Study plan Bachelor's Degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Study guides

Table of credits for each course

  Basic training Compulsory  Optional Bachelor's degree final project
1st year 54 6    
2nd year 8 52    
3rd year   60    
4th year   18 30 12
Totals 62 136 30 12

Period of study

Year-long

Part-time or full-time

Full-time dedication. Part-time option available.

Specialisations

Specialisation in Physics and Chemistry of Nanosystems
Specialisation in Bionanotechnology

Basic and compulsory training

1st year 2nd year
  • Calculus
  • Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (year-long)
  • Cell Biology
  • General Physics: Mechanics and Waves
  • Chemical Bonding and Structure of Matter
  • Basics of Mathematics
  • Basics of Biochemistry
  • General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
  • Chemical Reactivity
  • Metabolic Biochemistry
  • Advanced Classical Physics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Mathematical Tools
  • Electronic Instrumentation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry of Elements
  • Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Phase Transformations
  • Microscopy Lab and Material Characterisation Techniques (year-long)
3rd year 4th year
  • Synthesis and Structure of Crystalline and Amorphous Materials
  • Solid State
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Molecular Recognition
  • Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces
  • Quantum Phenomena I
  • Quantum Phenomena II
  • Electronic Mechanisms
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Microbiology, Immunology and Cellular Culture
  • Bachelor's Degree Final Project
  • Nanoscale Physics
  • Nanomanufacturing
  • Micro and Nanosystems

Optional subjects

4th year
  • Work Placement (*)
  • Scientific and Technical Project Management
  • Business Economics and Administration
  • Science Topics Today (year-long) 

(*) All optional subjects are worth 6 credits, except this one which is worth 12.

Specialisations are learning tracks included in the European Diploma Supplement (DS). In order to obtain a Specialisation you must take at least 30 credits (5 subjects) pertaining to each track.

Specialisation in Physics and Chemistry of Nanosystems Specialisation in Bionanotechnology
  • Advanced Crystallography and Diffraction Techniques of Nanomaterials
  • Simulation of Nanometric Systems
  • Nanometrology
  • Nanomaterials for Energy and the Environment
  • Information and Communication Nanotechnology
  • Advanced Nanomaterials
  • Nanotechnology and Society
  • Biomolecular Nanoscience
  • Nanotechnology in Biomedicine
  • Analytical Nanobiosystems
  • Protein Chemistry and Engineering