GRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES

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Entrance prerequisites, goals, outcome, professional qualifications, access to further studies.

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Entrance requirements

Completed undergraduate academic studies with a workload of 240 ECTS.

Study programme goals

The primary goal of this study program is to enable students to acquire a master’s degree which (along with the degree obtained within the undergraduate studies) will be recognized by all European institutions and which will enable students to find suitable employment or to continue their education within doctoral studies in biochemistry or related disciplines at Serbian or European universities.

Study outcome

Upon completing the study program Biochemistry, the candidate is awarded the title "MSc in Biochemistry".

Students will be able to conduct (both individually and within a team) all stages of a part of research within a scientific project.

They will gain the experience of working with the latest instruments which are used in biochemistry research laboratories.

Students will be able to independently apply complex biochemical protocols and they will be familiar with bioinformatics and the use of computers in all stages of research work. They will be able to present the results of their work at scientific conferences both orally and in writing.

Students will complete and improve their knowledge of biochemical and chemical disciplines. They will develop the ability to solve scientific and practical problems by applying analytical and computational methods, they will improve their knowledge and skills necessary for working with biological material and laboratory animals, they will develop their ability to study literature and present a critical overview of literature data, they will acquire specific experimental skills, the experience of working independently with modern instruments, they will complete and improve their laboratory practice (safety at work, working with pathological material), they will improve their skill of keeping a laboratory notebook and their numerical skills (biochemical calculations), they will be able to work on a research problem as members of a team, to present the research problem within their final thesis and to defend their final thesis orally.

Access to further studies

Diploma holders are entitled to enroll on doctoral academic studies, which have the workload of 180 ECTS.

Professional qualifications

Students who have successfully completed master academic studies in biochemistry:

• are able conduct all phases of a part of research within a research project within a team;
• have experience of working with the latest instruments used in biochemistry research laboratories and the relevant laboratory practice (safety at work, working with pathological material), are able to independently keep laboratory notebook and have numerical skills necessary for all biochemical calculations;
• have the knowledge and skills necessary for working with biological material and laboratory animals;
• are able to independently apply complex biochemical protocols and are familiar with bioinformatics and the use of computers in all stages of research work;
• are able to solve scientific and practical biochemical problems by using analytical and computational methods;
• are able to study literature and present a critical overview of literature data;
• are able to present the results of their work at scientific conferences both orally and in writing.