Duration
5mois Internship
Number of credits
| Master in chemistry (120 ECTS) | 30 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Students enrolled in the 2nd year of the Master in Chemical Sciences with a research focus will have a to carry out a research internship of five months in a university or a research center in Belgium or, preferably, abroad. The subjects of the internships offered by the host laboratories must be approved by the Studies Council and by the President of the Jury for the Master in Chemistry with a focus.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face in a laboratory of the host university or research center.
Recommended or required readings
Since each internship is based on a different scientific theme, specific to the host laboratory, students are advised to ask their supervisor to provide them with a list of articles or books to read before the beginning of the internship.
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation will be based on three elements:
- an evaluation form filled by the supervisor of the host laboratory,
- an internship report,
- an oral presentation.
The typed internship report must be clear and concise. Its length must not exceed 25 pages, excluding annexes. It should typically include a general introduction and a presentation of the state of the art, a description of the objectives of the work, a discussion of the results, a conclusion, as well as a detailed experimental part and a relevant bibliography.
The work done during the research internship will be the subject of an oral presentation of about 15 minutes before a reading committee composed of three or four members (a supervisor designated by the host laboratory and two or three representatives of the Chemistry Department designated by the jury of the Master in Chemistry with a Focus). This presentation will be followed by a general discussion of about 15 minutes.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The choice of the host laboratories by the students must be communicated to the President of the Jury of the Master in Chemistry by the end of December, accompanied by a provisional title, a brief description of the research envisaged not containing confidential data and a jury proposal.
The internship will be conducted under the supervision of a research director designated by the university or the host research center and will focus on a specific scientific theme at the host laboratory.
Each internship will be the subject of a report and an oral presentation. These may be confidential at the request of the host laboratory.
Contacts
Coordinateur: Prof. Lionel Delaude
Institut de chimie organique
Bâtiment B6a, local 3.70c
Tel: (04) 366-3496
E-mail: l.delaude@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
The evaluation of the traineeship report will take into account the exceptional circumstances linked to the closure of the host laboratories and the difficulties encountered by the students due to the health crisis. The oral presentation will be done by videoconference on the WebEx platform.