Student's Guide

The course of study is divided into 2 curricula, “Scienze Chimiche” e “Chemical Sciences”, distinguished by the language of delivery, by related and supplementary courses, and by the integrated laboratory courses, organized in 5 paths (for each curriculum), to ensure all students a solid experimental preparation in the basic disciplines. 

The Regulations of the Degree Course provide for external internship activities at affiliated institutions and companies and orientation for a total of 6 credits (150 hours), aimed at acquiring useful knowledge for entering the world of work and facilitating future professional choices through direct knowledge of the work sector to which the qualification can give access.    

Job-oriented seminar activities are also planned. 

The procedures relating to the performance and acquisition of credits for these activities are reported at the link: Traineeship and Orientation, section “Training”.

The Degree Course in Chemical Sciences supports and encourages the international mobility of its students, offering the opportunity to spend periods of study and internship abroad. 

Further information, including the agreements already activated, can be found here.  

In addition, the degree course has active training courses aimed at issuing a double university degree (Dual Degree). For more information, click here or contact the coordinator.  

To meet the needs of some students who, for personal reasons, believe that they cannot complete the cycle of study within two academic years, it is possible to select, at the time of enrolment, a course of study distributed over 4 years (Part-time contract). 

Detailed information on these methods can be found on the here, in the section Didactics, or can be requested to the coordinator. 

The Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences is obtained after passing all the exams required by the system together with a final exam, consisting of the discussion of an experimental thesis on a specific topic previously agreed with at least one supervisor. The experimental activity can be carried out both within university structures and at research centers (within the framework of specific national or international agreements), and also at companies or external bodies, according to the procedures established by the teaching structures. 

The thesis project is proposed to a special Commission during a pre-degree seminar, to which 6 credits are awarded. From the date of the pre-graduation seminar, about 6 months must pass before the final discussion of the thesis.  

The candidate presents and discusses the thesis work in a public graduation session in the presence of a Commission appointed by the teaching structures.  

The final grade, expressed in one hundred and tenths with the possibility of honors, is established on the basis of the thesis work, its presentation, and previous career.  

The orientation activity is carried out through a plurality of targeted initiatives, starting with those intended for Chemistry graduates from Federico II and other graduates of the Class L-27. Before the beginning of the Academic Year, the Coordinator and the professors of the Didactic Coordination Committee plan at least one public meeting to present to the graduating and perspective students the access requirements and procedures, the teaching organization and the educational offer, with particular emphasis to the paths and courses activated. 

The Degree Programme also organises orientation initiatives in close coordination with the other courses of study of the Department of Chemical Sciences and the SPSB. Further details on the orientation activities can be found  here. 

The Degree Programme organises ongoing orientation initiatives in close coordination with the other courses of study of the Department of Chemical Sciences. 

The ongoing orientation is aimed at students already enrolled in the Department’s Degree Courses and aims to accompany and support them along their university career, encouraging active and conscious participation in academic life. Further details on the orientation activities can be found here. 

The Degree Programme organises outgoing orientation and placement initiatives in close coordination with the other degree programmes of the Department of Chemical Sciences and with the other Departments of the Polytechnic School and Basic Sciences in order to direct and support its graduates in entering the world of work. Further details on orientation activities can be found  here 

Enrolment usually takes place from 1 September to 31 October of each year, in accordance with procedures that are made known in a specific. 

Further deadlines (deadlines for the submission of study plans, deadlines for the submission of ERASMUS applications, etc.) are indicated on the website of the Degree Programme 

The calendar of academic year 2025-26 is available here: 

The calendar of the teaching activities is available here 

The graduation dates will be available in the next academic year