PhD program
Chemistry

Chemistry

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this program, it is expected that undergraduates will be able to:
1 Analyze and evaluate modern scientific achievements in the field of chemistry, generating new ideas in solving research and practical problems.
2 To design and carry out comprehensive research, including interdisciplinary, based on a holistic systematic scientific worldview using knowledge in the field of history and philosophy of science.
3. To equalize and critically evaluate the reliability and reliability of data sources, information and digital content in the field of various areas of modern chemistry.
4. Use digital tools and technologies to organize collaboration and produce new knowledge in a team, ensuring the protection of devices and digital content. 5 Propose alternative solutions to research and practical problems in the field of chemistry, calculating potential gains/losses in the implementation of these options.
6 To formulate and argumentatively defend one's own position on various problems of modern natural science, using the provisions and categories of philosophy to analyze various physico-chemical processes and phenomena.
7 Possess the skills of conducting discussions and polemics, public speaking and written reasoned presentation of their own point of view on topical issues of chemical science.
8 Formulate competent conclusions and qualified recommendations on complex problems in special fields of chemistry; making social and ethical commitments necessary for the most effective solution of tasks and problems.
9 To build a strategy and tactics of self-learning, making key decisions when problematic tasks arise in the course of professional activity in the field of fundamental and applied chemistry.
10 Work with national and international databases, increasing scientific diversity and publication activity. 11 To put into practice relevant ideas and innovations of modern paradigms of higher and postgraduate education (in the field of higher and postgraduate education).
12 Possess a set of personal qualities, fundamental knowledge and systemic skills that ensure creative thinking and high competitiveness in the global labor market.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Chemistry
Speciality Code
8D05301
Faculty
Chemistry and Chemical Technology

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of doctoral students to express their conclusions based on the results of scientific research, arguments and hypotheses in the style of academic writing. The training course forms the methodological basis for presenting the results of scientific research in the open press, participating in a competition for scientific projects and communicating with scientists from other countries. As a result of mastering the course, the doctoral student will be able to: write scientific articles for publication in international scientific journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases; critically analyze scientific papers, indicating their advantages and disadvantages; prepare a dissertation work, clearly formulating a conclusion based on an analysis of the literature in the relevant field of chemical science and their own results.

Computer modeling in Chemistry
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop skills in the use of computer modeling to optimize chemical processes and predict the properties of chemical compounds based on the structure of models of their molecules. When studying this discipline, doctoral students will be able to use the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics as a tool in the study of chemical systems and reactions for developing of new materials and products. The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to perform quantum chemical calculations, including modeling the mechanisms of chemical reactions using available computer programs.

Modern Problems of Physical Chemistry
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to systematize and interpret scientific theories and problems of the newest areas of physical chemistry for the further application of this knowledge in independent research and solving scientific problems. The training course forms the ability to evaluate modern theoretical concepts of physical chemistry, as well as the possibility of their use in professional teaching and research activities. In the course of studying the discipline, the following aspects are considered: theoretical and applied aspects of classical, statistical thermodynamics ; theoretical and applied aspects of modern chemical kinetics for determining the basic kinetic parameters of real chemical and electrochemical processes.

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the creative ability of doctoral students to reasonably choose and apply modern and innovative theoretical and experimental research methods that ensure the conduct of fundamental and applied scientific research at a high level, and allow them to obtain results that meet international requirements. The training course encourages doctoral students to actively participate in scientific innovation and commercialization of scientific results.

Data for 2023-2026 years

disciplines

Actual Problems of Radiating Ecology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline:is the form the ability to assess the actual problems of radiation ecology. The training course forms the ability to predict the most optimal conditions for solving nowdays radioecological problems. As a result of successful completion of the discipline, the doctoral student must be able to use the most appropriate legislation and regulations to ensure radiation safety in solving radioecological problems.In the study of the discipline will be considered: the main environmental problems of the uranium industry in Kazakhstan and the world as a whole; the legacy of the uranium industry on the example of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

Applied Aspects of Kinetics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a system understanding of the kinetic laws of chemical, catalytic and electrochemical reactions. The training course forms the ability to critically analyze methods for calculating the kinetic characteristics of complex processes, planning and conducting kinetic studies. Discipline is aimed at studying the calculation methods of chemical kinetics: calculation of the kinetic parameters of chemical reactions.

Applied aspects of thermodinamics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to choose the most appropriate computational or experimental method of chemical thermodynamics for solving a research problem based on a comprehensive assessment and analysis of limits and the advantages of its applicability. As a result of the completion of the discipline, the student will be able ещ select optimal conditions for conducting a chemical reaction or phase transformation.During the study of the discipline students will learn directions and possibilities of modern chemical thermodynamics in solving applied problems of chemistry.

