Master of Science in Architectural Design for the Conservation of Built Heritage

at University of Strathclyde United Kingdom

The Department of Marketing at Strathclyde  is recognised as one of the leading centres of marketing education and research in the UK.

This course will help you develop the skills for a variety of marketing and management careers. You’ll understand customer requirements, added-value products and services and the role of communications in customer satisfaction.

Studying Hospitality & Tourism Management opens doors to the largest and fast-growing sector of the economy.

This degree will prepare you for leadership roles in this dynamic industry which generates £5 billion to the Scottish economy and creates one in 10 jobs. You’ll have the skills to manage operations and business across a range of industries including hospitality, tourism and events.

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• Ranked 3rd in the UK for Marketing (Complete University Guide 2021)
• Study Hospitality & Tourism Management in the context of management, strategy, marketing, enterprise, economics and ethics
• Be part of a dynamic industry which generates £5 billion to the Scottish economy and creates 1 in 10 jobs
• Opportunity for work placements, both in the UK and abroad; paid internships are also available
• Ranked in the top 40 universities in the world for Hospitality & Tourism Management

Our Masters in Autonomous Robotic Intelligent Systems is designed to provide a wide-ranging background in autonomous technologies that can be applied in a variety of disciplines. UK growth in the global robotics market is forecast to reach £13 billion by 2025 and this offers huge job opportunities. 

The course focuses on state-of-the-art technologies for autonomous control and machine learning with applications in robotics, sensor networks, big data analytics, and autonomous agents.

Emphasis is given to topics that support a new emerging generation of self-sustaining and intelligent devices created for the Internet of Things, Ubiquitous Computing, and Industry 4.0 environments.

The MSc is delivered jointly by the Departments of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, and Design, Manufacture & Engineering Management.

This ensures you have access to academic leaders in the fields of machine learning, autonomous systems, digital manufacturing and design engineering.

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• Learn about the technologies for autonomous control and machine learning, with applications spanning robotics, sensor networks and digital manufacturing
• Study the new emerging self-sustaining and intelligent devices for IOT and industry 4.0 environments

The course gives you the opportunity to explore and master a wide range of applied physics skills. It also teaches you transferable, problem-solving and numeracy skills that are widely sought after across the commercial sector.

On the MSc programme you'll acquire:

• In-depth knowledge of current and emerging theories, techniques and practices within the field of physics and the life sciences and the ability to apply these theories in a professional setting
• Problem-solving and high numeracy skills that are widely sought-after across the commercial sector skills required to use high-power microwave technology in an industrial environment
• Professional abilities in applying laser-based particle acceleration and enabled applications
• In-depth knowledge of materials and solid state physics, photonics & quantum optics and quantum information technology.

You'll put the knowledge gained in the taught classes to use on a research project. You can design the project to fit in with your interests and career plans.

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• Vocational course for anyone with a background in the physical sciences or engineering
• Our students are a mix of recent graduates and early-career professionals from the UK, Europe and overseas ensuring a rich cultural learning experience
• Accquire knowledge of the techniques, practices and theoretical background within applied physics and its interdisciplinary applications
• Specialise in subjects such as microwave technology, laser-based acceleration and applied solid-state physics

Studying history – the story of humanity through the ages – develops your knowledge of the past and gives you a better understanding of the present. Our classes cover some of the most important and interesting historical periods at home and abroad, including Scotland’s ‘Highland Problem’ in the 16th century, Slavery in World History and Cold War Europe, 1945-1991.

Throughout your studies, you'll receive excellent training in areas such as problem-solving, communication, research methods and interpretation.

Social Policy examines the ways in which societies distribute resources and develop services to meet individual and social needs. Key social policy issues examined include poverty; economic, race, age and gender inequality; social justice health; education; criminal justice and housing.

It utilises a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to improve our understanding of how societies organise their resources to meet individual and social needs and how they measure progress in these areas.

This programme gives you the opportunity to learn more about the social and economic challenges facing Scottish society and place these in a broader international perspective. It draws on disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology, economics, law, psychology, social anthropology and politics.

Our BA degrees in Humanities & Social Sciences are initially broad-based. In Year 1, you'll study three subjects, including your chosen subject(s).

Business Enterprise is about the creation of wealth, creativity and resourcefulness and exploiting change.

This course is designed for students who want to start a new enterprise, those who want to take over the management of an existing business and those who are aiming for leadership positions

We also offer some of the best teachings in Human Resource Management (HRM) in both Scotland and the UK.

HRM is about the relationship between employers and employees and the ways in which people are managed in the workplace.  

This covers areas such as recruitment and selection, training and developing and managing conflict at work. These are an important part of the management process in all organisations.

