College of Science

  1. Master of Science in Chemistry

About program


Establishment of the Academic Master’s Program in Chemistry:

The University Council approved the opening of the International Program (Master of Science in Chemistry) in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, on 09/19/1441 AH.


Program Mission:

Providing distinguished education in chemistry at the graduate level and conducting basic and applied research with high specifications that meet the needs and requirements of the labor market within the framework of Islamic values.


Program Learning Outcomes of the MSc Chemistry Program:

Program Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge and Understanding:

• List advanced key theories, principles, and concepts in all major disciplines of chemistry.

• Describe advanced chemical literature, research methodologies, and emerging trends in chemistry.

• Recognize interdisciplinary knowledge to address chemical challenges.


Skills:

• Design and apply laboratory techniques.

• Illustrate scientific ideas effectively through written reports, oral presentations, and visual representations.

• Construct meaningful conclusions from experimental and computational results

• applying data analysis.

Values, Autonomy, and Responsibility:

• Demonstrate the ethical and societal implications of chemical research and technological research.

• Show collaboration within multidisciplinary teams to solve scientific research.


Program Description

College: Science
Department: Chemistry
Specialization: Chemistry
Type of degree: Master
Education approach: In Class
Program hours count: 37
Program Description -
Education type: Regular
Period: 2 Years
No. Of Levels: 4 Levels
No. Of Weeks Per Level: 18 Weeks
  1. Enabling distinguished Saudi and non-Saudi students who hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry to continue their graduate studies at the Islamic University.
  2. Covering the needs of both the government and private sectors for highly specialized human resources
  3. Encouraging scientific competencies to keep pace with the rapid progress of chemistry and pushing them to creativity, innovation, developing scientific research and directing it to address the issues of Saudi society.
  4. Contributing to the advancement of technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  5. Conducting research projects and dissertations that take into account the scientific and practical aspects related to the chemical aspects.
  6. Graduating scientific cadres with distinguished competence locally, regionally and internationally in various fields of science.
  7. Meeting society’s needs for professional scientific personnel to help achieve Vision 2030.
  1. The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree (regular) from a Saudi academic body or an accredited university in the field of chemistry or one of its branches (the department council can make an exception to this based on the applicant’s academic record), with a cumulative grade point average of no less than (3.50 out of 5) or (2.50 out of 4).
  2. The applicant must obtain a minimum score of (65) on the analogy test or a score of (265) on the GRE General test, provided that the result is valid; Not exceeding five years from the date of the test.
  3. The applicant must obtain a minimum score of (450) in the TOEFL-PBT test, or (45) in the TOEFL-IBT, or (4) in the IELTS, or (60) in the STEP test or its equivalent, and it must not have been more than two years since obtaining the English language certificate.
  4. The department may accept students without this condition if one of the following conditions applies to them: o The student must have the nationality of an English-speaking country. o The student must submit a certificate stating that his studies during the bachelor’s degree were in English. o The student must pledge to submit the language certificate during the first year of his studies in the master’s program, and the student will bear the consequences of not submitting the certificate and not being awarded the academic degree. o The applicant must submit a Statement of Purpose letter.
# Course Name Year Semester Description
1 كيمياء عضوية متقدمة - ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY First Year First Semester
2 كيمياء فيزيائية متقدمة - ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY First Year First Semester
3 كيمياء تحليلية متقدمة - ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY First Year First Semester
4 كيمياء غير عضوية متقدمة - ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY First Year First Semester
5 طرق بحث __ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY First Year First Semester
6 الكيمياء الحاسوبية - COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY First Year Second Semester
7 مقرر اختياري 1 _ ELECTIVE COURSE 1 First Year Second Semester -
8 مقرر اختياري 2 _ ELECTIVE COURSE 2 First Year Second Semester -
9 مقرر اختياري 3 _ ELECTIVE COURSE 3 First Year Second Semester -
10 مقرر اختياري 4 _ ELECTIVE COURSE 4 First Year Second Semester -
11 الرسالة _ THESIS Second year First Semester
12 الرسالة _ THESIS Second year Second Semester