Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy

at University of Strathclyde United Kingdom

Studying a BA Hons in Economics at the University of Strathclyde, you'll be learning at a multi-award-winning academic institution. A 5-star QS-rated university, we were also awarded Times Higher Education UK Business School of the Year in 2016.

Following the recent global financial crisis, economics is more important and relevant than ever. Decisions on money, banking, interest rates, taxation and government spending affect us all, with global consequences.

Economics aims to understand the activities of the different agents in the economy – consumers, producers and the government – and how they all fit together.

Our Economics degree will give you the ability to explain complex data in simple terms to different audiences. You’ll also develop excellent mathematical, statistical and problem-solving skills.

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• Study in a department which is home to the Fraser of Allander Institute – a leading research institute which offers internship and work placement opportunities for our students
• Use key economics concepts and models to better understand real-world problems
• Develop excellent analytical and problem-solving skills that are highly valued by employers
• Gain the ability to explain complex data in simple terms to a diverse audience
• Benefit from being taught by staff who have strong links with policy-makers and industry

Today’s media industry expands beyond traditional print and broadcast journalism. It includes professional bloggers and vloggers, freelance writers and editors, podcasters, people working in entertainment TV, radio, or film, creators of video games and interactive apps, promoters of ideas and products, and many others.

The most successful professionals in today’s media are not only highly skilled in reporting, writing, editing and pitching their material, but they are also excellent communicators online and offline, and problem-solvers. They are innovative and entrepreneurial, bold and curious, open-minded and collaborative. These are also some of Strathclyde’s core values, which guide our own teaching, research, and public engagement.

We offer some of the best teaching 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.

Pursuing this joint degree will engage you in useful learning in a broad professional context, which includes a critical understanding of the media industry, while acquiring technical and professional skills in journalism, communication, information design and human resource management, and using them in the dynamic media market of Glasgow and bey

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• Ranked in the UK top 10 for Communication & Media Studies and Business & Management Studies (Complete University Guide 2021)
• Ranked 3rd in the UK for Communication & Media Studies (The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020)
• Learn the skills and practices of contemporary journalism in a digital, multimedia era
• Engage with the media and communication industry in Glasgow and beyond
• Enjoy our programme of visiting speakers from the world of broadcasting, publishing, communication and newspapers
• Learn about recruitment and selection, training and developing, rewards, diversity and managing conflict at work
• Study in an accredited centre for the teaching of Human Resource Management

This flexible programme combines study in specialist, advanced engineering technologies underpinned with training in sustainability. The programme has been developed with direct industrial involvement to provide you with a solid understanding of modern, sustainable engineering. As well as gaining an understanding of how sustainable engineering applies to Marine Technology, this programme will also provide you with key transferable skills to aid your employability.

The course is designed for experienced or newly qualified engineers in:

• Naval Architecture
• Marine Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering or related disciplines

The Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering (NAOME), a leading institution in Scotland, offers excellent teaching and research facilities in naval architecture, ocean and marine engineering, which expands your career opportunities in naval architecture, marine, offshore oil and gas industry.

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• Combines study in specialist, advanced engineering technologies underpinned with training in sustainability
• Cross-disclipinary programme with input from industry
• Satisfy key requirements to attain Chartered Engineer status
• Develop sought-after understaning of sustainable approaches and practices

Everything that we use, eat, watch, hear or wear is created using the skills of production engineers and managers. Production engineers and managers do not just create technological solutions though, they also motivate, organise and interact with others to make sure products and services are provided when and where customers’ needs exist.

The demand industry’s need for those skilled in this area continues to increase as the demand for quicker turnaround times, to meet the requirements of increasing global customers and to provide enhanced online shopping and service experiences grows progresses.

Manufacturing Engineering with Management blends a more technical engineering focus (such as mechanics, manufacturing, electronics, maths, programming, engineering calculations of a products design) with production and management principles, and technology such as operational improvement and quality management.

This is integrated with manufacturing processes, design, CAD, rapid prototyping and digital prototyping technologies, software and practical skills to turn the design and production process into reality which is fundamental to global market success. Considerations include environmental impact, reducing waste and increasing outputs to meet targets.

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• Learn to combine virtual and physical design and prototyping in our digital design suite
• Develop interpersonal, presentation, management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills
• Undertake a summer placement in industry
• Benefit from the opportunity to present your final projects during a conference attended by industry partners
• Professional accreditation by the Institution of Engineering Designers, Institution of Engineering and Technology and Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Accreditation

• Our Manufacturing Engineering with Management degree has been awarded academic accreditation from two institutes. This demonstrates the degree meets the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) as outlined by the Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP).
• This accreditation is achieved through a panel of trained and expert accreditors looking closely at our programme’s content and delivery, including its relevance, coherence, challenge, assessment, staffing, quality assurance and resources.
• The Accreditors also monitor that the programme is continually improving and in line with the latest best practice, providing assurance to our students that they are getting a relevant and quality degree.

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.

Studying Hospitality & Tourism Management will prepare you for leadership roles in a 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.

classes. You’ll also undertake a dissertation on the hospitality and tourism topic of your choice.

