The tenth edition of the course on LC-MS Method Validation already has 536 registered participants! Don’t miss your chance to join – spots are filling up fast. Register now (here) and start learning! The course will be offered as a…
On September 4, 2025, five EACH students of the UCBL study track successfully defended their theses. As is customary at the UCBL track, the thesis work was carried out in industry, and the topics were very diverse and tackled relevant…
Ivo Leito and Koit Herodes were awarded honorary decorations by the University of Tartu.Professor Ivo Leito received the University of Tartu Grand Medal, and Associate Professor Koit Herodes received the University of Tartu Badge of Distinction. Ivo, our Professor of…
The admission for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees programme Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) intake 2026 is now open! You can apply for the Erasmus Mundus scholarship until Jan 5, 2026 (and you can apply for a study place without…
Anh Vu: Looking back, the EACH program has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. Studying in Estonia and Sweden not only deepened my scientific understanding but also shaped me into a more independent researcher. At the…
Currently, the Euroanalysis 2025 conference is taking place in Barcelona, Spain. A graduate of the EACH program, Quang-Dong Bui (EACH 2022-2022), is also participating and reflecting back on his experience with the EACH program: Dong: Time flies – it has…
On September 01, 2025 Ivo Leito presented a keynote lecture in the education session of the Euroanalysis 2025 conference in Barcelona (Spain) titled Excellence in Analytical Chemistry: a Joint Master’s Programme. The talk gave a brief overview of the programme,…
On the 19th of August, 2025, five EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at Åbo Akademi University (AAU), Finland. The titles of the theses were the following: Conrado Pabustan IV – Electrochemical Rust Removal on Medical Grade Stainless Steel…
It has been about a year since the eighth intake of EACH students graduated from the programme, and it is time to look back at where they are now, roughly one year after defending their master’s theses. Out of 15…
Great news for the EACH community! We’re proud to share that the EACH Joint Master’s Programme has been approved to receive EU Erasmus Mundus funding and scholarships for 5 more academic years! This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the…
From 6 to 19 July, the International Summer School on Quality Assurance took place in Křtiny, Czech Republic. Before starting their second year in the EACH program, our students Maitane Mendoza and Quoc Huy Tran participated in the summer school…
On June 12 and 13, 2025, seven EACH students of the Uppsala University (Sweden) track successfully defended their master’s theses. The defended theses covered a variety of topics from method development for label-free quantitative protein analysis to studying landfill leachate…
On May 14, 2025, the on-line course (MOOC) Estimation of measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully.Eventually, altogether 1061 people registered from 100 countries. 525 participants actually started the course (i.e. tried at least one graded test at…
On Tuesday, March 25, 2025 the web course Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis was launched the twelfth time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course)! Altogether 1061 participants from 100 countries are registered – the largest number of…
On February 14, 2025, the on-line course (MOOC) LC-MS Method Validation offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually, altogether 1029 people registered from 99 countries. Roughly half of them, 509 participants actually started the course (i.e. tried at least one graded…
The 2025 edition of the web course (MOOC) Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis will be running from March 25 to May 7, 2025. Registration is now open! The full course material (as well as the registration link) is…
On 31 January 2025, the 10th EACH Winter School was finally wrapped up after 3 days packed with activities and learning. The week kicked off with a warm welcome and interactive discussions between 1st and 2nd-year students, alumni, and professors,…
On Jan 28, 2025, the 10th Winter School (WS) of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) programme officially kicked off. This year the venue is Estonia’s winter capital, Otepää, located on the outskirts of a village called Kääriku, Valga. While…
On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 the web course LC-MS Method Validation was launched for the ninth time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course). There are 1034 registered participants from 99 countries, ranging from Mexico to Japan and from Australia to…
The admission for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees programme Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) intake 2025 is open from Nov 5, 2024, to Jan 5, 2025. EACH is an international two-year joint master’s degree programme that educates specialists in analytical…
Angelo Bryan Lazo and Faiza Fayyad are two of the fresh 2024 graduates of the EACH programme. Read next about their experience with their studies at the University of Tartu (UT) and Åbo Akademi University (AAU): Faiza and Angelo: Undertaking…
On the 5th of September, 2024, six EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), France. Congratulations, Almira Bilang de Villa, Emmaús Villa Falfan, Ma. Elaine Fetalvero Falo, Mauricio Andrés Huertas Beltrán, Merili Tammiste,…
On the 2nd of September, 2024, two EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at Åbo Akademi University (AAU), Finland. The titles of the theses were the following: Faiza Fayyaz – Steam-induced melt infiltration method for all oxide Co3O4 based…
At the recent Balticum Organicum Syntheticum conference Ivo Leito made a presentation titled How to make maximum use of the available pKa data in non-aqueous solvents? (Photo on the left) The presentation started with how acid and base strengths, typically…
We are delighted to announce that the prestigious ERC Starting Grant was awarded to a member of the Analytical Chemistry group and head of the Archemy team at the University of Tartu – Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry and Archaeology Ester…
