2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Chemical Process Research and Development

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

BSc IIi or higher qualification in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering or related scientific discipline. Alternative qualifications by agreement of the course management team.

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

School of Chemistry

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Chemistry

Programme specification:

The programme will highlight the interdisciplinarity and industrial importance of process technology, and further establish the teaching and research links between the Department of Chemistry and SPEME. Students with a wide range of backgrounds (chemistry, chemical engineering, other science graduates) will be recruited, and the course has been adapted to ensure maximum opportunity for each student to benefit from attending the course.

Core material will cover key techniques and methodology used in process technology, and will be reinforced through deductive problem solving, and student led activities (e.g. interdisciplinary design project involving small group working between chemists and chemical engineers). This approach will enable students to exploit their diverse range of skills, to appreciate the opportunities and limitations of current process technology, and to be prepared for the necessarily inquisitive nature of research.

Throughout the course, extensive exposure to industrial concepts, and input from external industrial speakers, will exemplify the importance and practical applications of the field. Students will carry out an extensive research project, supervised by two members of staff of complementary research interests.

The excellent facilities and range of expertise at Leeds means that students will be able to contribute to research at the cutting edge of process technology, in industrially relevant areas, in some cases, with significant industrial involvement. The initial project report produced by the students will require them to appreciate the background to a research problem, to formulate ideas, to propose a programme of research, and to propose the approach best suited to the underlying research problem.

The work will be conducted in the vigorous research atmosphere fostered by the range of process technology research being carried out in Leeds, and will be written up in an extensive high level report, and be presented orally in an internal research conference at the end of the year.

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

Candidates will be required to study 180 credits

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 30-35 credits from the following optional modules:

Preferred options are: CHEM5126M (if Chemistry not first degree)

Last updated: 10/05/2016

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