MSc Chemistry
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 12,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students. International, including EU, students per annum: £26,000
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Introduction
Course Overview
- Gain a broad grounding in the theory and applications of organic, inorganic and analytical chemistry, with the chance to complete a project within our large research community.
- Studying at a University ranked fourth in the UK and seventh in Europe for chemistry (QS World University Rankings 2022).
- Follow in the footsteps of seven Nobel prize winners who have taught, studied or researched in the subject at Manchester.
- Our department has been ranked seventh in the UK for the quality of our research and third for research power. (REF 2021)
Course description
This twelve-month chemistry MSc is designed as a preparation for PhD studies or for students wishing to broaden their research experience and knowledge of chemistry.
The programme consists of taught modules, worth a total of 90 credits, delivered in the first six months of the course followed by a substantial research project, also worth 90 credits.
The taught modules in Semester 1 will cover all areas of chemistry at the core and advanced levels. In addition, a module specially designed to improve scientific language, research and presentation skills will be available. In the second semester, students can choose six from a broad range of nine taught modules covering advanced chemistry topics. The research project is chosen from a wide range of world-leading research groups within the department with the work being carried out within the individual research group laboratories.
Program Outcome
- To provide students with essential core and advanced chemistry skills required for mastery of all areas of chemistry allowing progression to conduct independent research in an area of choice.
- To give students an in-depth experience of chemical research through individual, extended Masters's research projects.
- To develop confidence in the use of English oral and written skills within a chemical context
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Curriculum
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available for this course of study.
- Advanced Chemistry Topics I ---- 30 ---- Mandatory
- Research and Communication Skills ---- 15 ---- Mandatory
- Dissertation ---- 90 ---- Mandatory
Career Opportunities
Why a career in Chemistry?
Chemistry underpins every aspect of our modern lives, from the medicines, materials and fuels we use daily, all the way through to the agrochemicals that provide us with the food that sustains our society.
This MSc course provides graduates with a strong grounding in the knowledge of these key chemical processes, as well as both the transferrable and specific skills needed for careers that span many fields.
Our graduates, therefore, have excellent employment prospects, and have gone on to become:
- Directors;
- Researchers;
- Research Scientists
- Chemists.
And our graduates have secured roles in organisations such as:
- Unilever Research;
- GlaxoSmithKline;
- Astro Zeneca;
- University of Oxford;
- ICI Pharmaceuticals.
Many of our master’s students also progress to PhD study. Several of our PhD graduates have taken up postdoctoral research positions in the UK or overseas, and others have chosen careers in academia or moved into industry.