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MSc Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

2 Years On Campus Masters Program

University of Tromso

Program Overview

The periodic table, shielding and penetration. The Aufbau principle, atomic systems and properties. Perturbation theory and variational method. The Hartree-Fock method. The Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Molecules and molecular morbitals. The Boltzmann distribution, ensembles and sum of states. Electron correlation, atom-centred basis sets and planar waves, superposition error, density functional theory (DFT), forcefield methods, and energy dispersion. The appplication of theoretical chemistry in industry and society.

Program Key Stats




Eligibility Criteria


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Additional Information & Requirements

A Bachelor`s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification. An additional requirement is specialization in biological topics (i.e. biodiversity (zoology/botany), ecology, cell-and molecular biology, microbiology, physiology (animal/plant), biochemistry and bioinformatics) worth a minimum of 80 ECTS.

Career Options

  • Forensic scientist
  • Research Scientist
  • Nanotechnologist
  • Pharmacologist

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