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MSc Chemistry with Nanotechnology
The University of Hull - Physical Sciences
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Course Summary
- Type: MSc
- Location: Kingston upon Hull
- Duration: 1 Year
- Deadline: Ongoing
Course Description
Duration: Full-time 1 yearAttendance: 5 days per week.
Entry requirements:A first or second class BSc Honours degree (or equivalent), from a recognised academic institution, is required for direct entry. A minimum IELTS score of IELTS 6.0 (with 5.5 in each skills) or TOEFL (internet-based test) with a mark of 79 overall (Listening 17, Reading, 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17) or other University-accepted equivalent.
About the programme
Nanotechnology is a new area of materials science that is revolutionising the development of novel designer technology. It is concerned with manipulation at the nanometre scale – from 1 to 10 nanometres – to develop and characterise materials with very special properties. These materials find applications in many technological areas such as electronics, dispersions and coatings, sensors, liquid crystals, ceramics and biotechnology.
The design, development, characterisation and application of smart and clean materials is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary activity which has enormous economic, social and environmental benefits and offers worldwide employment opportunities. The MSc is designed to enable you to learn at the forefront of this new science, where knowledge meets innovation and imagination. In developing research, synthetic and analytical skills, you will become ready to shape tomorrow’s world.
Programme content
In Semester 1 you choose three modules from a list of options. These are designed to give a broad and balanced understanding of the most important developments in modern chemistry.
In Semester 2 you use key research tools – such as online information retrieval – to learn about the background and the planning behind your chosen research project. You also develop specialist knowledge of nanotechnology through two other core modules.
In Semester 3 you complete an advanced nanotechnology research project culminating in a Masters-level thesis and an oral presentation of your research successes.
Core modules
Semester 1
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- Hot Topics in Materials Chemistry
- MSc Literature Project
Semester 2
- Topics in Nanotechnology
- Advanced Topics in Nanotechnology
- Optional module
Semester 3
- MSc Project
Assessment
Assessment is through examinations, reports and assignments, with a research project dissertation at the MSc stage.
Special features
The University’s Department of Chemistry is renowned worldwide for the design and synthesis of new classes of liquid crystals and light-emitting polymers for use in flatscreen TVs, computer monitors and mobile-phone displays. It has developed new organic and inorganic materials on a nanometre scale and is superbly equipped to deliver a programme focusing on the development of nanoscale science into commercial applications.
Research areas
Our research interests include biological chemistry; inorganic and magnetic materials; lab-on-a-chip; lasers and microfabrication; lipids; liquid crystals and advanced organic materials; microfluidics; organophotonics; physical sciences education; and surfactants and colloids.
