Chemistry The University of Lancashire

Overview

Join the Chemistry programme from The University of Lancashire. Activities are located in purpose-built research laboratories within the JB Firth Building. The building boasts a well-equipped analytical instrumentation suite.

Key facts

• You will take part in the day-to-day activity of an active research group. You'll complete a research project designed by you in collaboration with the group leader. You will use the latest world-class equipment to perform research in your chosen topic. Benefit from personal guidance from one of our world-leading academic staff.

• Research is open-ended in nature, and it will be up to you to follow interesting leads and draw conclusions. You will also benefit from the experience and skill of your supervisor, who will always be available to suggest next steps. We’ll equip you with outstanding research skills & the potential to advance within your chosen field.

• The nature of the work means that you will gain a great deal of broad experience, from technical expertise to networking skills and project management. Such experience is in great demand from employers, as it shows that you have the ability to take ownership of a project and drive it to completion.

Future careers

• MSc by Research degrees represent an ideal combination of timescale and topic. You choose what to do, and our experienced researchers help you do it effectively. You don’t have to commit four years, as for a PhD (though an MSc by Research can be a great route if you plan to subsequently enter PhD research). Where a PhD typically completes three to four projects for their thesis, you will complete one. You’ll gain all of the benefit that is relevant for employment outside academia.

• Students with Master’s degrees earn more: it’s just a fact (HEPI, 2020). Students with MSc by Research degrees learn how to take ownership of a task and make it work. This is the single attribute that each and every employer values most highly in their employees.

• You will learn how to draw on all your own and your supervisor’s experience and contacts to solve any particular problem. You will learn how to communicate effectively and at an appropriate level. You’ll hone your IT and writing skills.