Advanced Diploma (Analytical Chemistry)

Nelson Mandela University

Advanced Diploma (Analytical Chemistry)

Programme Overview:

This qualification will equip students to obtain training in the more advanced and specialised field of analytical chemistry, that is related to instrumentation and laboratory organisation. Training will focus on developing skills on certain key instruments that are commonly used in the chemistry related industry. Skills training will relate to equipping the potential analyst with the ability to plan, organize and execute complex analyses on specialised laboratory equipment, followed by the ability to deal with resultant data and the conversion and interpretation of the data to applied knowledge.

Faculty:

Faculty of Science

Delivery mode & duration of study:

Full-time 1 year

Qualification type:

Advanced Diploma (Adv Dip)

Department:

Admission Requirements

Applicant score for Mathematics:

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Applicant score for Technical Mathematics:

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Applicant score for Mathematical Literacy:

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Subjects requirements:

Dip (Analytical Chemistry) or BSc degree with chemistry as major or an equivalent qualification with chemistry or analytical chemistry as a major. Applicants should have passed his/her final undergraduate academic chemistry modules with at least 60% average on their first attempt. If the demand for the programme exceeds the allowed capacity, then a competitive entry will be used, based on academic merit. Where the first preference will be given to students with the highest marks from their final year academic chemistry modules. Mature students or those that do not qualify for the programme based on their initial lower entrance requirements can apply if they have worked in a related industry for at least one year after their undergraduate diploma or BSc qualification. Such applicants would then be considered for admission onto this programme by an interview process. The route of entry will be governed by the Nelson Mandela University policy on RPL.

Career opportunities:

The skills the student will acquire during the qualification will enable them to become more employable in modern analytical laboratories within production and process chemical industries such as the petrochemical, mining, pharmaceutical, rubber/ polymers, cement, catalysis, and government departments. These include amongst others forensics, the water board and university’s technical departments. Graduates can further develop their skills by becoming specialists of certain techniques that can then work within the large industrial sector of analytical instrument suppliers or agencies.

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