Master of Arts in Library Science

at City, University of London United Kingdom

You will study the latest theoretical and clinical developments with academics who are carrying out world-class research in the field of maternal and child health.

Choosing from a mix of core and elective modules, you will be supported to build a stimulating and challenging programme of study that suits your particular learning needs and clinical interests.

You will gain a thorough grounding in research skills and applied data analysis to support your role as an evidence-based practitioner.

You will be encouraged to become a reflective practitioner and supported to develop lifelong learning practices.

Build the vital skills in research and reporting that are needed to form robust investigations with the power to change lives and society. Our pioneering Investigative Journalism MA is an intensely challenging program that focuses on the practical investigative abilities required to succeed.

We aim to give you the skills to quickly progress from the basics of writing news for print or online to producing audio-visual journalism for TV, radio and online.

You will learn how to investigate and communicate across multimedia platforms and work ethically and legally.

Our program covers how to investigate using open and closed sources, different interviewing techniques, how to use access to information laws, and ethical undercover work.

You will learn through the production of your own professional-grade piece of investigative work.

This course prepares you for a career in the global aerospace industry. You’ll develop in-depth engineering knowledge each year, putting it into practice through cross-disciplinary design projects at every stage of your studies.

• Learn about the design, analysis and testing of aeronautical and aerospace vehicles and associated technology
• Study in industry-standard specialist facilities including our flight deck, motion simulators, wind tunnels, fuel injection systems, formula car simulator and flight test course
• Prepare for professional practice in your final year, with an in-depth individual design project based on industrial needs
• Boost your employability with an optional 12-month professional placement - past hosts include Airbus, DHL, British Airways, EDF Energy
• Future-proof your skills with our focus on design innovation and sustainability
• Progress to a high-tech career in the airline and aircraft industries
• Shine at interview with practical examples to showcase your expertise, thanks to real-world projects throughout your studies
• Benefit from our industry connections and outstanding reputation as the first UK university offering aeronautic engineering.

This three-year accredited degree will equip you with the skills and expertise to design and build advanced machines, such as:

• Driverless cars
• High-speed trains
• Robotic manufacturing systems
• Tidal power stations
• Solar-powered generators

It encompasses the disciplines of material sciences, thermodynamics, solid and fluid mechanics and robotics. Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, it is your first step towards Chartered Engineer status.

• Apply your interest in science and mathematics to solve engineering challenges and develop innovative solutions
• Receive professional training in all subjects necessary for a successful career as a mechanical engineer
• Learn from academic staff from our active Research Centres, supported by specialist professionals from industry
• Study in specialist facilities including our flight deck, motion simulators, wind tunnels, optical compressors, formula car simulator and more
• Boost your employability with a work placement – past hosts have included TfL, Nissan, Interserve, AECOM and Network Rail
• Benefit from our industry connections and outstanding reputation from 120 years of engineering teaching.

On this BCS-accredited degree you will develop advanced knowledge of game engine architecture, computer graphics and game design.

You will develop a firm foundation in programming and development, before specialising with topics such as games technology and digital signal processing.

You will gain the skills needed for a career in the thriving computer games sector, applying your technical computing expertise in a creative and in-demand industry.

• Learn a broad range of programming languages and cutting-edge games programming techniques
• Get coding quickly in your first year with our two-week coding marathon
• Boost your employability with an optional one-year work placement: past students have worked for Sony, PlayStation, Disney, Microsoft and Goldhawk Interactive
• Develop commercially valuable knowledge for your future career, including industry-standard game engines that power game development
• Study in City’s computing labs, which include the latest hardware and software, such as state-of-art NVidia GPUs
• Gain three years of professional experience with our innovative Professional Pathway Scheme, combining paid employment and study
• Get industry recognition for the quality of your degree with BSC and TIGA accreditation.

This accredited integrated master’s covers structures, geotechnics, hydraulics, and sustainability applied to civil and infrastructure engineering. Over four years, you will develop professional engineering skills, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to infrastructure problems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate your expertise to future employers. Whilst a fourth year, at master’s level, helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, including projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Access world leading laboratories, including our flagship Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, where you conduct research and test your theories
• Get hands-on experience with concrete, soil and other materials testing equipment
• Take an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods to boost your employability. Recent placements have included Balfour Beatty, AECOM, Arup, Interserve and Network Rail
• Enjoy easy access to leading civil and structural engineering contractors and consultants thanks to our central London location

This degree enables you to understand global issues and actors in a time of fast-moving political and social change.

You will engage with important theoretical debates, exploring global political systems and how they are engaged in policy-making on issues like security, migration and social justice.

You will study diplomatic relations between governments, as well as learning how intergovernmental organisations, transnational movements, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and multinationals influence global politics.

• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces
• Develop your analytical skills to examine and critically assess information
• Enjoy access to a wide range of internship opportunities thanks to our proximity and connections with national political organisations
• Boost your employability with an optional integrated professional training year or study abroad
• Study in a department with a strong international focus, approachable staff and close connections with practitioners in the policy world
• Gain knowledge and expertise for a career in politics, policy making, the civil service or government
• Lay the foundations for postgraduate study or research in international politics.

The Engineering Systems course takes an interdisciplinary approach to complex systems and the analysis of interactions to enable the successful realization and use of engineered systems in industry and globally.

Over Three years, you will develop the professional engineering skills required, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to current and future problems in engineering systems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate your expertise to future employers and helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Students will be trained to understand and analyze the broader context in which the engineering system is used, integrating processes and information in a holistic way, dealing with the challenges of complex systems interactions
• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, taking advantage of the London location of City, including undertaking projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Study in world leading research facilities where different engineering systems are designed, developed and implemented for industry today
• Take an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods to boost your employability, building on the strengths in research and their industrial collaborations across the Department of Engineering, where engineering systems thinking is put into practice to make impact to meet the needs of industry today

The Actuarial Management master's course is fully accredited by the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and allows you to study the key areas of actuarial practice.

You are a part-qualified actuary or a graduate from a recognised BSc or MSc in Actuarial Science or any other recognised programme with an actuarial flavour. You will have completed the equivalent of at least four subjects from the Core Principles stage of the professional examinations of the Institute of Actuaries (IFoA), including Core Mathematics (CM1).

This course will offer those students wishing to report on domestic and international affairs the opportunity to study in greater detail the forces that have shaped the world, and for historians and students of politics to acquire extra skills to become first-rate communicators in whichever professional field they choose to enter.

City’s Journalism department enjoys a first-rate reputation among professional journalists because of the high standard of graduates it produces.

Successful journalists are interested in ideas. This course will give you the education in Journalism, Politics and History for professional success in a complicated world where politics is often polluted by disinformation.

• Location in central London, one of the world’s leading media capitals, with access to the Journalism department’s excellent facilities, and extensive industry contacts
• The chance to study, and report on, British and international politics and history at a time when the U.K. is redefining its relationship with the rest of the world
• A focus throughout on how your studies will prepare you for professional success