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Research environment
The unit provides an excellent learning environment for postdoctoral fellows and 
postgraduate and undergraduate students. During the reviewed period, twelve 
doctorate degrees and 30 Master’s degrees were completed. The Master’s and 
doctoral degree holders trained by the unit have been successful in the labour 
market. The unit participates in three graduate schools: the Graduate School in 
Pharmaceutical Research, the Finnish National Graduate School in Nanoscience, 
and the Graduate School of Chemical Sensors and Microanalytical Systems. All 
principal investigators of the unit have spent several years in leading research 
groups in prestigious universities in the US and Europe and promote open 
collaborative scientific work.
The analytical chemistry, medicinal chemistry and synthesis laboratories of the 
Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry are modern and well-equipped. The micro- 
and nanotechnology laboratory at the Division is also very well equipped and unique, 
both in the Viikki Campus and in Finland. The unit has convenient access to many 
facilities in the Viikki Campus via the Joint Instrument Centre, several Core Facilities 
and other cooperation laboratories of UH. 
Improvement of research infrastructures is an important challenge. Currently, 
there is a need for improved instrumentation, for example an FTMS (Fourier 
transform mass spectrometer), a high-field NMR instrument and a robust HPLC-MS 
(High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer).
The continuously increasing workload in terms of project, faculty and university 
bureaucracy, administration and teaching tasks in both the BSc and MSc programmes 
depletes human resources for research.

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