This week is the first study week for the new students of the EACH Erasmus Mundus Joint Programme (EACH). This year, altogether 17 students started their studies. The students’ countries of origin are very diverse: Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, Poland, Cuba,…
Faiza: “Excellent,” is the first word that comes to mind when reflecting on my EACH journey. From the moment I discovered the EACH program, I knew I had to join, and it has turned out to be one of the…
Nikola: Hello, my fellow analytical chemists! My name is Nikola and I was part of the EACH intake 2017. After two amazing EACH years, it was time for me to move on. I secured a PhD position at ETH Zürich…
From 4 – 17 July, the International Summer School on Quality Assurance took place in Křtiny, Czechia. Before starting their second year in the EACH program, our students Adrian González and Felipe Takano participated in the summer school and will…
On June 11, 2024, six EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at Uppsala University (UU), Sweden. The topics varied from method development for the analysis of mycotoxin in cured meats and cheese to studying the fragmentation of dissolved organic…
On May 09, 2024 the on-line course (MOOC) Estimation of measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually altogether 1047 people registered from 104 countries. 655 participants actually started the course (i.e., tried at least one…
Three graduates from the 2020 EACH cohort, all from the Åbo Akademi study track, recently participated in the 8th Baltic Electrochemistry Conference: Finding New Inspiration 2 (BEChem 2024) held in Tartu, Estonia, from April 14-17, 2024. During the conference’s poster…
In 2023, the seventh intake of EACH students successfully graduated. Within a few months, 13 of the 14 most recent alumni have found a new position to continue their careers in either Academia or Industry. Similar to last year’s graduates,…
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the web course Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis was launched for the eleventh time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course)! Altogether 1048 participants from 104 countries are registered – the largest number…
We are happy to announce that Mari Tõrv, Research Fellow in Analytical and Physical Chemistry and Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Tartu, was awarded the Professor Peeter Tulviste Memorial Fund scholarship. Her interdisciplinary research combines archaeological heritage…
During recent years, we have been engaged in extensive investigations of the unified pH (pHabs) values of reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) mobile phases. The pHabs scale has the advantage over the conventional pH scale because pHabs values express acidity in…
On February 8, 2024 the on-line course (MOOC) LC-MS Method Validation offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually, altogether 1014 people registered from 109 countries. Around half of them, 508 participants actually started the course (i.e. tried at least…
The Institute of Chemistry received an award for its consistent and systematic efforts over the past three years to improve the quality of education. One of the main goals was to develop students’ skills in specific subjects by changing teaching…
The 2024 edition of the web course (MOOC) Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis will be running from March 19 to May 2, 2024. Registration is now open! The full course material (as well as the registration link) is…
Thursday 01.02.2024 was the last working day of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Winter School 2024. The three days of the of the Winter School saw lots of interactions between 1st and 2nd year students, between students and alumni,…
Recently, Bojidar Mandjoukov (EACH 2022 alumnus) published the results of his Master’s thesis. The open access publication “Planar, low-cost, flexible, and fully laminated graphene paper pseudo-reference and potassium-selective electrodes” can be read here. Read what Bojidar has to say about…
On Jan 30, 2024, the eighth Winter School of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) programme started in Åbo (Turku, Finland). Altogether 33 students from 15 countries (Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, Costa Rica, Brazil, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nigeria, Estonia, India, Ecuador, Azerbaijan,…
At the beginning of this school year, two EACH students took part in the first edition of Mindful Mundus. It’s a project aimed at the students at Erasmus Mundus programs to give them mental health awareness, as well as interpersonal…
We are delighted to announce that the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant 2023 was awarded to a former member of our Analytical Chemistry group and frequent supervisor of EACH master students, Associate Professor Anneli Kruve at Stockholm University! The European Research…
In October, a Fox Party took place to welcome the fresh new EACH students. Read what the foxes Juan, Gloriana, and Rafaela wrote about the social event: We were warmly welcomed not just to Estonia but to the vibrant city…
Number of participants and countries updated on 22.11.2023! On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 the web course LC-MS Method Validation was launched for the fifth time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course). There are 973 1013 registered participants (the first…
We are glad to announce that the admission for Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees programme intake 2024 is open from Nov 5, 2023 to Jan 5, 2024! This international two-year joint master’s degree programme educates specialists in analytical…
During 9-11.10.2023 the 23rd conference in the EcoBalt series – EcoBalt 2023 – took place in Tallinn, co-organised by the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics and the University of Tartu. With around 200 participants from 21 countries it…
The eighth edition of the online course LC-MS Method Validation is open for registration (registration link is here)! The course will be offered as a Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC) during Nov 21, 2024 – Feb 02, 2024. This is…
Our EACH alumnus, Shidong Chen, successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Unravelling prehistoric plant exploitation in eastern Baltic: organic residue analysis of plant-based materials by multi-method approach” on the 12th of September. We were honored to have Dr. Shinya Shoda…