Quality in Analytical Laboratories University of Algarve

Overview

The Quality in Analytical Laboratories master is offered by a Consortium of five European universities and one Chinese university: University of Algarve (Portugal, PT), University of Barcelona (Spain, ES), University of Bergen (Norway, NO), University of Cadiz (Spain, ES), Gdansk University of Technology (Poland, PL) and Central South University (China, CN).

Key Features

Upon successful completion of the programme, graduates will have attained the following general competencies and learning outcomes:

• design, implement and manage a Quality System in any given testing or calibration analytical laboratory;
• develop and evaluate a quality control scheme for any given type of measurement;
• fully understand, both at theoretical and practical level, a set of advanced analytical tecnhiques;
• research, develop and validate new techniques and methods of analysis;
• plan a validation program for a given method of analysis;
• identify critical aspects in a given method of analysis
• estimate the uncertainty for a given analytical result;
• develop Reference Materials;
• organize and evaluate Collaborative Studies;
• fully understand the current state of worldwide standardization and comparability of analytical results.

These competencies can be attained in different environments, for example in the context of a clinical laboratory, or a laboratory for drinking water quality control. Students can obtain these competencies by taking 30 modules, chosen from a large set of modules that are offered in the master.

Modules may be chosen at will to suit the student’s personal and professional interest, provided that:

• at least 5 modules are chosen from each discipline (Quality Management, Analytical Methods and Data Analysis)
• all the general learning outcomes outlined above are attained.