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Faculty of Science at Strathclyde Visit of NUST 14th December 2010 International Technological University: Scotland’s ‘MIT’ Faculties the ‘ITU’ Engineering Science Business Humanities and Social Sciences Campus Vision 2020 Technology Innovation Centre 2013 Outline of talk • Brief description of Faculty • Summary of main undergraduate courses • Summary of main postgraduate instructional courses • Research highlights in the Faculty Research and teaching in five departments • Computer and Information Sciences • Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences • Mathematics and Statistics • Physics • Pure & Applied Chemistry Research in 3 nondepartmental units • Institute of Photonics • Centre for Biophotonics • SIDR (Strathclyde Innovations in Drug Research) Some Highlights Teaching and Research Main BSc/MSci degrees • Pharmacy (MPharm) • Biomedical Sciences • Computer Science (BSc/MEng) • Chemistry • Physics • Mathematics/Statistics • Natural Sciences Cross-departmental and cross-Faculty degrees • Computer & Electronic Systems • Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering • Physics/Maths with Teaching Cross-departmental/crossFaculty degrees (contd) • Maths, Statistics & Finance • Mathematics & Computer Science • Computer Science with Law • Mathematics & Physics • Chemistry with Drug Discovery International Teaching Collaborations • Collaborative Pharmacy Programme bringing 100-120 Malaysian students per year to Strathclyde • Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Computer Science) • Donghua University, Shanghai, China (Maths/Statistics) Main Masters degrees • Computer & Internet Technologies • Information & Library Studies • Information Management • MRes in Automated Planning • Forensic Science • Forensic Informatics • Pharmaceutical Analysis • Clinical Pharmacy Masters degrees in Physics • Nanoscience • Quantum coherence • Optical technologies • Photonics and Device Microfabrication • High Power RF Science & Engineering SIPBS is occupying its new £36M building in 2010 Science Research at Strathclyde • • • • Collaborative Multidisciplinary Applied and fundamental Internationally leading Science Research at Strathclyde Research Pooling in Scotland • • • • Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) WestCHEM Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) Scottish Universities Life Science Alliance (SULSA) • Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) • Marine Sciences (MASTS) SUPA • A £12.1M investment for Strathclyde – 128M RMB • • • • • Atoms Beams and Plasmas Physics and Life Sciences Quantum Information ‘Astrophysics’ Picoscience Some Highlights Institute of Photonics Bridging academia- industry gap in photonics research and development. Focus is on all-solidstate light sources encompassing: – a range of semiconductor and allsolid-state materials systems – materials, devices and system development – applications Some Highlights Centre for Biophotonics A unique, world class interdisciplinary research facility between life scientists and laser physicists in the area of high-resolution optical imaging of living cells Some Highlights Strathclyde Innovations in Drug Research (SIDR) • Promotes and supports innovative interdisciplinary research in the areas of drugs and natural products • Provides industry with early stage opportunities in drug discovery, and offers Strathclyde's expertise in drug research to companies seeking specialist assistance. New Partnerships in 2010 Science and Innovation Award (our third) High Performance Computing Prof Mark Ainsworth Science Bridges Photonics Prof Allister Ferguson