Semester II

This module deals with the chemical composition of soil, water and air. Different type of pollutants of water and air; Water and waste water treatment and water quality and composition; and also emphasize on the Eutrophication mechanism of aquatic environment, pesticides and their uses and some technology for recovery of solid waste in water media.

This course of analytical chemistry aims to give to the students the essence of theoretical and practical foundations for quantitative analysis of chemical reactions in solution.

The final research project module is mainly aimed to provide to the students the opportunity to use independently acquired knowledge and skills in supervised research in its preferable field of chemistry.  Students should choose one topic among those proposed by the Department of Chemistry and both literally and practically work on it. The module also provides to the student to independently acquire additional knowledge on his/her topic in particular and in the field of chemistry in general. 

Industrial attachment or profession internship is a key practice at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Rwanda. Before having a BSc degree in Chemistry with option Bioorganic Chemistry or Environmental Chemistry all learners should be placed at workplaces where chemistry is main field of application and show his/her ability to easily integrate, work in a team, to well organize his/her work and report on daily basis. There students should acquire practical skills and appropriate work-ethics which help in their future career. The attachment process is constantly monitored by both the Department of Chemistry academic staff and the designated monitor in host institutions in order to ensure higher quality of training.

HoD Chemistry, Associate Professor Theoneste Muhizi