Analytical Science with Quality Management South East Technological University

Overview

The Analytical Science with Quality Management programme from South East Technological University  offers a combination of analytical science and quality management disciplines. The programme places a strong emphasis on the professional development of the graduate, and is aimed at students already working in an industrial environment. Such a qualification will enable and facilitate career progression for graduates in the region. 

This programme is very closely linked to highly successful research groups active in the Department of Science at SETU, in particular the Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre (PMBRC). Many of the research projects carried out in the Department are in collaboration with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries in the South-East. 

This high level of postgraduate research, and investment in state-of-the-art instrumentation resulting from this research activity, helps to underpin the content of the analytical modules in the programme, facilitating advanced demonstrations and practicals.

The overall aim of the Postgrad Diploma in Analytical Science with Quality Management programmes is to produce graduates with the necessary knowledge, skills and expertise in analytical science and quality management. Another goal of the programme is that it will also confer on the graduates a set of personal and professional attributes that will allow them greater flexibility in the development of their own career options, over the span of their career. Specifically, the aims of the programme are:

• To graduate individuals who have advanced knowledge of the disciplines of quality management and analytical science.
• To graduate students who can lead their company’s quality programmes.
• To enable graduates to assess the potential of and implement new analytical technology within an industrial environment.
• To graduate students with advanced research skills.

On successful completion of this programme, the learner should be able to:

• Evaluate and apply advanced analytical techniques in a regulated scientific laboratory environment.
• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of quality systems or standards and be capable of evaluating the effectiveness of these in a manufacturing environment.
• Compare and evaluate a range of advanced quality methodologies and analytical techniques, including novel and emerging techniques.
• Critically appraise new and next generation solutions to best practice management principles in order to take significant responsibility for quality management in the workplace.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead in group projects, initiate and carry out problem-solving activities and conduct critical reviews of work accomplished.
• Successfully undertake individual and group projects involving research, project management and presentation of results.