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• Develop the skills and expertise required to set up your own business and the entrepreneurship required by organisations
• 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
• We're ranked in the top 40 universities in the world for Hospitality & Tourism Management.

Studying accounting at Strathclyde, you'll learn about the preparation, presentation and interpretation of financial information that enables investors, lenders, management, employees, government and others to make effective decisions.

You'll also learn how to read and interpret accounting information in the annual reports of businesses and the financial information within the public sector and become familiar with the principles and practice of presenting information to those who manage all types of organisations.

Accounting at Strathclyde is fully accredited for entry to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in the majority of study combinations, as well as offering possible exemptions to other professional bodies, eg Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Following the recent global economic crisis, economics is more important and relevant than ever. Decisions on money, banking, interest rates, taxation and government spending affect us all, with global consequences.

Economics aims to understand the activities of the different agents in the economy – consumers, producers and the government – and how they all fit together.

Our degree will give you the ability to explain complex data in simple terms to different audiences. You’ll also develop excellent mathematical, statistical and problem-solving skills.

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• Learn at a pioneering internationally-renowned academic organisation
• Ranked 2nd in the UK for Accounting & Finance, and Top 10 for Economics, in the Complete University Guide Subject Tables 2021
• Awarded Times Higher Education UK Business School of the Year in 2016
• Our BA Accounting is accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) and CIMA for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations
• Learn about the preparation, presentation and interpretation of financial information
• Use key economics concepts and models to better understand real-world problems
• Develop excellent analytical and problem-solving skills that are highly valued by employers

The MPhys teaches physics in greater depth than the BSc Honours degree. It’s for those of you who want to pursue a professional career in physics, with classes designed to meet the needs of the professional physicist.

You’ll focus your studies on a specific area, such as theoretical and computational physics, plasma physics or laser physics. You’ll also undertake a project, supervised by a member of staff in their research labs.

There is a strong emphasis on laboratory work, which will help you develop a sound understanding of experimental physics and instrumentation.

You’ll complete your laboratory work training with a research project carried out in an up-to-date research lab, attached to one of the department’s research groups. This allows you to benefit from our lively and diverse research environment.

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• Develop skills that will enable you to become a successful physicist and maximise your career options
• Computational physics is embedded in the first three years of the degree. Learn from academics at the forefront of their research field
• Complete your training in laboratory work with a research project in one of the department’s research labs
• Opportunity to undertake a summer industrial placement

Accreditation

• Accredited by the Institute of Physics for the purpose of fully meeting the educational requirement for Chartered Physicist.

This joint degree is offered in partnership with the Department of Mathematics & Statistics.

You’ll develop mathematical and statistical expertise at the same time as increasing your skills in the largest business school in Scotland. There’s strong emphasis on statistical techniques in data analysis and on the use of mathematical models.

Employers in the financial sector look for graduates who have experience using mathematical models, as well as a financial background. This course provides a good basis for entering the actuarial profession.

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• Develop mathematical and statistical expertise along with the opportunity to broaden your skills in business
• Finance, Mathematics and Statistics provides a good basis for entering the actuarial profession
• We're ranked 2nd in the UK for Accounting & Finance (Complete University Guide 2021) 

Blending a rigorous understanding of fundamental theory with evidence about real world problems you’ll analyse recent innovations in theory, policy and practice.

Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, the course will enable you to develop a rational and just response to crime.

The LLM/MSc in Criminal Justice & Penal Change is unique in both its approach and its flexibility.

Key Features

• Our focus is on pressing contemporary national and international issues of policy and practice
• Choose to graduate with either an LLM or MSc
• Study full-time or part-time
• Learn from a world-class teaching team
• Students are from a range of nationalities and disciplinary backgrounds
• Benefit from the work of the Centre for Law, Crime and Justice

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• Draw on a range of disciplinary approaches, to develop a rational and just response to crime
• Full-time, part-time and evening study options
• Learn from world experts in the fields of policy and practice
• Examine a range of legal, political and social responses across the world to what is widely known as the 'penal crisis'

The substantial gap in knowledge and skills required to manage innovative and transformative projects, and the forecasted global demand for graduates who are able to address future challenges, makes the potential employment opportunities for graduates of our MSc Project Management & Innovation truly outstanding.

Combining an analytical and hands-on approach to projects aimed at addressing real-world issues critically and pragmatically, this course will fully prepare you for career opportunities in management and policy-making positions in all sectors ranging from private firms (manufacturing, services, etc) to public organisations (government, health care, etc).

Distinctive features of the course include:

• A highly practical, career-focused programme, addressing a global skills gap for effective project managers
• Core project management classes enhanced and embedded by professional development and project management in practice modules
• A Consulting in Practice module, which provides an opportunity to put into practice all that you've learned from the programme and allows you, as part of a small team, to work on a live issue for a client organisation
• Collaboration and engagement with the University’s Technology & Innovation Centre and associated companies

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• Develop the skills to manage complex technology and innovation projects
• Be prepared for a career in industries ranging from manufacturing and services to the public sector
• Opportunity to work on a live issue for a business client