Course catalogue
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Academic Programme
Implemented from September 2025
Scientific Writing and Career Objectives (3 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Experimental methods on innovative research infrastructures - 5 ECTS
- Digital Micro-certification "The challenges of sustainable chemistry" - 10h
- Transferable skills : French language & interculturality (3 ECTS)
- Quantum mechanics towars quantum computing (5 ECTS)
- Winter school in Data Science (2 ECTS)
- Organic / Inorganic chemistry towards sustainability (5 ECTS)
- Kinetics and Electrochemistry (5 ECTS)
- Introduction to biophysics and microscopies for life science (5 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Luminescence spectroscopy of Lanthanides (3 ECTS)
- Summer School in Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Polish course (3 ECTS)
- The molecules of life: from structure to chemical function (5 ECTS)
- Thermodynamics and soft matter (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to solid state (5 ECTS)
- Tech-infused perspectives on photochemical reaction dynamics (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Portuguese course (3 ECTS)
- Summer School in Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- Solid State Physics (5 ECTS)
- Molecular Energetics (3 ECTS)
- Laboratory of Materials and Surface Analysis (5 ECTS)
- Interfacial Electrochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Interfaces, Colloids and Self-Assembly (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- 1-year research project - master thesis (equivalent 45 ECTS)
- Progress assessment of the research project (equivalent 6 ECTS)
- Weekly seminars (equivalent 4 ECTS)
- Special Topics in Chemistry (equivalent 5 ECTS)
- French language courses (3 ECTS)
- Nanosciences (6 ECTS)
- Medical applications of nanomaterials and radiations (6 ECTS)
- Top management, corporate law, and project writing for technology transfer and decision making (4 ECTS)
- Tracking ultrafast radiation-induced reactivity (3 ECTS)
- Applications for renewable energy and storage: solar fuels, batteries and hydrogen (6 ECTS) (6 ECTS)
- Scientific Writing and career objectives (2 ECTS)
- Surface Science and Nanostructuring at Surfaces (6 ECTS)
- Polymers for electronics and energy harvesting (5 ECTS)
- Electrochemical systems for fuel and electrolysis cells and batteries (6 ECTS)
- Project-based laboratory on device building (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Chemistry and Technology of Catalysis (5 ECTS)
Content
- Writing, communication and publication in science: types and structure of scientific texts; scientific language; organization and interpretation of scientific articles; science divulgation; research and organization of bibliography; submission process and peer-review process of publications; scientific ethics in writing.
- Career management and objectives: preparation of curricula, motivation letters and interviews; strategies for problem solving in teams; team negotiation and decision making; time management.
- Presentation and discussion of individual scientific/professional interests by students regarding their future career.
Aims
This course aims at the development of transversal and transferable competences of students with regard to techniques of scientific writing, communication and publishing (and associated ethical issues), as well as strategies and techniques for professional career management and development.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- know, understand and apply effective processes of scientific writing and publication;
- develop skills of rigor, objectivity, critical thinking, creativity and scientific ethics;
- understand, develop and adapt appropriate strategies for the effective pursuit of career objectives in the professional world (academic, industrial and business);
- develop and apply efficient processes of oral scientific communciation.
Recommended Books
- Lebrun, J.-L. Scientific Writing: A reader and writer’s guide, 1ª Ed.; World Scientific: 2007.
- Cargill, M.; O’Connor, P. Writing Scientific Research Articles – Strategy and Steps; 1ª Ed.; Wiley-Blackwell: 2009.
- Maskill, R., & Race, I. (n.d.). Personal and Professional Development for Scientists. Retrieved from http://www.uea.ac.uk/che/ppds/
Teaching Staff
Eduardo Marques (responsible)
Eulália Pereira
Carla Morais
Hours
21 h (lectures + discussion classes)
Grading System
The program of this course will be implemented through classes and activities of different formats: theoretical exposition; individual and collective practical exercises; analysis of case-studies; database query tutorial modules of database searches; debates; oral presentations and their discussion.
The assessment is of distributed type, without final exam.
The final grade is calculated as follows: practical writing exercises and scientific communication (60%); practical exercises of career management/objectives (40%).