2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

PhD, MSc Molecular-Scale Engineering

This programme entry represents the two-year taught MSc element of the four-year Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Molecular-Scale Engineering.

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Minimum 2:1 in Electronic Engineering, Physics, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Materials Science/Engineering, Biology or other cognate subject. This Masters degree is part of a 4 year Integrated PhD and Masters Programme and is not available as a stand alone MSc.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

University of Leeds, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Programme specification:

The ability to control, manipulate and interrogate complex molecular environments at molecular resolution is an enabling basic technology that can provide powerful new tools to engineer functional integrated organic-inorganic devices. Such devices will enable one to tailor the interfacial interactions that underpin so many applications of everyday relevance from bio-compatibility to catalysis, and of future relevance, such as energy harvesting and personalized healthcare. This PGT programme is part of an EPSRC-funded activity to create an internationally leading centre for doctoral training in this field, focussed on the development of groundbreaking basic technologies for nanoscale molecular control that can be adapted to a diverse range of scientific and technological problems.

The universities of Leeds and Sheffield each have a long-standing proven track record in internationally leading research, and together, in delivering formal collaborative postgraduate training at the highest international level. As such, the new cross-disciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) will be embedded into an existing critical mass of well-funded research infrastructure and established training provision, providing a rich and stimulating environment for the students from the very start. This combination of capability and opportunity is unique in the UK and internationally, and will attract the very best future researchers to the Centre. This will allow us to deliver the highest calibre researchers in an emerging and strategic field of technology.

The taught programme builds on a substantial proven framework of collaboration between Leeds and Sheffield in postgraduate education, including Sheffield's new Krebs Institute Masters programme in Mechanistic Biology, funded by BBSRC and focused on the life science-physical science interface, Leeds' Masters programme in Chemical Biology focussed on the interface between chemistry and biology, and in particular the Nanofolio package of Masters-level programmes which has a seven-year track record of delivering integrated training across the Leeds-Sheffield axis. Nanofolio, with four inter-related nanotechnology Masters programmes, is the largest nanotechnology postgraduate training activity in the UK. Not only will we draw on the extensive catalogue of taught postgraduate modules, but more importantly, we will build on the Nanofolio's success at managing degree programmes running across the two institutions and in building cohesion and a sense of shared identity among the students.

The structure of the taught programme element of the CDT has been designed to combine taught modules with advanced laboratory training courses, a substantial component of research-laboratory experience in a variety of disciplines and a main research project that steers the students towards a chosen specialist PhD subject area. The taught module component draws on modules in a range of the collaborating Schools. The ELEC modules are being modified so that they can be shared with the School's existing MSc in Nanotechnology and Advanced Electronic Devices. This will benefit both programmes in ensuring financial viability and an improved environment and study atmosphere.

The advanced laboratory courses will be taught in small groups to ensure adequate hands-on access to facilities, and the students will be sub-divided into different cohorts with mixed composition (ie students from both Leeds and Sheffield). The students' performance will be evaluated by continuous assessment and via a short report.

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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Optional modules:

Student must study 2 of the following modules:-

Last updated: 11/09/2014

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