Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 22

NATURAL SCIENCES Analytical Science for industry (subject to validation) Overview Many of our undergraduate students choose to follow a postgraduate degree programme at Keele. The MSc Analytical Science for Industry programme at Keele University provides the opportunity for you to acquire postgraduate level research and employability skills within the analytical sciences sector, in an industrial context, hence providing a strong educational background for a research career in either academia or industry. As a student on the programme, you will benefit from our research expertise and our links with industries that provide the foundation for work placement opportunities. All students on this MSc will undertake a 30 week placement with an industrial context, either in Keele University’s laboratories or at the industrial partner’s premises, which will ultimately boost your employability skills. The focus of the MSc Analytical Science for Industry programme is learning through research and the substantial hands on research training with industrial partnership makes the MSc Analytical Science for Industry a particularly distinctive course in the UK Higher Education sector. The programme title encompasses this distinctive conjunction of industrial context for analytical science. Key Information Course type MSc Mode of study Additional information The MSc Analytical Science for Industry programme totals 180 credits, comprising six compulsory modules delivered over three semesters. Subject specific knowledge in the MSc Analytical Science for Industry programme is structured from two perspectives: • Firstly, the breadth and substance of analytical science and its applications span various disciplines (chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science, f orensic science, for example) and encompass the knowledge and understanding of numerous analytical techniques (chromatography, spectroscopy, imaging, diffraction, for example) • Secondly, the extended research training, which is industrially focused, requires the knowledge and broad understanding of key concepts in the industrial sector, as well as technical knowledge. Module titles The following is a list of indicative modules: • Research Skills for Analytical Science • Analytical Science: Principles and Practice • Research in Industry • Independent Research Project: Research Communication • Independent Research Project: Portfolio • Independent Research Project: Report Full-time Entry requirements Applicants require a good undergraduate degree (2.2 or above) in forensic science, chemistry or another discipline such as environmental science where you have demonstrated a good basic understanding of the core analytical techniques. Contact email [email protected] Good to know In 2015/16 we had several placements with companies (small and medium enterprises (SME) or international industries) either located on campus or elsewhere in the UK. A few are listed below and are likely to offer new placements in 2016/17: • Staffordshire County Council Scientific Services • Thea Pharmaceuticals • Dermal Technology Laboratory • Thermo Fisher Scientific www.keele.ac.uk/pgcourses 22 • Johnson Matthey