Chemistry

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Chemistry
Course sheet
A.Y. 2024/2025
Bachelor
L-27 - Chemistry
Bachelor
180
ECTS
Access
Open with admission self-assessment test
3
Years
Course location
Milan
Language
Italian
The first specific objective of the degree program in Chemistry is to enable the student to continue with higher studies or to immediately enter a professional activity.
The course aims to provide students with an adequate command of the basic scientific methods and contents in the main fields of Chemical Sciences to facilitate easy integration into the world of work and/ or to access a subsequent Master?s Degree.
The training course allows you to learn the necessary experimental techniques for chemical synthesis, the determination of chemical and chemical-physical properties of matter, methods of analysis and calculation tools.
In particular, the course aims to achieve the following educational objectives:
- provide adequate knowledge of the different fields of chemistry, in the basic, theoretical, experimental and applicative aspects, and adequate basic preparation in the mathematical and physical disciplines;
- to provide adequate mastery of the use of chemical knowledge in relations with other scientific and technical disciplines;
- to provide a good knowledge of the experimental laboratory methods,
- to provide adequate basic knowledge of chemistry, useful for entering into work activities requiring familiarity with the scientific method;
- develop the capacity to apply innovative methods and techniques and to use complex equipment;
- develop the ability to adapt to the evolution of the discipline, to interact with the culturally contiguous skills and to continue studies in Master?s Degree courses*.

The specific educational objective of the degree programme in Chemistry is the training of a graduate who possesses the skills and knowledge suitable for carrying out professional activities in the field of chemical research, contributing to activities such as the application of chemical procedures and protocols; the development and characterisation of new products and materials; the testing of new technologies; the implementation, based on product specifications; chemical analysis and quality control, which require the mastery of chemical and instrumental techniques and the subsequent preparation of reports on the results of the analyses; the execution, within a predetermined programme, tests and laboratory tests for the development of new products.

* Eurobachelor®
The degree course in Chemistry of the University of Milan is among the first in Italy to have received - in December 2009 - the Eurobachelor Label. The Eurobachelor accreditation is awarded by a special commission designated by the European Thematic Association, which brings together European universities and chemical companies. The Eurobachelor Label qualifies the degree, provided by the Bachelor?s degree in Chemistry, as a degree recognized by other European university institutions and gives the right of automatic access to the Master's degree courses of chemistry in Europe.
Chemist
- Function in a work context
The Chemist is in possession of suitable knowledge to carry out professional activities in the fields of synthesis and characterization of new products and new materials, health, nutrition, cosmetics applying the disciplinary methods of investigation acquired. The Chemist designs and synthesizes new products in the industrial field. It can take care of quality control and environmental control, treatment processes and waste disposal. He knows the strategies and procedures for the synthesis, transformation and purification of chemical compounds, the techniques for chemical and physical analysis, the scientific method of investigation and data management.
- Skills associated with the function
Chemists must possess, in addition to a thorough knowledge of science and chemical technology, also the rigor necessary to apply the scientific method punctually. This profession requires a fundamental knowledge of chemical synthesis issues as well as safety regulations. In addition, he must possess considerable competence in methods of chemical analysis, have aptitude for the use of current computer technology and know at least English.
- Employment opportunities -
In the chemical industry, with particular regard to fine chemistry, the pharmaceutical industry and research laboratories. The job opportunities are in public and private research institutions, laboratories of analysis, quality control and certification and industries and working environments that require basic knowledge in the fields of chemistry. In the public sphere, chemists can work in technical and ecological offices of local authorities, in customs laboratories, in provincial hygiene and prophylaxis laboratories and analysis or in services for the prevention of occupational accidents. The liberal profession is generally carried out in quality control and analysis laboratories or as a consultant for design, plant management, environmental authorisation practices and risk analysis as well as in court assignments.

