Funded – Higher Diploma in Spectroscopic Technologies and Data Analysis for Advanced Manufacturing

Graduates with skills in advanced spectroscopy, analytical science, instrumentation, calibration and data analytics are highly sought after in the food/pharma/materials manufacturing industries. Job readiness is embedded in this programme through both credit bearing and non-credit bearing modules.?Here programme director?Professor Aoife Gowen tells us more about this exciting course.

This Higher Diploma has been structured in such a way to allow those currently working to upskill in this area, the course is 60 credits in total, 20 each trimester, which is a manageable load for those currently working. Additionally the flexible delivery of this programme – 70% of the content is online, is available either in real time or via recordings to suit your learning needs.

Tell us a little about this diploma being offered at UCD?

This new higher diploma is built on nearly 20 years of expertise in spectroscopy and chemometrics developed in the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering.

This cross-cutting interdisciplinary programme was proposed following a consultation process with industry partners and directly addresses the following priority skills needs for enterprise as identified by the Regional Skills Fora and the National Training Fund advisory group: Advanced Spectroscopy, Good Manufacturing Practice, Quality Management in Food/Biopharma/Pharma/Materials production, Analytical Science, Industrial Instrumentation, Calibration, Statistics, Data Analytics. Big Data, Smart Manufacturing IOT and Industry 4.0.

Tell us a little about this diploma being offered at UCD?

This new higher diploma is built on nearly 20 years of expertise in spectroscopy and chemometrics developed in the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering.

This cross-cutting interdisciplinary programme was proposed following a consultation process with industry partners and directly addresses the following priority skills needs for enterprise as identified by the Regional Skills Fora and the National Training Fund advisory group: Advanced Spectroscopy, Good Manufacturing Practice, Quality Management in Food/Biopharma/Pharma/Materials production, Analytical Science, Industrial Instrumentation, Calibration, Statistics, Data Analytics. Big Data, Smart Manufacturing IOT and Industry 4.0.

Tell us about the course content and the structure of the master's

All modules will facilitate blended learning, but some real-time attendance in lab sessions will be required in well defined, advance scheduled, coordinated blocks of time.

It will be possible for students to complete about 70% of the programme completely online, without the need to attend campus. However, for those who want to attend campus, students enrolled in the programme are free to attend timetabled face-to-face lectures and lab sessions on campus if they wish.

Term 1: MATLAB and R for beginners; Data Science for Biopharma Manufacturing (optional); Chemometrics 1; Hyperspectral imaging; Engineering Project Management (optional); Biopharmaceutical Industry Regulation and Management (optional); Carbon Footprinting (optional).

Term 2: Sensors and Sensing Systems; Optical Sensing Technology; Chemometrics 2; IoT enabled AgriFood (optional).

Term 3: Experimental Project.

More information or to apply?

Funded UCD Higher Diploma applications now open through?www.springboardcourses.ie?or for more information reach out to UCD College of Engineering & Architecture Marketing Manager Katie O’Neill,?[email protected].