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Green Chemistry Interuniversity Postgraduate Programs
Students and Teachers of the Master and Doctorate Programs on Green Chemistry
Mai 2008
Palace of the Counts of Valdeparaiso, Almagro Spain
REDQS has a regular educational activity in the form of the Doctorate and Master Green Chemistry Postgraduate Interuniversity Programs. Both programs have achieved the Quality Qualification by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. The first is already in its fifth edition and a number of its students have already concluded their PhD thesis. The Master Program is currently in its second edition. Although most students are Spanish, some have come from USA, South America and Morocco.
University Departments and Research Institutes that paticipate in the Green Chemistry Interuniversity Postgraduate Programs
| University or Institute | Depatament | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Complutense de Madrid | Physical Chemistry | J.A. Rodríguez Renuncio renuncio@quim.ucm.es |
| Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | José Vicente Sinisterra jvsgago@farm.ucm.es | |
| Jaume I de Castellon | Inorganic and Organic Chemistry | Santiago Luís Lafuente luiss@qio.uji.es |
| Castilla la Mancha | Inorganic and Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry | Antonio De la Hoz Antonio.Hoz@uclm.es |
| Universidad de Córdoba | Organic Chemistry | José Mª Marinas qo1maruj@uco.es |
| Universidad de Oviedo | Inorganic and Organic Chemistry | Vicente Gotor vgs@sauron.quimica.uniovi.es |
| Pública de Navarra | Applied Chemistry | Víctor Martínez Merino merino@unavarra.es |
| València. Estudi General | Physical Chemistry | Jorge Gálvez jorge.galvez@uv.es |
| Organic Chemistry | Julia Pérez Prieto julia.perez@uv.es | |
| Universidad de Zaragoza | Organic and Physical Chemistry | José Urieta urieta@posta.unizar.es |
| Universidad Politécnica de Valencia | Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIC) | José Manuel López Nieto jmlopez@itq.upv.es |
| Universidad de Extremadura | Inorganic and Organic Chemistry | Pedro Cintas pecintas@unex.es |
| C.S.I.C. | Institute of Organic Chemistry. Madrid | Félix Sánchez Alonso felix-iqo@iqog.csic.es |
| Institut Univ de Ciència i Tecnologia. Barcelona | Carles Estevez green-chem@iuct.com | |
| Institut Catalá d´Investigació Química. Tarragona | Miquel Angel Pericàs agoenaga@iciq.es |
Main goals of the Interuniversity Green Chemistry Postgraduate Programs
The following goals have been defined for the Interuniversity Green Chemistry Postgraduate Programs:
- Knowledge of the principles of Green Chemistry
- Definition of the tools and general areas for the development of Green chemistry
- Assumption of the applicability of Green chemistry principles to industrial processes
Coordination
- Interuniversitary Green Chemistry Master Program: Santiago Luís luiss@qio.uji.es
- Interuniversitary Green Chemistry Doctorate Program: Antonio de la Hoz antonio.hoz@uclm.es
Teaching organization
Teaching of the Interuniversity Green Chemistry Postgraduate Programs takes two years: Theoretical teaching in the first year and practical teaching in the second year.
First year
Lectures are delivered during six weeks, in two three week sessions. Both sessions are held in different locations, with residence for students and for teachers. In the first editions locations were Navacerrada, Benicassim, Madrid, Huesca and Almagro. For the year 2007-2008, lectures are held in Castellón, in February and Almagro, in May.
The number of credits required for each student is a function of the actual program, master or doctorate, and of the number of credits of his/her degree.
First year subjects
All subjects correspond to 3 credits. Some of them are here shown
- Basic concepts in Green Chemistry
- Renewable feedstocks
- Acid-base catalysis
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Enantioselective catalysis
- Enzymatic catalisis
- Catalysis and benign oxidation
- Organic polymers. Applications in green chemistry
- Solvent-less processes. Applications of microwaves
- Fundamentals of sonochemistry. Applications of ultrasounds
- Environmental Photochemistry and Electrochemistry
- Chemistry in water and in non conventional solvents
- Supercritical fluids
- Ionic liquids
- Biotechnologic synthetic methods
- Industrial applications of Green Chemistry
- Industrial bioconversions
- Polymeric fuel cells
Second year
Original research work is carried out during the second year at the University or Research institute where the student has matriculated
Grants
Students can apply for a grant at Ministerio Español de Educación y Ciencia
PARTICIPATION IN OTHER PROGRAMS
REDQS participates in the teaching activities of the Master Postgraduate Program in Green Chemistry of Universidad de Zaragoza, which is currently in its second edition. For ampler information: José Urieta: urieta@posta.unizar.es