Master of Science in Advanced Software Engineering

at University of Strathclyde United Kingdom

French is a major international language. It is the first language of more than 100 million people across the world, while more than 60 million people speak French as a second language.

Social policy is a theoretical and applied subject which draws on many different disciplines - such as history, sociology, anthropology, economics, law, psychology and politics - to improve our understanding of how different societies organise their resources to meet individual and social needs and how they measure progress in these areas.

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

Why this course ?

• French is a major international language. It's the first language of more than 100 million people across the world, while more than 60 million people speak French as a second language.
• Studying with us will give you the chance to become a fluent linguist and, with our year abroad programme, an opportunity to experience living, working and/or studying in another country.
• 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.

This course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and provides a route for you to achieve Chartered Engineer status.

It has been developed to provide 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 post-graduation.

The course helps you to become a specialist in the area of aerospace. 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.

Accreditation

• This course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and provides a route for you to achieve Chartered Engineer status.

Study with us

• Accreditation by the Institution of Mechanical Engineering
• Develop in-depth technical understanding of advanced mechanical topics
• Gain skills in project management and risk analysis
• Choice of specialist pathways to widen career options

The MSc Applied Educational & Social Research is a full-time one-year or two-year part-time degree, ideal for those looking to enhance their academic and professional understanding of research. The course looks at the issues facing educational and social researchers and offers a range of intellectual and practical resources to structure and explore these issues. Students are encouraged to identify their own area of interest for research and to explore this throughout the course, before completing their own dissertation research in this chosen area.

The course is aimed at two principal audiences:

• Those wishing to develop their professional understanding of applied research
• Those seeking to develop their research skills prior to undertaking PhD study

The full-time version of the course is available both as face-to-face attendance and as a form of blended learning involving face-to-face meetings with additional web-based content delivered by a dedicated online environment. This allows you to study at times that suit you. The classes are flexible, so you can make choices based on your own personal interests. The part-time version of the course is entirely distance learning.

The course offers an ESRC recognised route (+1) into a PhD in Education. Students following this route undertake 60 credits taught centrally with other ESRC students from across the Faculty.  

International students completing this degree will further benefit from gaining an insight into the UK educational system.

Study with us

• Look at the issues facing educational and social researchers and offers a range of intellectual and practical resources to structure and explore these issues
• Available both as face-to-face attendance and as a form of blended learning involving face-to-face meetings with additional web-based content delivered by a dedicated online environment
• Learn to evaluate, design, conduct, analyse and justify applied research
• Benefit from teaching by internationally-recognised experts
• Tailor the choice of classes to your personal interests

Naval architects and marine engineers deal with the world’s largest moving structures and most powerful vehicles – from huge ships to sailing yachts, from fast ferries to offshore wind turbines and oil platforms.

Marine engineering is the engineering speciality of design, construction, installation and operation of machinery and propulsion systems for ships and marine structures.

This degree aims to develop engineers capable of dealing with engineering challenges on a wide range of marine vehicles, with additional skills and understanding in the impact and importance of marine engineering on their successful design, construction, repair, and maintenance.

In addition to core naval architecture subjects, you'll study a range of specialised marine engineering subjects, such as control theory and practice, electrical systems, design of marine engines (diesel, diesel-electric and gas turbine), propeller and shafting systems, system design and simulation, green technology and fuel cell technology.

For BEng students with the appropriate level of academic performance, the opportunity to transfer on MEng programme is available.

Study with us

• Gain skills to tackle engineering challenges on a range of marine vehicles
• Access facilities including towing/wave tank
• Opportunity to train to use our 33-foot racing yacht
• International work placement opportunities

Facilities
As a student, you'll have access to:

• Catalina - our departmental racing yacht
• the largest ship model experiment tank in any UK university
• towing/wave tank exclusively for teaching purposes
• marine engine laboratory
• cutting-edge computer facilities
• industry-standard software

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 ACCA and CIMA.

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.

Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the specific sectors within which business and organisations operate.

Study with us

• Learn about the creation of wealth, creativity and resourcefulness and exploiting change
• Develop the skills and expertise required to set up your own business and the entrepreneurship required by organisations
• 2nd in the UK for Accounting & Finance in the Complete University Guide Subject Tables 2021
• 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

We'll show you how exciting and wide-ranging our subject can be. Employers like the skills developed in an English degree: written and verbal communication, analysis and discussion of ideas and broad, creative thinking.

We also 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.

Study with us

• As an English student at Strathclyde, you'll enjoy the best of old and new: a grounding in the classics as well as an insight into new fields of literature.
• Our BA degrees in Humanities & Social Sciences are broad-based to start with. In Year 1 you'll study three subjects, including your chosen subject(s). 

Traditional news outlets are moving towards online products at an accelerated pace.

Digital technology is profoundly changing journalism, with innovations like hyperlocal news and mobile media reporting becoming increasingly prevalent.

We aim to produce high-quality, fresh-thinking graduates who have a passion to communicate and can articulate their ideas through effective story-telling.

You'll work in the University's simulated news environment. You'll report externally using mobile media and digital recorders and cameras. You'll have access to industry standard audio and video editing software.

Study with us

• Gain the skills to produce multimedia news and features
• Learn how to devise, launch, produce and market an online publication
• Work in the University's simulated news environment and reporter externally using mobile media
• Develop sound analytical, ethical and entrepreneurial skills in order to perform at a high level in the digital media world

Studying a BA Hons in Business at the University of Strathclyde, you'll be learning at a multi-award-winning academic institution. A 5-star QS-rated university, we were awarded Times Higher Education UK Business School of the Year in 2016. The University was also ranked 7th in the UK for Business & Management Studies in the Complete University Guide Subject Tables 2020.

The four-year structure of the course allows you to choose the ideal combination of courses for your chosen career path. You also have the opportunity to apply for a period of exchange in Year 3.

Study with us

• Learn at a pioneering internationally-renowned academic organisation
• Winner of the Times Higher Education UK Business School of the Year 2016
• Ranked in the UK top 10 for Business & Management Studies in the Complete University Guide League Tables 2021
• The only Business School to hold the Small Business Charter Gold Award
• Degree allows you flexibility in subject choice, tailoring the course to your interests and career aims
• Develop skills in key areas of management, teamworking and communication, which are highly valued by graduate recruiters, through our innovative Management Development Programme

This one-year MRes in Climate Change Adaptation aims to provide advanced study in key issues related to climate change and global warming, and how infrastructure will need to adapt.

The course links with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular the different indicators associated with SDG13 on Climate Action. The course is largely research and project-based but there is also a taught element to it.

This course is designed to cater mainly for graduates with an engineering education, and employees of public and private sector companies who wish to upgrade their skills to be able to tackle the complex issues relating to the current climate crisis, circular economy goals, and the design of engineering options for mitigating environmental impacts and promoting sustainable development.

The course is ideal for you if:

• you're looking for an alternative to an MSc
• you're interested in carrying out shorter research projects
• you wish to tailor your studies to suit your own research interests and career objectives
• An MRes takes one year full-time or two years part-time to complete. Part-time study is only available to UK students.

Study with us

• Masters by Research (MRes) postgraduate research degree in Climate Change Adaptation
• Further your knowledge and develop your research skills on topics relating to climate change adaptation, particularly regarding infrastructure
• Tailor your studies to suit your own research interests and career objectives

Studying history – the story of humanity through the ages – develops your knowledge of the past and gives you a better understanding of the present.

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

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.

Our main focus in psychology is the study of human behaviour.

Studying with us, you'll look at conditions of behaviour – how we learn, remember, coordinate our actions and interact with others – and the reasons for differences between individuals, such as personality or intelligence.

Due to the popularity of the psychology course and performance criteria for entry into Honours (Year 4) the numbers admitted to Years 2 and 3 are limited.

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