Nanotechnology course study options

There are a range of study options available, to suite your personal or business requirements. Course content for all options is derived from the masters training package:

Full-time MSc option

Currently three courses are available with this option:

MSc Nanoscale Science and Technology

Full-time MSc study entails a 12-month programme, split between Leeds and Sheffield campuses. In order to complete the full MSc programme, students must complete 8 lecture modules, each valued at 15M (Masters credits), and a major project valued at 60M, giving a total of 180M credits.

MSc Nanoelectronics and Nanomechanics

Full-time study entails a 12-month programme, split between Leeds and Sheffield campuses. In order to complete the full MSc programme, students must complete 8 lecture modules, each valued at 15M (Masters credits), and a major project valued at 60M, giving a total of 180M credits.

MSc Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering

MSc in Bionanotechnology

Part-time MSc option

Each year, selected modules will be delivered in a short course format to enable part-time study. Three different qualifications are available:

Postgraduate certificate in Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanoelectronics and Nanomechanics or Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering - upon completion of 60M credits (4 lecture-based modules).

Postgraduate diploma in Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanoelectronics and Nanomechanics or Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering - upon completion of 120M credits (8 lecture-based modules or 4 lecture-based modules and 60M credits of project/case study modules).

MSc in Nanoscale Science and Technology, MSc Nanoelectronics and Nanomechanics or MSc in Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering - upon completion of 180M credits.

Part-time MSc students may take any combination of 30-credit Minor Projects or 30-credit non-laboratory based Case Studies as alternatives to the 60M credit major project, i.e:

2 × Minor projects (30M credits each) or
2 × Case studies (30M credits each) or
Minor project + Case study.

Industrial employees may conduct projects at their place of work, subject to the identification of appropriate topics and supervision arrangement.

Part time study schemes of up to 5 years' duration for the full MSc programme are available. Please contact the Course Director or Course Administrator to discuss part-time study schemes appropriate to your needs.

One-day workshops

A novel aspect of the Nanoscale Science and Technology training package is a series of one-day nanotechnology workshops. The workshops form an element of the MSc programme but are designed for attendance on a standalone basis, and are open to anyone.

A key aim of the workshops is to increase national awareness of the significance of nanotechnology by providing an overview of a particular thematic area. Seminars will be given by leading academics and industrialists working in nanotechnology. The workshops are also suitable for industrial managers and investors who wish to be apprised of the new technological developments and the new busines opportunities which will become available.

Recent workshops

Nanotechnology 4 Chemists (with the Polymer Centre and the Royal Society of Chemistry)
Nanotechnology in Society: The wider issues

Short courses

Selected modules will be available in short-course format, such that they can be attended on a stand alone basis by industrial (or other) delegates (as well as being attended by full-time students as part of their one year MSc programme).

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