The main aim of the Master’s Degree Program is to train scientists with qualifications that make them competitive in the domestic and international academic and working environment, and that ensure them broad employment prospects in various professional fields directly or indirectly related to the subject of their studies. Therefore, the program is inextricably linked to recent scientific developments and to the demands of the labor market. More specifically, graduates of the Chemistry Master’s Degree Program can be employed professionally as specialized executives in a position of responsibility in the public and private sector, as freelancers, in education, as well as in the health sector. In particular, the main individual areas of professional employment of chemists are the following, while the holders of a Diploma in Chemistry cover positions of responsibility with higher remuneration:
Public Sector: Chemists are mainly involved in quality control of various imported and exported products (industrial raw materials, fuels, food, drugs) and environmental control. In various ministries such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and organizations supervised by them. In the field of dating, identification and conservation of antiquities and works of art (Ministry of Culture). As researchers in Universities, research centers or institutes. At the State General Chemistry. In biological purification units.
Private sector: Chemists are responsible for production, quality control of raw materials and finished products, and research for the production and marketing of new products. In the chemical industry (food, beverages, fertilizers, pesticides, plastics, textiles, insecticides, packaging materials, cosmetics, drugs, paints). In oil refineries and processing units. As oenologists in oenological laboratories. In aquaculture and fish hatcheries. In private laboratories as quality control and new product development managers. In companies/organizations dealing with the environment. In legal services dealing with the registration and transfer of intellectual property (law firms, transfer agencies). In research offices in the private sector. A significant number are engaged in import and export and sale of chemical products, raw materials, chemical industry items and chemical analysis and control instruments.
Freelancers: Chemists can establish private laboratories for analysis of any type, such as wine and food control laboratories oenological control laboratories, quality control of preparations that are put on the market, etc.
Educational sector: Chemists can work as teachers in secondary education (e.g. High Schools) public or private and in higher education . A necessary condition for an academic career is the preparation of a doctoral thesis and the existence of a relevant research and educational project. In addition, they work in educational planning services (Ministry of Education, Pedagogical Institute, etc.).
Health Sector: Chemists deal with chemical and biochemical analyses. In state or private health centers, in hospital and clinic laboratories