Syllabus and Course of Studies

Our Department, in response to the scientific advances and the students’ academic aspirations, has undertaken an extensive curriculum reform, which was implemented in the academic year 2024-2025. The goal of the revised curriculum is to provide knowledge, develop skills, and cultivate students’ abilities.

The new features of the curriculum include:

• Independent laboratory courses designed to develop and strengthen practical laboratory skills.
• Updated scientific-area courses with renewed, updated content.
• A modular structure that promotes teaching synergies and reduces content overlap.
• An expanded and updated selection of elective courses for greater learning flexibility.
• Courses focused on digital skills and entrepreneurship.
• Revised pedagogical competence courses with updated content.

In the current academic year, first- and second-year students attend the reformed curriculum, while third- and fourth-year students continue with the previous curriculum. The studies are organized into eight semesters, two per academic year. Each semester includes at least 13 weeks of teaching and 3 weeks of examinations. An additional 3-week examination period is scheduled at the beginning of September of each academic year.

The winter semester lasts from September to January, and the spring semester from February to June.

The new curriculum includes 40 compulsory courses totaling 179 ECTS, while elective courses begin from the 5th semester. In total, 33 elective courses are offered, from which students must complete 36 ECTS. Most courses include mandatory laboratory and/or tutorial sessions.

There are no prerequisite courses. However, to enroll in the 3rd year, students must have completed courses equivalent to at least 75% of the ECTS credits from the 1st and 2nd year courses.

As part of their studies, students can obtain a Certificate in Teaching and Pedagogical Competence as well as a Certificate in Digital Skills.

Students can graduate upon completing 4 years of study and 240 ECTS, including an experimental Bachelor’s Thesis and an Internship, corresponding to 20 and 5 ECTS, respectively.