Course details
MSc degree courses are provided in three key areas of Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Analytical Chemistry and in Pharmaceutical Analysis. They are designed to provide advanced knowledge and hands-on training in modern analytical instrumental techniques. Separation science, sensors, and spectroscopic techniques are key elements alongside chemometrics, instrumentation and advanced research project completion. You will have the flexibility to specialise in a chosen field and further advancement to PhD research is available to highly motivated and talented postgraduates.
Course Details
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- identify, formulate, analyse and solve problems in the analysis of chemical compounds
- outline fundamental and applied aspects of chemical analysis
- design and carry out a method of pharmaceutical and chemical analysis, including instrumental analysis
- prepare written laboratory reports that provide a description of the experiment, explain the experiment and reasoning clearly, and provide an appropriate conclusion
- communicate effectively with the chemistry, environmental and pharmaceutical communities
- carry out research and method development in chemical, pharmaceutical and environmental analysis
- prepare a written research report in the form of a dissertation
Programme Requirements
The MSc Degree in Applied Science is awarded to successful candidates after passing written examinations across all taught modules, including the continuously assessed practical module CM6015, and the research project (from CM6016-8), which has to be written up in the form of a dissertation and approved by the external examiner.
Students take 90 credits as follows:
- CM6012 Modern Analytical Techniques, Chemical Data Analysis and GLP (10 credits)
- CM6013 Separation Science, Sensors and Process Analytical Technology (10 credits)
- CM6014 Materials, Pharmaceutical and Bio-analysis (10 credits)
- CM6015 Practice of Analytical Chemistry (10 credits)
Plus 10 credits from the following areas of application:
- EV4002Environmental Monitoring (10 credits)
- PF6301 Biopharmaceuticals: Formulation Design, Secondary Processing and Regulatory Compliance (10 credits) or
Plus ONE of the following Research Projects:
- CM6016 Research Project and Dissertation in Analytical Chemistry (40 credits)
- CM6017 Research Project and Dissertation in Environmental Analytical Chemistry (40 credits)
- CM6018 Research Project and Dissertation in Pharmaceutical Analysis (40 credits)
Entry Requirements
The number of places is limited and selection will be made on the basis of the candidate's performance in his/her primary degree. Graduates with equivalent qualifications in related areas of science and technology, or with proven and relevant industrial experience can be considered for places following interview and assessment.
Course Practicalities
The courses consist of a 12 month full-time intensive programme of lectures, laboratory work on set experiments and a dissertation based on inpidual research and development in the selected field of modern analytical science, under the supervision of an expert staff member. Part-time students may complete the course over 24 months subject to flexible day release from industry.
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About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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