose and justify the choice of instrumentation based on performance and requirements that the applications demand;
·  plan and carry out validation of the performance of analytical methods;
·  plan and carry out both qualitative and quantitative analysis of for example bioanalytical nature by means of the above mentioned methods, evaluate the data and assess the reliability of the results.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / The module is divided into two parts. Part 1: Introduction and theory (5) (one lecture on ESI-MS theory will be given by UT people), part 2: Practical applications (5).
Both parts are compulsory.
name of the module: / Applied Chemical Analysis of Complex Samples (15)
general objectives of the module: / To obtain practical skills of analysis of different complex objects, related to the master's thesis topic.
learning outcomes of the module (speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills. / Student, who has passed the module:
-  has obtained deep knowledge about advanced methods for sampling, sample preparation, separation and detection and how they can be combined into complete analytical procedures;
-  has skills in usage of methods for analysis of variance and multivariate data handling;
-  has developed skills to critically select proper methods to solve complex analytical problems from human medicine, industry, and environment.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Applied Analysis (15) (one full application example on pesticide analysis will be delivered by UT people)
Compulsory course.
name of the module: / Swedish Language (5)
general objectives of the module: / Student acquires basic skills of the Swedish language.
learning outcomes of the module
(speciality related skills and knowledge to be acquired; generic skills) / Student is able to communicate in the Swedish language either at the level A1 or A2 (depending whether he/she has taken the language course at UT during the year 1). Language levels are determined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
courses of the module and principles of their selection / Swedish Language (5)
Compulsory Course

Åbo Akademi University