‘Invaluable opportunity to gain admission as professional graduate chemists’

August 14, 2011, 10:04 pm

The College of Chemical Sciences, which is the educational arm of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon, commences on January 7th next year, a revised Graduateship Programme that will lead, after four years, to the award of the Graduateship of the Institute of Chemistry in 2015. Such Graduateship Programmes have been conducted for 33 years since 1979 and are equivalent to that of a Special Degree Programme in Chemistry conducted by a recognised University.

Advanced Registration is now in progress and students who possess three Advanced Level passes OR are hopeful of obtaining same at the examination that is now being held should contact the Institute Headquarters at Adamantane House, 341/22, Kotte Road, Welikada, Rajagiriya (phone 2861653/2861231) and obtain application forms free of charge as well as and other documents and information. They could also download same from the web site www.jchemc.com and attend an Orientation Session that is being held at 10 15 am on Saturday August 27tb at the said address.

Professor J N Oleap Fernando, the Honorary Rector of the College states in a News release that successful completion of the programme enables admission as professional Graduate Chemists, who are recognised both in Sri Lanka and abroad, for postgraduate studies leading to Doctoral Degrees, as well as for recruitment as Chemists and for numerous other positions that require Honours degrees in Chemistry. More that half of the 734 Graduate Chemists who have passed out over the past three decades have obtained post-graduate degrees from Universities throughout the world and this includes about 70 who have obtained their PhD degrees.

The news release also states that while scholarships, prizes and bursaries are continuously available during the programme for meritorious and needy students, the amount otherwise payable for the four year Programme amounts to only about Rs 250,000 which works out to about Rs 5,250 per month for those who register before the advanced registration deadline of 15th September. Many students spend much more in following tuition classes to supplement their Advanced Level studies. Prospective students are also assured that they would complete the entire programme with no delays whatsoever by October 2015. Prospective students and their parents are advised to use this wonderful and unique opportunity to become Graduate Chemists by following a time tested and very well recognised professional programme in Chemistry that is offered by the largest provider of such chemists in the shortest possible time and at the least possible cost in Sri Lanka.

(Press release)