School of Engineering & Applied Science

Aston University

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE (Postgraduate Programmes) at ASTON UNIVERSITY

OVERVIEW

Increasingly, graduates starting careers in Engineering and Applied Science find that development in those careers is significantly enhanced by having postgraduate qualifications and skills. At Aston we can offer you a range of postgraduate courses which are highly regarded by industry and can directly contribute to your career development.

ACADEMIC STRENGTHS

We offer a range of taught MSc programmes in subject areas relating to the work being carried out by our Research Groups. That means students experience the benefits of the latest research at first hand. Several options including part-time enrolment, conducting research projects back in industry or studying through distance learning are available. We also offer a number of freestanding MSc modules and a programme of Continuing Professional Development courses.

Taught M Sc Programmes

• Chemical Process Technology

• Data Communication Networks

• Engineering Management

• Industrial Enterprise Management

• Informatics Systems

• Internet Computing

• Mechanical Engineering (Modelling)

• Pattern Analysis and Neural Networks (MSc by

• Research.

• Photonic Networks (MRes)

• Polymer Engineering and Science

• Telecommunicaitons Technology
   

Aston is very proud of its leading edge research in Engineering and Applied Science. Our excellence was nationally recognised in 2001 when the School achieved a coveted Grade 5 rating in the Research Assessment Exercise. At Aston we believe in research that is dedicated to solving problems critical to the real needs of industry and other sectors.

We have a number of focused and multi-disciplinary Research Institutes to help us do this. All of our Research Institutes have a record of successful collaboration with industry, particularly through research programmes funded by the EPSRC and Teaching Company Schemes among others. Relevance is a key factor for all the activities at Aston so our research programmes allow students to keep in touch with key developments in their fields. All the Institutes are well equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and extensive laboratory facilities, as you'd expect and we welcome students from all the major science and engineering disciplines.  

Research is conducted in the following areas:

• Adaptive Communications Networks
• Bio Energy
• Biomaterials and Biomolecular Science
• Dynamics and Control
• Engineering Materials
• Environmental Systems and Safety Management
• Industrial Management and Design
• Information Processing and Pattern Analysis
• Knowledge Engineering and Data Management
• Medical Engineering
• Photonics
• Polymer
• Surface Science

School of Engineering & Applied Science website

http://www.seas.aston.ac.uk

Contact:

Postgraduate Admissions Administrator, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Aston triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET.

Tel: +44 (0) 121 204 3668 Fax: +44 (0) 121 359 8482

Email: seaspgtaught@aston.ac.uk (Taught Postgraduate) or seasres@aston.ac.uk (Research)