Introduction
The Bologna process requires universities in Europe to develop easily readable, comparable and compatible degrees. As part of the work in the EU project “Tuning Educational Structures in Europe“, the European Chemistry Thematic Network ECTN developed a framework for the 3 cycles qualification in chemistry, the “Chemistry Eurobachelor®“, the “Chemistry Euromaster®” and the “Chemistry Doctorate Eurolabel®“. Download the TUNING CHEMISTRY guide from the Documentation page.
The framework was approved by the General Assembly of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences EuCheMS (formerly: Federation of the European Chemical Societies) respectively in October 2003 (Chemistry Eurobachelor®) and in October 2006 (Chemistry Euromaster®), by the Bologna Process Seminar “Chemistry Studies in the European Higher Education Area”.
Although it was designed according to the Bologna Declaration Recommendation for a 180/120/90-credits degrees structure, the framework can also be applied by institutions which decide to award a 240/90/90-credits cycles degrees. It can also cover degrees with a strong chemistry component such as biochemistry, biological chemistry or chemical biology. “Non-traditional” universities (Hogeschool, Fachhochschule, Haute École, etc.) can also make use of the framework in their chemistry or chemistry-related first degrees. The Chemistry Eurolabels® are flexible and open, so that it does not force universities to work according to a fixed pattern.
ECTN offers interested institutions the possibility of applying for a Label. This Label, which will be awarded for a period of 5 years in the first instance, with a possibility of renewal for further 5-year periods, is intended to promote international recognition of the degree qualification and to document the willingness of the institution to participate fully in the European Higher Education Area which is being constructed in the Bologna process.
The Association has an international Label Committee (see below) which deals with the administration of the Label, it also has European partners (see the Partner’s logos on the entry page). For information and applications contact the Label Committee (LC-Contact[a]ectn.eu).
Label Committee
2004-2006 • 2006-2008 • 2008-2010 • 2010-2012 • 2012-2014 • 2014-2016 • 2016-2018
Label Committee in office: 2016-2018
| Position | Name | Institution |
| Chair | Reiner Salzer (1) | Dresden University of Technology, Germany |
| Vice Chair | Martino Di Serio (2) | University of Napoli Federico II, Italy |
| Secretary for Internal Matters | Jiri Barek (2) | Charles University Prague, Czech Republic |
| Secretary for External Matters | Gergely Toth (2) | Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary |
| 1. Reappointed by the ECTN Admin Council in Gdańsk on April 24-25, 2016
2. Elected by the ECTN General Assembly in Gdańsk on April 26, 2016 |
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Label Committee in office: 2014-2016
| Position | Name | Institution |
| Chair | Reiner Salzer (1) | Dresden University of Technology, Germany |
| Vice Chair | Martino Di Serio (2) | University of Napoli Federico II, Italy |
| Secretary | Ray Wallace (3) | CVAS Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| Members | Erwin Rosenberg (2) | Vienna University of Technology, Austria |
| Kristiina Wähälä (2) | University of Helsinki, Finland | |
| JA Rodriguez Renuncio (3) | University Complutense Madrid, Spain | |
| Janusz Ryczkowski (4) | Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin, Poland | |
| 1. Reappointed by the ECTN Admin Council in Cracow on September 26, 2014
2. Elected by the ECTN General Assembly in Madrid on April 26, 2014 3. Appointed by the ECTN Admin Council in Cracow on September 26, 2014 4. Appointed as advisor by the Label Committee on October 5, 2014 |
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Label Committee in office: 2012-2014
| Position | Name | Institution | |
| Chair | Reiner Salzer *$ | Technical University of Dresden, Germany | |
| Executive Secretary | Evangelia Varella | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| Past-Chair | Pavel Drasar $ | Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Members | Arne van der Gen * | University of Leiden, The Netherlands | |
| Artur Michalak a | Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland | ||
| Eugenio Caponetti * | University of Palermo, Italy | ||
| Juan-Antonio Renuncio * | University Complutense of Madrid, Spain | ||
| Marjan Veber a | Ljubljana University, Slovenia | ||
| Patrick Berthet * | University Paris-Sud, France | ||
| Ray Wallace | Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom | ||
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Label Committee in office: 2010-2012
| Position | Name | Institution | |
| Chair | Drasar Pavel | Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Vice-Chair | Rosenberg Erwin (^) | Technical University, Vienna, Austria | |
| Secretary | Evangelia Varella | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| Members | Gabrielle Borzone (*) | University of Genova, Italy | |
| Artur Michalak | Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland | ||
| Viktor Milata (**) | Slovak Chemical Society, Bratislava, Slovakia | ||
| Pascal Mimero | CPE Lyon, France | ||
| Ottilia Mó (*) | Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain | ||
| Anda Priksane | University f Latvia of Riga, Latvia | ||
| Marjan Veber | Ljubljana University, Slovenia | ||
| Ray Wallace | Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom | ||
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Label Committee in office: 2008-2010
| Position | Name | Institution | |
| Chair | Drasar Pavel | Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Secretary | Evangelia Varella | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| Members | De Angelis Francesco
replaced by Michele Antonio Floriano(*) |
University dell’Aquila, Roma, Italy
University of Palermo, Italy |
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| Frankowicz Marek | Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland | ||
| Rosenberg Erwin | Technical University, Vienna, Austria | ||
| Fajardo Mariano
replaced by Ottilia Mó (*) |
University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Autonome University of Madrid, Spain |
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| Ryczkowski Janusz | University M.-C. Sklodowska of Lublin, Poland | ||
| Salzer Reiner | Technical University of Dresden, Germany | ||
| Pascal Mimero | CPE Lyon, France | ||
| Wähälä Kristiina | University of Helsinki, Finland | ||
| (*) the 2 original members were temporarily replaced; the 2 new members were accepted by the AC as members of the LC with full voting rights until the Montpellier (FR) General Assembly to be held in April 2010. | |||
Label Committee in office: 2006-2008
| Position | Name | Institution |
| Chair | Pagani Raffaella | University Complutense, Madrid, Spain |
| Secretary | Mitchell Terry | University of Dortmund, Germany |
| Members | Drasar Pavel | Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Frankowicz Marek | Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland | |
| Gärtner Peter | Technical University, Vienna, Austria | |
| Paolucci Gino | University of Venice, Italy | |
| Ryczkowski Janusz | University M.-C. Sklodowska of Lublin, Poland | |
| Salzer Reiner | Technical University of Dresden, Germany | |
| Varella Evangelia | University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| Wähälä Kristiina | University of Helsinki, Finland |
Label Committee in office: 2004-2006
| Position | Name | Institution |
| Chair | Terry Mitchell | University of Dortmund, Germany |
| Vice-Chair | Raffaella Pagani | University Complutense, Madrid, Spain |
| Secretary | David Barr | Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom |
| Pavel Drasar | Institute of Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Peter Gaertner | Technical University, Vienna, Austria | |
| Pascal Mimero | CPE Lyon, France | |
| Gino Paolucci | University of Venice, Italy | |
| Arne van der Gen | University of Leiden, The Netherlands | |
| Evangelia Varella | University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| Richard Whewell | Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom |