Chemistry

The primary focus of the Chemistry course atManipal Academy of Higher Educationis on Organic and Applied chemistry. Over four semesters, both theory and laboratory courses are taught at an advanced level. In addition to this, the course offers subjects like Inorganic, Organic, Physical and Analytical chemistry.

Key Features of the Chemistry course at Manipal Academy of Higher Education :

• Qualified, experienced and motivated faculty and excellent research facilities
• Hands-on experience in handling UV Visible spectrophotometer, FTIR, electrochemical workstation, TGA/DTA/DSC, Optical Polarizing Microscope, Gouy Magnetic Susceptibility Apparatus etc
• Instruments like SEM-EDX, XRD, AFM, NMR etc., are available at the central facility
• Most of the students with M.Sc Chemistry are well placed in leading industries in India and abroad.

• Students have cleared the competitive exams such as CSIR-UGC-JRF, GATE and KSET.

Career opportunities

• The department's alumni are placed in leading industries in India and abroad. Some of them are Diageo, Syngene, MRPL, MCF, Anthem bioscience, LCGC, Sequent, Eurofins Advinus, Merck, Shell, ArkGen, ITC, UltraTech, MRF etc
• Some of our alumni are pursuing their PhD degrees at leading institutes in the UK, Hungary, Italy, South Korea, Czeck, Thailand,
• A couple of students are pursuing PhD in NCL Pune, NITK and BITS (Goa and Hyderabad)
• Our students have cleared the competitive exams such as CSIR-UGC, GATE and K-SET
• INSPIRE fellowship awardees are pursuing PhD in our department

Courses include:

• Analytical Chemistry;
• Materials Chemistry;
• Industrial process and Industrial management;
• Spectroscopy;
• Applied Electrochemistry and Industrial Catalysis;
• Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry.