The upsurge of activity in materials chemistry research has placed a greater need for graduates with a specific skills to excel in this multidisciplinary field. With this in mind, the University of Glasgow is now offering new undergraduate degrees (MSci and BSc Honours) in Materials Chemistry that will give students the opportunity to specialise during their final year with materials chemistry specific courses, which will be undertaken alongside core chemistry courses that make up the chemistry final year programme. The new courses cover fundamental principles as well as the current state-of-the-art in materials chemistry research.

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**Portuguese** embraces the study of the languages, literatures and cultures of Brazil, Portugal and the wider Portuguese-speaking world.
Portuguese at Glasgow offers a varied programme, in which you will work in small groups with native speakers from Portugal and Brazil. The programme has long-established links with the Instituto Camões. You will have full access to our Language Resources Centre, which offers excellent audiovisual, digital and printed materials.

**English Literature**: you will explore all aspects of literature in English, benefiting from our expertise in a wide range of areas, including American, Irish and postcolonial literatures, critical theory,...

**Physics** is the experimental and theoretical study of matter and energy and their interactions, ranging from the domain of elementary particles, through nuclear and atomic physics, to the physics of solids and, ultimately, to the origins of the universe itself. Many of our staff play leading roles in major international research projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the gravitational wave observatory LIGO.

**Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries Campus):** this innovative, four-year degree programme, approved by the General Teaching Council for Scotland, is benchmarked against the highest standards of excellence.

At our Dumfries campus you will benefit from small-group teaching, strong links with local schools, innovative teaching methods and a friendly and inclusive academic community.

**Politics** is the study of the way power and influence are distributed within society and how this affects decision making within and among countries and states. You will study a wide variety of topics within the discipline of politics including courses in international relations, political theory and British politics taught by leading researchers in the field.

The University of Glasgow’s Q-Step Centre offers programmes which develop your quantitative skills, or in other words, your ability to handle data and use numerical evidence.Developing quantitative skills and your confidence in using them will really enhance your insight and understanding...

MEDICAL SCHOOL GLASGOW ACCESS PROGRAMME (GAP): - The Undergraduate Medical School at the University of Glasgow is committed to the development and retention of a community of medical students reflective of the wider society, which they will eventually serve. Through GAP we will offer a proposed expansion and enhancement of these activities which will draw upon our extensive experience to deliver a bespoke pre-medical programme that provides the necessary skills in basic science, communication and professionalism together with immersive experiential opportunity in a clinical context. Our programme has been designed to realise in full the Scottish Government’s vision of equitable...

**ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUSITICS**: - English language and linguistics combines the study of the history, structure and meaning of the English language, to discover what all this tells us about our culture, our society and ourselves. Over 50 years, we created the world-leading 'Historical Thesaurus of English'. You will also have access to dedicated laboratories for written language. You will have access to two dedicated laboratories for learning about and analysing spoken and written language. **ENGLISH LITERATURE**: - You will explore all aspects of literature in English, benefiting from our expertise in a wide range of areas, including American,...

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (5 Year MEng programme): - This degree programme provides a thorough grounding in mechanical engineering principles and their applications, together with the skills needed to solve real mechanical engineering problems. You will benefit from our strong links with industry, with practising engineers contributing to lectures and providing employment opportunities.

MUSIC: - If you have practical experience in music and a keen interest in the technical, cultural, historical, and philosophical questions it opens up, then this programme is for you. In each year you are given a range of options both in Music and other subjects, allowing you to design a degree pathway that caters to your own particular interests and strengths. In each year you are given a range of options from which to choose, allowing you to design your degree to cater to your own particular interests and strengths. THEATRE STUDIES: - This degree programme examines the nature...

MATHEMATICS is a vast and ever-growing subject which incorporates successful explorations of numerical, geometrical and logical relationships. Our ambassador scheme gives students the chance to spend time in schools, experiencing teaching at first hand and developing vital workplace skills. PHYSICS is the experimental and theoretical study of matter and energy and their interactions, ranging from the domain of elementary particles, through nuclear and atomic physics, to the physics of solids and, ultimately, to the origins of the universe itself. Many of our staff play leading roles in major international research projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and...