The Graduate School of Molecular Sciences (Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze Molecolari, SDSM) starts on January 2005, taking place from the Doctoral Courses of Chemical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences, both active since 1984.  The SDSM is strongly committed to excellence in education and research in the fundamental chemical sciences as well as exploring the connections between chemistry and the other natural sciences. In the period ranging from 2005 to 2010, 109 PhD students, uniformly distributed among the active research group of the departments of Chemical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences were enrolled at SDSM, and 68 of them have already got their Ph.D. degree. All  students receive broad training that prepares them equally well for careers in industry or academia. In this regard, it is worth of note that the School enjoys strong ties with the chemical industry including campus visits, seminars, joint research, and support.

Upon joining a research group, our students  can obtain advice on research, course selection, and career planning from advanced students in the research group as well as from the thesis adviser. The thesis research project is the single most important undertaking of a student's graduate career. Other requirements, including course work, written and oral examinations, seminars, and teaching, are intended to broaden the student's exposure to chemistry and to aid in developing the essential skills of oral and written scientific communication.

The outstanding accomplishments of students alumni of the DSMS reflect the departments' selective admission standards. In more details, the chemical culture of SDSM candidates is verified through a written examination consisting of sixty questions with multiple choice answers, asked in English and covering the following subjects: Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry of Materials, Chemical Physics, Industrial Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry, Applied Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology, Biochemistry Applied Biochemistry. Only candidates with a score higher than 49/70 are admitted to a colloquium during which the candidates have to describe the research project they would intend to carry on. Candidates may be admitted to SDSM if their finale score is higher that 70/100.

Contacts

Address: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Via Francesco Marzolo,  35131 Padova, ITALY
Dean: prof. Antonino Polimeno - tel. +39 049 8275146 - email: antonino.polimeno@unipd.it
Information desk: tel. +39 049 8275248 - email: segreteria.scientifica@chimica.unipd.it
To mail required documents, reports etc. use the address scuole.dottorato@chimica.unipd.it

Attention

All 1st year students (XXVIII cycle) are requested to send in pdf format a summary of their research project to scuole.dottorato@chimica.unipd.it, before January 31st. Guidelines and other information are available in the following document.