Graduate chemical laboratory technician
- Function in a work context
The chemical laboratory technician is an operator capable of correctly synthesizing and analyzing samples of all types, from water, air, earth or industrial waste, to food products, cosmetics in order to determine, through chemical and physical parameters, the presence of pollutants and/or harmful substances. He can work in environmental control laboratories or chemical analysis, in analysis laboratories with control tasks in the chemical, product, biochemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic sectors, The European Commission?s Green Paper on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection contains a series of recommendations for action in this field.
- Skills associated with the function
The chemical laboratory technician is required, in addition to a knowledge of analytical and laboratory techniques, also precision and scientific rigor.
- Employment opportunities -
The job opportunities are in public and private research institutions, laboratories of analysis, quality control and certification and industries and working environments that require basic knowledge in the fields of chemistry.

Researcher in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Function in a work context
This graduate designs and develops new products, mainly in the pharmaceutical field and can also deal with quality control, certification and storage of such products.
- Skills associated with the function
Researcher in the chemical and pharmaceutical sciences is able to carry out the synthesis of drugs, knows the techniques and laboratory tools for the production and chemical and physical analysis, the pharmacological and toxicological properties, the regulations in force on the subject. It must also have skills in the use of computer tools.
- Employment opportunities -
Employment opportunities are in public and private research institutions, in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food companies, at ASL or university research institutes.

Scientific informant and popularizer
- Function in a work context
This graduate increases scientific knowledge in the field, uses and transfers this knowledge to industry, medicine, pharmacology and other areas of production. It introduces industrial operators to the characteristics and properties of its products. The function of the informant and scientific popularizer is to propose the adoption of specific products, develop the activity of scientific information at the companies concerned to ensure the correct use. The practice of the profession of scientific informant of the drug is regulated by the laws of the State.
- Skills associated with the function
The skills necessary for the Scientific Informant to carry out his work are not only scientific knowledge, but also commercial skills. In particular, must have good basic knowledge in chemistry, knowledge of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and their proper use. The knowledge of technical English and computer science, the possession of a driving license, the willingness to travel, the ability to communicate and resourcefulness complete this professional profile.
- Employment opportunities -
The scientific informant works for cosmetic, pharmaceutical, food, plastics, dyes, detergents, glues or environmental companies, in general for all companies in the chemical industry and/ or specialized magazines.

For the graduate of this class is required registration in the Register of the National Federation of Orders of Chemists and Physicists as Chemist Iunior, after passing the State Examination.

Employment statistics (Almalaurea)
As part of the study plan, students can participate in the Erasmus programme projects activated for the Degree Course. In particular, under the Erasmus+ programme, students can choose from 16 European partner universities. At these locations, students can obtain training credits by following courses and passing the relevant exams, or through the performance of part or all of the final internship. The acquisition of credits is subject to the approval, by the Teaching Board, of a specific study plan (Learning Agreement) and to the passing of the exams at the foreign university.
Interested students are kindly requested to make an appointment with the Tutor for International Mobility and Erasmus (prof. Emma Gallo, Tel. 02503 14374; E-mail: [email protected]) for the investigation of the files.
Students can also participate in numerous seminar meetings with foreign lecturers.
Attendance is mandatory for laboratory activities, and strongly recommended in all other cases.
Enrolment
Requirements and knowledge required for access

Candidates holding a high school diploma or other qualification obtained abroad, recognised as eligible, may be admitted to the Bachelor's degree programme in Chemistry.
In addition, basic knowledge in mathematics is needed, in scientific disciplines and ability to make simple logical deductions and comprehension of the text according to levels of competence not higher than those resulting from the preparation provided by secondary school.

