M.Sc Chemistry at IIT Gandhinagar (IIT GN) Offline Course

Master of Science in Chemistry is two years (4 Semester) full-time postgraduate program in science stream offered by the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.

Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar has an emphasis on pure sciences with potential application areas in the area of green chemistry, biopolymers, sensing, electrochemistry, and other optical applications. The goals of the research encompasses the disciplines of chemistry and biology involving synthesis of natural product analogues, modified nucleic acids for development of bioanalytical assays and sensor systems, isolation and characterization of chromophores from natural sources, synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials, synthesis of macrocyclic systems such as porphyrins for sensing applications, photophysical and photochemical studies of synthesized organic solutes  in ionic liquid media, electron transfer, development of natural food coloring agents, enzymology of redox processes and in the research involving electrochemistry, materials and catalysis. The research is funded by major funding agencies (DST, CSIR) and supported by the institute. Faculty are also actively involved in teaching a number of core courses pertaining to both undergraduate and graduate students.

IIT Gandhinagar has acquired and/ placed orders for state-of-the-art research equipment such as Mass Spectrometer (Waters, Synaptic G2S), 500 MHz NMR Instrument (Bruker); Powder XRD (Bruker), Multimode 8 Atomic Force Microscope, (Bruker), Scanning Electron Microscope (JEOL) for sample characterization and analysis. The NMR instrument is solid state ready and equipped for a wide range of nuclei. Other major facilities include UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Thermofisher is 10 FTIR spectrometer, Horiba Jobin Yvon Spectrofluorimeter and High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography (Agilent). Chemistry has 24-hour access to SciFinder and online subscription to many journal publications.

MSc programme will be given a monthly scholarship of Rs 5,000.

Financial support up to Rs 60,000 is available for presenting their research work at international conferences.