Department of Analytical Chemistry

General Information about the Program

The Department of Analytical Chemistry was established in 1985 in the Faculty of Pharmacy and has been contributing to the graduate and doctorate education of the Institute since 1993. Currently, 4 full-time professors, 1 associate professor, 1 doctor lecturer and 3 research assistants work in the department.

The main research areas of the department are pharmaceutical, biomedical and food analysis, development of new analytical methods and their subsequent use in routine analysis of commercial samples. The department has research and student laboratories. The physical infrastructure and machinery and equipment of the research laboratory are capable of conducting up-to-date research. Capillary electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, high resolution mass spectrometry, voltammetry and spectrophotometry techniques are generally used in these studies.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the program are employed in various public and private organizations thanks to their systematic approach to solve problems, theoretical knowledge of analytical chemistry, ability to use modern analytical techniques, and capability to develop and validate new methods.

Graduates can work in research, development and quality control departments in various areas, especially in the pharmaceutical industry. They can work in research laboratories specialized in areas such as drug development, chemical analysis, method development and validation or forensic analysis. Students can work in healthcare organizations including SGK as senior executives. Students could be employed as academic staff if they have required scores from ALES and language proficiency exams.

Why international students should choose your department to study?

Department of analytical chemistry provides up to date research opportunities with its core measurement techniques including mass spectrometry, HPLC, capillary electrophoresis and electrochemistry. Our researchers have collaborations with other departments such as medical sciences, biological sciences, environmental sciences etc. Thus, international students in our program have chance to choose their research projects based on their interests in a multidisciplinary environment. Hence, international graduates from our department are in high demand in industry and academia with their diverse set of skills including analytical instrumentation, analytical method development, novel data analysis techniques with health applications of those.