Education

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

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Objectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The student:

1. Knowledge and Understanding
a)  has acquired a sound knowledge of the fundamentals and methodology of theoretical chemistry and simulation techniques;
b)  has a clear idea of the potential of these techniques in chemistry, and related fields such as molecular physics, material science, and biological chemistry;
c)  has an advanced and precise knowledge of and can make original contributions to the particular field and application in which he/she has developed his/her research project.

2. Professional Abilities
a)  can delineate the key problems of a research or project assignment and link it to theoretical insight and computational techniques. He/she can define the underlying hypotheses and postulates, and design problem solving steps;
b)  can work autonomously in an organized and efficient way, within the framework of theoretical and computational objectives;
c)  can apply existing scientific computational codes, and has the ability to select among existing codes and methods which one is suitable to address the requirements associated with research or productive activities.

3. Acquisition and Use of Information
a)  can make competent use of the scientific literature;
b)  can process and integrate new information from data files, codes, and informatics tools;
c)  can critically evaluate complex information in the field of chemical sciences and distinguish scientifically sound protocols.

4. Communication and Social Skills
a)  is able to communicate in English to peers and experts in oral or written form on his/her results and achievements in a structured way;
b)  can communicate to a broader audience on topics of scientific interest;
c)  has the skills to function and collaborate in an interdisciplinary team.
d)  has awareness of societal, and possible ethical and environmental implications of his/her scientific activities;
e)  has developed a positive attitude towards scientific integrity.

5. Learning Skills
a)  is able to master autonomously additional knowledge or methodologies that are relevant for the project or assignment at hand.

6. Motivation and Attitudes
a)  can take responsibilities and initiatives with respect to computational and theoretical challenges to improve and advance research projects;
b)  is open to complementary input from other scientific disciplines;
c)  has a stimulating effect on his/her research environment through active interest and collaborative attitude.

7. International Orientation
a)  has a broad international orientation, and experience of working on different locations with international teams;
b)  has a basic knowledge of European culture and of a second European language besides English;
c)  can make use of networking with peers and international experts for exchange of scientific ideas.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
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