Methods of testing knowledge and personal preparation

The degree program in Chemistry is free access.
Admission to the degree program provides for a compulsory, but not selective, test to be carried out before matriculation, aimed at ascertaining the initial preparation of students, in terms of minimum knowledge requirements of basic scientific disciplines. The non-selective access test involves the TOLC test (CISIA On Line Test) that can be taken at the University of Milan or at any other University participating in the CISIA (Inter-university Consortium of Integrated Access Systems). Registrations to the TOLC must be made directly on the CISIA website (www.cisiaonline.it).
The TOLC valid for enrolment in the Chemistry degree course is the TOLC-S, composed of the following sections:
Basic mathematics (20 questions - 50 minutes), Reasoning and Problems (10 questions - 20 minutes), Understanding the text (10 questions - 20 minutes), Basic sciences (10 questions on chemistry, physics and geology - 20 minutes), English (30 questions - 15 minutes). Each question presents 5 possible answers, of which only one is correct. Score: +1 for every correct answer, -0.25 for every wrong answer, 0 for every wrong answer.
Further information on the structure and topics of the test can be found at the following link: https://www.cisiaonline.it/area-thematica-tolc-scienze/struttura-della-prova-e-syllabus/
The outcome of the English section does not replace the assessment of the English language required by the degree course for the acquisition of the relevant credits (see the paragraph Language tests), but constitutes a self-assessment for the student.
Students who having supported the obligatory (but not selective) TOLC-S intend to use it to access the Bachelor of Science in Chemistry of the University of Milan MUST enroll on the site of the cds to enrol within the deadlines indicated in the notice.
For more details on the call for applications, deadlines and admission/registration procedures see https://www.unimi.it/en/node/84/

Transfer or graduate student access

Students already enrolled in a Degree Course of the University of Milan, of another University or already graduated, can be exempted from the test only if they meet the requirements necessary to be admitted to years following the first, or at least 30 credits attributable to exams in the first year of the course, of which 9 can be validated for the purpose of examining Mathematical Institutions.
To this end, a specific request for prior career evaluation must be submitted by accessing the online service indicated in the admission notice. The interested parties must declare all the exams taken with related sectors, credits and grades and attach the programs of the courses. For more details on the procedure, please refer to the announcement.
The practice will be examined by the CD Transfer Commission. In the event that the applicant is not eligible for years following the first, the student have to take the initial preparation assessment test.
The requests for evaluation, accompanied by the programs of the exams taken, must be submitted without exception by the date that will be published in the notice and the outcome of the evaluation will be communicated via e-mail.
Students admitted to years subsequent to the first will be able to enroll within the deadlines and with the methods specified in the announcement.
Students admitted to the first year, in addition to taking the aforementioned test to verify initial preparation, will have to submit the application for admission, as indicated in the announcement.
Similarly, to speed up the procedure, all requests for equivalence of exams taken and/or recognition of previous careers must be accompanied by the programs of the exams taken.

Additional training obligations (OFA) and modalities for OFA recovery

For freshmen who in the TOLC-S Basic Mathematics module will not have achieved a score greater than or equal to 10, will be assigned Additional Educational Obligations (OFA).
For students with OFA will be organized support activities in the period October-December, followed by a recovery test (to be carried out within the month of January of the calendar year following matriculation?) with which the student must demonstrate that he has improved his preparation. In the absence of this evidence, the student will not be able to take any exam of the first year before passing the exam of Mathematical Institutions.

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Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.