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• Develop the skills and expertise required to set up your own business and the entrepreneurship required by organisations
• Learn about recruitment and selection, training and developing, rewards, diversity and managing conflict at work
• Gain valuable industry experience in Years 3 and 4, working with placement companies
• Learn from the experiences of our guest lecturers who include industrial contacts and alumni
• Gain real-world skills, which are valued by employers, through taking part in student competitions in which you will plan and develop a business idea

Business Analysis applies advanced analytical methods to business problems to help managers make better decisions while technology is at the heart of all modern business. Organisations need business graduates with expertise in business technology.

Business analysts have an excellent general awareness of how a business works. They’re also able to apply advanced analytical methods to deal with specific management issues.

Our finance degree is unique in Scotland in terms of the range and depth of issues covered. Employers tell us that they particularly value the range of subject combinations available at Strathclyde, ensuring that our students have in-depth understanding of a second subject to complement their finance studies. A degree in finance will give you the skills for a career in financial services such as banking, investment management, pension fund management and insurance.

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• Gain an understanding of the impact on organisations of developments and issues in business technology
• Develop analytical expertise to support business decision-making
• Extend your skills through practical case studies with a range of organisations
• Learn the principles of investment and value, business finance and decision-making and the analysis of bonds, shares and derivatives

This course will help you to develop an understanding of how and why human resource policies and practices differ across the world. You'll examine how international companies address these challenges. 

It allows you to consider these issues critically and encourages you to think more practically about the skills required to manage in an international context. 

The programme will provide you with a good understanding of theoretical debates and policy issues affecting human resource management in the global context. 

You'll develop an awareness of the range of possible national and regional models for the management of human resources within the globalised economy. 

You'll learn about the impact of local cultural and institutional influences on the practices of global organisations. 

By the end of the programme, you'll have a good working knowledge of the skills required to manage in an international context, as well as an understanding of how multinational organisations can best mobilise a culturally diverse workforce.

You'll have the opportunity to regularly engage with senior HR professionals through departmental and external networking opportunities. Throughout the course of your study there will be a number of guest lectures and tailored seminars delivered by leading HR and business managers, focusing on the practical challenges of managing people in multi-national enterprises and international organisations. Additionally, there will be opportunities to attend high profile conferences for HR professionals. 

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• Understand how multinational organisations can best mobilise a culturally-diverse workforce
• Prepare for a HR career in global organisations
• Gain professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Develop an understanding of how and why human resource policies and practices differ across the world

This course focuses on how the body defends itself against disease. Immunology helps us understand processes of viral, bacterial or parasitic infection and how the immune system is sometimes tricked into attacking its own tissue, leading to diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes or allergy.

It will provide you with comprehensive postgraduate life sciences training including a broad range of practical laboratory skills. This is complemented by classes that develop your transferable skills in:

• Statistics 
• Presentations 
• Career development 
• Ethics 
• Science writing skills 
• Your ability to design experiments and analyse sophisticated datasets 

Our taught classes capture the excitement of cutting-edge research fields. You'll be taught by active researchers or practising clinical professionals.

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• Specialise in a fundamental research areas
• Develop a range of current and relevant laboratory skills
• Benefit from teaching by active researchers and practising clinical professionals
• Gain in-depth understand of the life sciences

Pharmacists are experts in medicines who work alongside doctors, nurses and dentists as part of healthcare teams.

As a pharmacy graduate, you’ll need to understand the science behind drug discovery, development and delivery along with how patients react to the medicines they take. You’ll also have to understand individual patient care and public health issues to deliver the best health and pharmaceutical care.

Our pharmacy degree combines science and pharmacy from the start. Our aim is to provide you with the skills and knowledge to be a medicines expert to choose from the full range of pharmacy careers.

It's delivered by the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences in Glasgow, Scotland. The Institute has strong links with the community, hospital and pharmaceutical industry sectors along with schools of pharmacy internationally.

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• Combine fundamental science with practical experience of working with patients and health professionals in community and hospital placements from the outset
• Benefit from our strong links with the pharmaceutical industry sectors and Schools of Pharmacy internationally
• Learn from professional pharmacy practitioners
• Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council

Accreditation

• Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council in order to progress to pharmacist pre-registration training and then to register as a pharmacist

The course will develop your knowledge and skills in the area of energy systems.

It has been developed to enable to become a specialist in the area of energy systems. You'll also have the opportunity to take modules in general skills such as project management and risk analysis. These are necessary skills for any professional aerospace engineer.

It provides high-calibre mechanical engineering graduates with an in-depth technical understanding of advanced mechanical engineering topics together with generic skills that will allow them to contribute effectively in their future roles.

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• Develop in-depth technical understanding of advanced mechanical topics
• Gain skills in project management and risk analysis
• Choice of specialist pathways to widen career opportunities