Comments about MSc Display Technology, Systems and Applications - At the institution - Nottingham - Nottinghamshire
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Objectives
Display Technology is one of the fastest moving and most exciting fields in electronics today. In a multi-billion dollar market-place extraordinary devices are being developed that are transforming mobile communications devices, aircraft cockpits, virtual reality, home entertainment, the list is almost endless. The Displays field has been identified by the UK department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as an area with critical skills shortages. The Display Masters course has been designed with the help of leading industrialists and academics to help create a new generation of Display Technologists, Engineers, Scientists and Managers capable of creating, understanding, developing and exploiting this explosion of 21st century technologies. Display Masters is a unique consortium of leading UK universities. The Masters degree, postgraduate certificate and diploma qualifications are awarded by the University of Dundee, in collaboration with the Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Napier, Abertay Dundee, Oxford, and Nottingham Trent. The blend of participating universities is intended to reflect different areas of displays expertise at the highest level, and the courses are tailored to meet the individual needs of everyone from recent graduates, professionals wishing to update their skills, and scientists and engineers looking for structured career development in a displays-specific context.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements Applicants will have a first or second-class Honours Degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or other related discipline. Corporate membership of an appropriate Chartered Institution or with relevant experience will also be considered. Applicants may possess a first-degree qualification equivalent to a UK Honours Degree or a qualification that would normally admit them to postgraduate studies in European Institutes. Applicants will have to demonstrate sufficient command of English. Candidates without the above qualifications will be be considered on their individual merits. All MTP delegates will be required to complete an Application Form and provide satisfactory references.
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Academic title
MSc Display Technology, Systems and Applications
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Course description
Course content
Awards:
Postgraduate Certificate: Students must successfully complete 6 taught modules (60 credit points).
Postgraduate Diploma: Students must successfully complete 8 taught modules and submit an in-depth assignment (120 credit points).
MSc: Students must successfully complete 8 taught modules, complete a core assignment and submit a dissertation related to their industrial project (180 credit points).
MSc Course Structure:
Taught modules: There are 8 one-week academic modules, which are taught at six different universities around the UK to give the best facilities and expertise available on the particular topic. Each taught module consists of 100 hours of nominal study made up of 40 hours of lectures, tutorials and laboratory work and 60 hours of directed and independent learning. Some of the tutorial work may be web-based.
Module Code: Dun0304a Location: Dundee Description: Foundation in Displays
Module Code: Abe0304a Location: Abertay Description:Display Measurement and Human Factors
Module Code: Ntu0304a Location: Nottingham Trent Description: Emissive Displays
Module Code: Cam0304a Location: Cambridge Description: Optical Methods
Module Code: Oxf0304a Location: Oxford Description: Liquid Crystal Displays
Module Code: Dun0304b Location: Dundee Description: Active Matrix
Module Code: Edi0304a Location: Edinburgh Description: Microdisplays
Module Code: Cam0304b Location: Cambridge Description: Economics of Choice and Emerging Technologies
Taught Modules:
The individual modules are assessed by a variety of methods, but most will involve written paper submissions. There may also be written submissions for case studies, design exercises, description of practical tests, a submission of results from a literature search, etc.
Industrial Project:
Each student will submit a written dissertation based on the work carried out during their industrial placement.
Special benefits
This is a unique Masters course that links the major research and industrial expertise in the UK, with strong links to both the US and EU Displays Industry. Students travel around the UK experiencing the displays related research environments at each of the participating universities. The primary base for each student is the location of their industrially sponsored project, which is arranged during the first few months of the MSc.
Research opportunities
Industrial Project
The University of Dundee will take responsibility to seek suitable industrial projects for students. Companies offering industrial projects have the right to interview and reject candidates. Industry sponsored students may have a project of their employer's choice, subject to acceptance by Dundee University for academic rigour. The project may be in-depth design in one topic area, an industrial based problem or a combination of material from various topic areas. The work will usually be carried out on the company's premises, but some research may be carried out at one of the host universities. Occasionally, all the work on the industrial project may be carried out at one of the collaborating universities. For each project there will be an industrial tutor from the company concerned and an academic tutor from any one of the 6 universities, depending on expertise and local links to industry.
Accreditation
The MSc is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, with studentships available for eligible students. In addition, the course is supported by the UK Department of Trade and Industry.
Professional development
Professional development is inherent in the opportunity to undertake an industrial project - usually based within the company
