[MSc] Applied Measurement Science

University of Tartu
Estonia, Tartu

Faculty of Science and Technology

Study location	Estonia, Tartu
Type	Postgraduate, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Tuition fee	€5,000 per year More information on tuition fees is available at www.ut.ee. NB! Applicants who are not citizens of EU/EEA/Switzerland must pre-pay half of the first semester’s tuition-fee after receiving an admission offer.
Application fee	€50 one-time Application fee is non-refundable. Further information: www.ut.ee/application-fee

Tuition fee

€5,000 per year

More information on tuition fees is available at www.ut.ee.

NB! Applicants who are not citizens of EU/EEA/Switzerland must pre-pay half of the first semester’s tuition-fee after receiving an admission offer.

Application fee

€50 one-time

Application fee is non-refundable.
Further information: www.ut.ee/application-fee

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (must be obtained by the end of July) including at least 18 ECTS in physics or chemistry (minimum eligibility requirement for application is 60% of the maximum grade available as the average of all courses included in the transcript). NB! For country-specific document requirements please see www.ut.ee/country-specific. Please be sure to check further information and our step-by-step application guide at ams.ut.ee/admission-requirements. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Estonian.

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher)

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (must be obtained by the end of July) including at least 18 ECTS in physics or chemistry (minimum eligibility requirement for application is 60% of the maximum grade available as the average of all courses included in the transcript). NB! For country-specific document requirements please see www.ut.ee/country-specific.

Please be sure to check further information and our step-by-step application guide at ams.ut.ee/admission-requirements.

The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Estonian.

Language requirements	English All applicants must comply with our English language requirements. The only acceptable English tests and exempt categories are specified at www.ut.ee/requirements.

Language requirements

English

All applicants must comply with our English language requirements. The only acceptable English tests and exempt categories are specified at www.ut.ee/requirements.

Other requirements	A motivation letter must be added to your application. Motivation letter (of maximum 4600 characters, with spaces) addressing the following: (1) Give a short overview of the physical and chemical basis of measurements and chemical analysis. (2) In which role do you see yourself in your job after completion of the programme and what is your personal motivation to study applied measurement science? (3) What is the role of measurements in the world’s economy and society? Evaluation criteria: (1) fit between the student’s goals and the programme (40%); (2) analytical and argumentation skills (40%); (3) fluency of written English (20%).

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application.

Motivation letter (of maximum 4600 characters, with spaces) addressing the following:
(1) Give a short overview of the physical and chemical basis of measurements and chemical analysis.
(2) In which role do you see yourself in your job after completion of the programme and what is your personal motivation to study applied measurement science?
(3) What is the role of measurements in the world’s economy and society?

Evaluation criteria:
(1) fit between the student’s goals and the programme (40%);
(2) analytical and argumentation skills (40%);
(3) fluency of written English (20%).

More information	ut.ee/ams

Interdisciplinary programme bridging the gap between physical and chemical measurements, metrology and related economic and legal aspects: Physical measurements, Economic and legal aspects, Chemical analysis, Internship, Quality systems.

Graduate has systematic knowledge of the physical, chemical and metrological basis of the more widespread measurement and analysis methods, factors affecting the results, methods of calculating of measurement results and assessment of their quality and documenting measurement results. The graduate has systematic knowledge of quality systems.

2007 one of the winners of the National Competition of the Most Attractive International Master’s Programme
2008 awarded a label of “Euromaster in Chemistry”

http://www.ut.ee/ams/the-study-program/

Our graduates are welcome at:

R&D departments of major companies
Chemical industry labs
Pharmaceutical industry labs
Health and environmental protection agencies
Food processing and manufacturing quality assurance labs
Certification, standardization and accreditation authorities
National Centers and Institutes of Metrology
Academic career and PhD studies

To get some idea, what positions our graduates from the recent years are holding, here is an incomplete list:

Chief specialist in drugs detection and identification at a Forensic Science Institute in Tallinn
Head of the chemistry section at semiconductor company Clifton
Regulatory affairs manager at pharmaceutical company Olainfarm
Drug master file expert at pharmaceutical company Olainfarm
Head of Mechatronics department at Vitrina University
CTO at LiftZee OÜ
Project manager at Hilti AG
QA Engineer at company SoftServe
Engineer at energy-efficient buildings design company PassiveHouse
Head of the Reference materials and calibrations section at Agricultural Research Centre in Saku Engineer at Tartu observatory
Industrial analytical chemist in San Francisco
Chief specialist in the quality infrastructure service at Estonian Ministry of Economic affairs and Communications
A number of our graduates are doctoral students in different areas of physics, chemistry and materials science