Colloid Chemistry of Biological Dispersions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to choose the most effective methods for regulating the surface properties of biodisperse for obtaining biosorbents and biocatalysts. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for the targeted management of the properties of a special class of dispersed systems - microorganism cells, the application of the laws of adsorption and the theory of stability to them.The course examines the formation of the electrical double layer on the surface of cells, the description of the stability of their suspensions based on the theory of DLVO.

Development and optimization of chemical analysis techniques
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline:To develop skills in the development and optimization of chemical and physico-chemical analysis techniques to achieve target specifications (detection limits, accuracy, cost and time of analysis of a single sample, environmental friendliness). As a result of successful completion of the discipline, the doctoral student must be able : to develop new methods of chemical and physico-chemical analysis with specified characteristics and to optimize the available analysis techniques to achieve the specified characteristics.

Innovative drug design technologies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline: to develop the ability to describe and evaluate the technology of creation and production of drugs using innovative approaches. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for the creation of modern technologies, taking into account the main parameters, the degree of their novelty and relevance.The discipline is aimed at the study of the main trends in the development of drugs and dosage forms of the new generation.

Intermacromolecular complexes and composite materials based on them
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline:to form the ability to analyze the properties of polymer complexes and develop new methods for obtaining composite materials based on them. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis for new directions and research in the chemistry of polymer complexes and composite materials.Discipline is aimed on studying: modern concepts of interaction processes involving polymers of various nature, methods of studying complexation processes

Materials mechanochemistry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop the ability to effectively use mechanochemical methods for the synthesis and modification of materials. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will be able to deeply understand the principles of mechanochemical processes.During the study of the discipline PhD students will learn following aspects: principles and mechanisms of mechanochemical processes, including the effect of mechanical energy on the structure of materials; the effect of mechanochemical treatment on the phase composition, microstructure and properties of materials.

Modern high-energy electrochemical systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to solve technological problems of production of chemical current sources, to create and improve high-energy current-generating electrochemical systems. During the study of course, PhD students should be competent to evaluate the principles of design and operation of electrochemical energy converters;- use in practice different variants of designs and methods of production of electrodes and elements.During the study of the discipline PhD students will learn the main practical aspects of the transformation of chemical energy into electrical, electrochemical parameters of the most well-known chemical current sources.

Modern methods of synthesis and characteristics of polymers
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to creatively analyze and comprehend modern methods of synthesis and research of polymers. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis in the field of modern approaches to the synthesis of polymers with given parameters and their characteristics. Discipline examines the modern methods of targeted synthesis of (co) polymers of regular structure and a given structure; factors contributing to the fine regulation of the processes taking place in the course of obtaining the target product.

Modern problems of catalysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of doctoral students to critically evaluate the basic laws of catalytic and non-catalytic processes. The training course forms the ability of physico-chemical research and the creation of new heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts. The course examines ways to optimize the technological schemes of catalytic production

Modern Problems of Colloid Chemistry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of discipline:to form the ability to analyze current trends in the development of applied colloid chemistry for use in scientific research. The training course forms the scientific basis for the understanding and use of modern theories of colloid chemistry in the performance of scientific research. Discipline is aimed at studying the actual problems of colloid chemistry, innovative approaches to the use of methodology and laws of applied colloid chemistry for managing of coagulation processes in industrial dispersions, food systems, medicinal compositions.

Nanoelectrochemistry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of students to apply electrochemical methods to obtain nanoscale objects of functional purpose. As a result of studying the disciplines, the doctoral student will be able to apply the theoretical laws of the flow of electrochemical processes to obtain nano-objects.When studying the discipline, electrochemical methods for obtaining nanomaterials, physical methods for diagnosing nano-objects.

New aspects of hydrocarbon processing
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline:to form the ability to assess the scientific aspects of the catalytic processes for the production of commodity products based on hydrocarbons, their essence, features and place in production. The training course forms an understanding of the theoretical and practical issues of innovative technologies for the catalytic processing of hydrocarbons.The discipline is aimed at studying: problems and prospects of development of modern catalytic processes of technology of processing of hydrocarbons;main reactions of hydrogenolysis of heteroorganic compounds, new catalytic technologies of hydrogenation processing of rubber and polymer wastes.

Selected Chapters of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: To form the ability to innovate at the stages of development, production of drugs and assessment of their quality indicators. As a result of studying the module, doctoral students will be able to evaluate the composition of drugs, to explain the features of the structural and spatial structure of the active substances, the reason and the possibility of choosing excipients within them.The discipline is aimed at studying the innovative methodology for creating synthetic and natural medicines in accordance with the modern requirements of good manufacturing practice.

Solidphase microextraction
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline: to develop skills for optimization and application of techniques based on solid-phase microextraction. The course considers methods of analysis based on solid-phase microextraction and the possibility of modeling the process of solid-phase microextraction of analytes from various samples.When studying the discipline, the theory and equipment of the method of solid-phase microextraction will be considered, as well as the effect of various parameters on analyte response and analysis accuracy.

Data for 2023-2026 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2023-2026 years