📖Program Curriculum
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The will be structured into three units two projects each worth 60 credits and a taught component worth 60 credits to give the required 180 credits
The taught component is split into a "Frontiers in Catalysis" programme and 4 weeks of lectures The Frontiers in Catalysis requires the students to do a literature study and prepare a presentation and report on the subject This leaves approximately 96 lectures and 4 small group tutorial sessions Lectures will be clustered into four core modules each module covered in one week consisting of 24 hours’ worth of teaching This means that students will have more continuous time in the lab for their projects
This programme will develop your skills in analysing scientific literature giving presentations and writing reports and papers
Projects
Each student will do two projects of approximately 15 weeks duration plus 4 weeks writing up The two projects will have two supervisors one University of Glasgow academic staff and the second ex-industry honorary University of Glasgow staff The project areas may be in any area of heterogeneous catalysis from refinery to pharmaceutical applications Example projects include
Hydrogenation of 2'-Nitroacetophenone
The addition of CO2 to the syngas feed stream over Fe-based Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis catalysts
The synthesis and reactivity of ternary and quaternary nickel containing nitrides possessing the η-6 carbide structure
In situ Raman spectroscopy capability to study propane oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts
Core courses
CATALYST ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION
CATALYST STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION FROM BULK TO SURFACE
CATALYST TESTING AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
PREPARATION OF CATALYTIC MATERIALS
Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract
