MSc Chemistry

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Program coordinator’s message

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Dr. Garima Agrawal
Assistant Professor, SCS

We at the School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) are determined to provide state-of-the-art learning and research experience in fundamental and applied Chemistry to the young minds in academia. We believe in the “students come first” approach and try our best to nurture their career goals and aspirations. The success of students is our greatest reward. We are proud of the M.Sc. Chemistry program and our aspiration is our strength.

 

MSc Chemistry is a two-year (4-semester) postgraduate program, which was the first master-level program offered under the Basic Sciences discipline at IIT Mandi was started in August 2014. MSc Chemistry is now the flagship program of the School of Chemical Sciences. This program is aimed at providing fundamental knowledge in the broad areas of Chemistry through core courses and at the same time offers a knowledge-base in the allied areas and beyond through elective courses. The MSc Chemistry program is highly research-oriented and enables students to avail a “learn-by-doing” approach through research projects. A total of 15 core faculty members of Chemistry faculties from a diverse research background serve as instructors for the MSc Chemistry program.

 

Our alumni have found themselves in highly reputed national and international institutes and organizations in academia and industry.

About the curriculum

Common core courses cover about 15% of the curriculum. The courses, Mathematics for Chemists, Basic Mechanical and Electronics Workshop, Design and Innovation Practicum, Computational Chemistry constitute common core courses, which provide a solid foundation for the core courses.

Chemistry Core courses cover about 40% of the curriculum. The courses, Organic reactions and mechanism, Photochemistry and Pericyclic Reactions, Chemistry of transition elements, Chemistry of main group elements, Group Theory and spectroscopy, Advanced Quantum Chemistry, Chemical thermodynamics, Molecular reaction dynamics constitute core courses, which provide fundamental understanding of core areas of chemistry.

Laboratory courses courses cover about 15% of the curriculum with three laboratory major branches of chemistry, organic, inorganic and physical laboratory. These courses are designed in such a way that they serve as a bridge between MSc education and experimental chemistry in modern research. The laboratory courses involve measurement of UV-VIS spectra, Fluorescence, FTIR, Dynamic light scattering (DLS), NMR, etc..

Research project cover about 15% of the curriculum with 1-year long research work. This component is unique in IIT Mandi, as we believe in introducing research to the students as early as possible. Therefore, in the first two semesters, students gets a flavor of research through design & innovation practicum (DP-I&II), where they work on defining a research problem that they will work on in the 3rd and 4th semester. During the third semester, the Post Graduate Project work starts, and students perform extensive work in research project in the final semester. Students gets an opportunity to work on projects involving measuring UV-VIS, spectra, Fluorescence, Lifetime, FTIR, Dynamic light scattering (DLS), NMR, TEM, SEM, AFM, Microscope, and Computation and Theoretical Chemistry.

Elective courses cover about 15% of the curriculum, where students have the option to choose specialized elective courses, or free electives. The choice of free elective gives an opportunity to the students to select any area in science/engineering/humanities they they are curious about. There are two mandatory discipline and two mandatory free elective courses in the curriculum.

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Current Semester-Wise Course Distribution

Semester-I (20 Credit)
Course Name L-T-P-C
  • Organic Reactions & Mechanisms
  • Chemistry of Transition Elements   
  • Advanced Quantum Chemistry       
  • Mathematics for Chemists                 
  • Design and Innovation Practicum I
  • Physical Chemistry Laboratory            
3-1-0-4
3-1-0-4
3-0-0-3
3-0-0-3
0-0-4-2
0-0-8-4
Semester-II (20 Credit)
Course Name L-T-P-C
  • Photochemistry & Pericyclic Reactions
  • Chemistry of Main Group Elements
  • Group Theory & Spectroscopy
  • Discipline Elective I
  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  • Design and Innovation Practicum II
3-1-0-4
3-1-0-4
3-0-0-3
3-0-0-3
0-0-8-4
0-0-4-2
Semester-III (21 Credit)
Course Name L-T-P-C
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Chemical Thermodynamics & Electrochemistry
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Basic Mechanical & Electronics Workshop
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
  • Discipline Elective II
  • Post Graduate Project I
3-0-0-3
3-0-0-3
2-0-0-2
0-0-4-2
0-0-8-4
3-0-0-3
0-0-8-4
Semester-IV (20 Credit)
Course Name L-T-P-C
  • Reaction Dynamics, Kinetics & Catalysis
  • Heterocyclic Chemistry
  • Outside Discipline Elective
  • Outside Discipline Elective II
  • Post Graduate Project II
3-0-0-3
2-0-0-2
3-0-0-3
3-0-0-3
0-0-18-9

*L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P = Practical, C = Credit

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Chemistry core

Sl. No. Course Code Course Name L-T-P-C Course Details
1 CY501 Organic Reactions & Mechanisms 3-1-0-4 img
2 CY506 Chemistry of Transition Elements 3-1-0-4 img
3 CY512 Advanced Quantum Chemistry 3-0-0-3 img
4 CY502 Photochemistry & Pericyclic Reactions 3-1-0-4 img
5 CY507 Chemistry of Main Group Elements 3-1-0-4 img
6 CY511 Group Theory & Spectroscopy 3-0-0-3 img
7 CY514 Chemical Thermodynamics & Electrochemistry 3-0-0-3 img
8 CY508 Organometallic Chemistry 2-0-0-2 img
9 CY513 Reaction Dynamics, Kinetics & Catalysis 3-0-0-3 img
10 CY504 Heterocyclic Chemistry 2-0-0-2 img

 

Common Core

Sl. No. Course Code Course Name L-T-P-C Course Details
11 CY521 Mathematics for Chemists 3-0-0-3 img
12 CY522 Computational Chemistry 3-0-0-3 img
13 CY503P Basic Mechanical & Electronics Workshop 0-0-4-2 img
14 CY501P Design and Innovation Practicum I 0-0-4-2 img
15 CY502P Design and Innovation Practicum II 0-0-4-2  

 

Discipline electives

Sl. No. Course Code Course Name L-T-P-C Course Details
16 CY515 Advanced Inorganic Spectroscopy 3-0-0-3 img
17 CY541 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry 3-0-0-3 img
18 CY547 Chemical Crystallography 2-0-2-3 img
19 CY550 Bioinspired Materials 3-0-0-3 img
20 CY552 Hydrogen Generation and Storage 3-0-0-3 img
21 CY554 Science and Technology of Nanomaterials 3-0-0-3 img
22 CY555 Introduction to Polymer Science & Technology 3-0-0-3 img
23 CY556 Organic Spectroscopy 3-0-0-3 img
24 CY641 Polymer Synthesis 3-0-0-3 img
25 CY642 Molecular and Bio-electronics 3-0-0-3 img
26 CY643 Advanced Analytical Techniques 3-0-0-3 img
27 CY644 Bioinorganic Chemistry 3-0-0-3 img
28 CY645 Reagents in Organic Synthesis 3-0-0-3 img
29 CY670 Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Applications 3-0-0-3 img

 

Lab courses

Sl. No. Course Code Course Name L-T-P-C Course Details
30 CY511P Physical Chemistry Laboratory 0-0-8-4 img
31 CY501P Organic Chemistry Laboratory 0-0-8-4  
32 CY506P Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 0-0-8-4 img

 

Our MSc Chemistry alumni have secured academic and industrial career in highly reputed national and international institutes and organisations. For more details please visit IIT Mandi’s Alumni’s page.

https://alumniconnect.iitmandi.ac.in

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