MSc in Nanoscience (F902)
This innovative taught higher degree course aims to train a new generation of scientists and engineers in the emerging field of Nanoscience.The structure of the course allows students to develop an understanding of science on the nanoscale and allows students to learn about the truly interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience. The course is centred upon the new Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre (NNNC), and is taught across four Schools in the University, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Pharmacy and Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering. The course includes an opportunity to undertake a research project in a world-leading nanoscience research group, gives training in science communication and provides students with a background to enable them to make a significant contribution to one of the most exciting scientific disciplines of the future.
Course Structure 2011-12
Course Duration: 1 year full-time
The course consists of both traditional lecture modules and a significant research component. The following modules are compulsory for the course:
Autumn Semester
Nanoscience Literature and Communication Skills (F14LIT)
Introduction to Nanotechnology (F34NIN)
Single Molecule Biophysics: Theory and Practice (B34HAM)
Advanced Materials Characterisation (MM4AMC)
Physical Characterisation of Nanostructures (F34CHA) (full year)
Spring Semester
Self-assembly and Bottom-up Approaches to Nanostructure Fabrication (F14BOT)
Electron Optic & X-ray Techniques (MM4EOX)
Top-down Approaches to Nanostructure Fabrication (F34TOP)
Medical Diagnostics (B34MED)
Summer Semester
Nanoscience Research Project (F14NPA)
In addition optional modules may be taken from the following list or from other modules from the Schools of Chemistry, Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, or Pharmacy following discussions with a student’s personal tutor:
Soft Condensed Matter (F34SCM); Surface Engineering Technology (MM4SET); Computational Chemistry (F14CCH); Physical Nanochemistry (F14PNC); Joining Technology (MM4JTN); The Scientific Entrepeneur: Starting your own Pharmaceutical or Biotech Company and Protecting your Inventions (B34HAJ); Imaging and Manipulation at the Nanoscale (F34IMN); Special Topics in Chemistry 2 (F14ST2); Polysaccharide and Drug Delivery Biotechnology (D24BT5).
Admission Requirements
Candidates should normally be expected to hold at least an upper second class honours Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Chemistry, Chemical Sciences, Physics, Pharmacy, Biomolecular Science or Materials Science from an approved University.
Applicants whose first language is not English, and who do not have a degree from a UK institution, will be required to produce evidence of their competence in English. One of the following would normally be required:
1. British Council IELTS average final score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.0 in any one element, achieved no more than 2 years prior to admission;
2. TOEFL paper-based test score of 550 or computer-based test score of 213, including in either case a minimum score of 4 in the Test of Written English, achieved no more than 2 years prior to admission;
For those students who do not reach the standard prescribed in (a) or (b), successful completion of a full-time intensive English language and academic preparation course of appropriate length in the Centre for English Language Education.
A limited number of bursaries are available for suitable applicants.
Contact:
Wendy Kirkup
Postgraduate Manager
The University of Nottingham
School of Chemistry
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Tel: 00 44 (0) 115 9513481
email: wendy.kirkup@nottingham.ac.uk