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 non-departmental 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/cross-Faculty 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

• 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)

Research Pooling in Scotland

SUPA

• A £12.1M investment for Strathclyde– 128M RMB

• Atoms Beams and Plasmas

• Physics and Life Sciences

• Quantum Information

• ‘Astrophysics’

• Picoscience

Institute of Photonics

Bridging academia- industry gap in photonics research and development. Focus is on all-solid-state light sources encompassing:– a range of semiconductor and all-

solid-state materials systems – materials, devices and system

development – applications

Some Highlights

Centre for BiophotonicsA 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

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