Application for matriculation: from 15/07/2024 to 30/09/2024

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Programme description and courses list
year
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
General Physics 9 84 Italian FIS/01 FIS/02 FIS/03 FIS/04 FIS/05 FIS/06 FIS/07 FIS/08
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Fundamentals of Mathematics 9 88 Italian MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09
General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab 12 144 Italian CHIM/03
- Module: Laboratory of general and inorganic chemistry6
- Module: general and inorganic chemistry6
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Analytical Chemistry I with Lab 12 120 Italian CHIM/01
- Analytical chemistry I6
- Laboratory of analytical chemistry I6
Complements of Mathematics and Calculus 6 60 Italian MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09
Organic Chemistry I 7 64 Italian CHIM/06
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
English Assessment B1 (3 ECTS) 3 0 English
year
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Inorganic Chemistry 8 80 Italian CHIM/03
Organic Chemistry Ii 7 64 Italian CHIM/06
Organic Chemistry Lab 10 144 Italian CHIM/06
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Physical Chemistry I with Lab 12 120 Italian CHIM/02
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry I6
- Physical Chemistry I6
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Analytical Chemistry Ii with Lab 12 120 Italian CHIM/01
- Analytical chemistry II6
- Laboratory of analytical chemistry II6
Physical Chemistry of Matter and Fundamentals of Spectroscopy 6 48 Italian CHIM/02
Study plan rules
1 - In the second year of the course the student must acquire 6 CFU by freely choosing among all the courses activated by the University that are functional to the training course of the LT in Chemistry.
Students are advised to choose from the list of 6 CFU teachings of the LM in Chemical Science and Industrial Chemistry.
First semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Biological Chemistry 6 48 Italian BIO/10
Chemistry of Coordination Compounds with Laboratory 10 104 Italian CHIM/03
Instrumental Analytical Chemistry Applications 6 48 Italian CHIM/01
Physical Chemistry Ii with Lab 6 72 Italian CHIM/02
Second semester
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Organic Chemistry Advanced 6 48 Italian CHIM/06
Physical Chemistry Iii 6 48 Italian CHIM/02
Training 12 0 Italian
Conclusive activities
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Courses or activities ECTS Total hours Language SSD
Compulsory
Final Exam 3 0 Italian
Study plan rules
2 - In the third year of the course the student must acquire 6 CFU by freely choosing among all the courses activated by the University that are functional to the training course of the LT in Chemistry.
Students are advised to choose from the 6 CFU teachings of the LM in Chemical Science and Industrial Chemistry.
- The exams indicated as Course I must be taken before the corresponding exams indicated as Course II, which in turn must be taken before the corresponding exams indicated as Course III.
- The exams of "Fundamentals of mathematics" and "General and inorganic chemistry with lab" must be taken before the 2nd and 3rd year exams.
- The "General physics" exams and "Complements of mathematics and calculus" must be taken before the 3rd year exams.
- The exams of "Organic chemistry I" must be supported before those of "Organic chemistry lab", of "Biological chemistry" and "Organic chemistry advanced".
- The exams of "Organic chemistry II" must be supported before the one in "Organic chemistry advanced".

It is advisable, however, to take the exams of each semester before taking those of the following semesters.
Prescribed foundation courses
Learning activityPrescribed foundation courses
Analytical Chemistry Ii with Lab Analytical Chemistry I with Lab (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory)
Biological Chemistry Complements of Mathematics and Calculus (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General Physics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory), Organic Chemistry I (compulsory)
Chemistry of Coordination Compounds with Laboratory Complements of Mathematics and Calculus (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General Physics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory)
Inorganic Chemistry Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory)
Instrumental Analytical Chemistry Applications Complements of Mathematics and Calculus (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General Physics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory)
Organic Chemistry Advanced Complements of Mathematics and Calculus (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General Physics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory), Organic Chemistry I (compulsory), Organic Chemistry Ii (compulsory)
Organic Chemistry Ii Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory), Organic Chemistry I (compulsory)
Organic Chemistry Lab Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory), Organic Chemistry I (compulsory)
Physical Chemistry I with Lab Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory)
Physical Chemistry Ii with Lab Complements of Mathematics and Calculus (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General Physics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory), Physical Chemistry I with Lab (compulsory)
Physical Chemistry Iii Complements of Mathematics and Calculus (compulsory), Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General Physics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory), Physical Chemistry I with Lab (compulsory), Physical Chemistry Ii with Lab (compulsory)
Physical Chemistry of Matter and Fundamentals of Spectroscopy Fundamentals of Mathematics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (compulsory)
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Location
Milan
Course locations
Course location
Department of Chemistry - Via Golgi, 19 - 20133 MIlan (Città Studi District)
Head of study programme
Erasmus and international mobility tutor 
Study plan tutor
Internship tutor
Dissertation tutor
University and programme transfer tutor
Credit recognition tutor
Quality Assurance Delegate
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The tuition fees for students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments with different calculation methods and payment schedules:

  • The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
  • The amount of the second instalment varies according to the ISEE University value, the degree programme and the student status (on track / off track for one year or off track for more than a year) 
  • An additional fee is due for online programmes

The University also offers:

  • Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements
  • Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad
  • Concessions for international students with refugee status

Scholarships and benefits

The University provides a range of financial benefits to students meeting special requirements (merit, financial or personal conditions, international students).

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