Master of Science in Chemistry

The department of Chemistry, DUET is one of the higher degree awarding departments in DUET. It is under the faculty of Science, while department of Physics, Mathematics and department of Humanities and Social Sciences are in the same faculty. In the year 2010, the Department of Chemistry embarked on postgraduate program (MSc., M Phil. and Ph.D) for both full-time as well as part-time students.Here research, especially at the postgraduate level is one of its prime focuses. The research activities of this department cover almost all the main branches of Chemistry such as Physical, Inorganic, Organic, Analytical, Environmental, Medicinal, Natural Product Chemistry and so on. In addition, the ongoing research projects of the department include both basic and applied research. The multidisciplinary research of the department involves collaborative works with other reputable government research organizations and public universities. For the degree of MSc., a student must complete a minimum 36 credits hours of which 18 credit hours is assigned for a thesis; and for the degree of MPhil. a student must complete a minimum 48 credits hours in which 30 credits hours is mark out for advanced research.Method of course offering and in the postgraduate curriculum of the University is based on course system. The main features of the course system are as follows: generally, number of regular theoretical courses taken by a student will not exceed five in each semester. That means, a full-time student must register a minimum of 12 (twelve) credit hours and a maximum of 15 (fifteen) credit hours per semester and a part-time student is allow to register a maximum of 9 (nine) credit hours in a semester. Students overall performance is evaluated by using Letter Grades and Grade Points.For the degree of Ph. D, a student must complete a minimum 54 credits hours of which 45 credit hours is assigned for a advanced thesis.  Method of course offering and in the Ph. D curriculum of the University is based on course system. Each course is 3 credit hours. One credit hour subject usually requires 13 (thirteen) weeks of lecture for one semester while one credit hour for thesis should usually required 39 (thirty-nine) hours of research work in one semester. The number of credits hours for each course is specified in the syllabus of the department of Chemistry. The academic year of Ph. D program is 3 (three) years and generally not more than 7 (seven) years. Introduction of different courses from different field enable students to select courses according to his/her interest as far as possible. Department of Chemistry also offering full time and part time degree this flexibility is allows the students to progress at his/her own pace depending on his/her ability or convenience. Besides the regular courses, there is a strong emphasis on research project planning, socioeconomic and environmental aspects of development projects, communicative skills etc. This will help the students to interact more positively with the society.