Swansea University 2024 Postgraduate Prospectus

97.9 % RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS RATED AS WORLD LEADING

CHEMISTRY SINGLETON CAMPUS

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

OR INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT RESEARCH (Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021)

• Chemistry MSc by Research/PhD/MPhil FT PT

WHY SWANSEA? • Our Chemistry Department has state-of-the-art facilities including a purpose-built Chemistry Hub containing modern teaching laboratories, research space and access to a diverse line of research infrastructures. • You can benefit from hands-on lab experience in our £22 million Nanotechnology Centre and our new £30 million Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials. • You will be exposed to cutting edge technologies and interact with experts from industry, developing a broad skillset and a network of contacts which will enhance your opportunities for employment, such as in the semiconductor industry which is rapidly expanding. • Our research is fundamental in helping a Swansea based company to develop its micro needling technology and bring it to market. We work with a world-leading semiconductor company to diversify their application portfolio and process knowledge, enabling them to extend into new markets.

Chemistry is thriving at Swansea, spanning a wide range of fields, and our research is set to multiply at a rapid pace over the next three years. Our research groups are currently focused on four themes: Energy; Health; New and Advanced Molecules and Materials; and Water and the Environment. These initiatives transcend traditional discipline boundaries and integrate core areas of organic, inorganic, physical and analytical chemistries while intersecting with engineering, medicine, and other scientific disciplines. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• High-impact research is already taking place in world-class centres at Swansea, including: The Centre for NanoHealth, The Institute of Mass Spectrometry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Energy Safety Research Institute, Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre, and The Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research. • We have exceptional links with industry (with extensive industry collaborative relationships in semiconductors, steel, pharmaceuticals

• We work closely with other departments across the Faculty of Science and Engineering and

Swansea University Medical School, allowing students and staff to cultivate an environment of research excellence. • For our research programmes, we invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose research interest focuses around the themes of Energy Chemistry; Health, Food and Drug Chemistry; Chemistry of Materials; Semiconductor Chemistry and Surface Chemistry; and Spectroscopy.

and sensing) and an agenda for the generation of long-term socio-economic impacts arising from applied research.

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER • Electronic and Electrical Engineering, MSc • Secondary PGCE with QTS: Chemistry, PGCert

FUNDING There are a range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries available: s wansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ scholarships

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