This program will provide students with advanced cutting-edge theoretical knowledge in their chosen area of specialization together with the practical and research skills necessary for employment in the industry and/or research laboratories.

Biotechnology: Biotechnology covers a broad category of technologies but relies on the common attribute that it utilizes biological systems to facilitate the technology. This can describe the use of yeast to make cheese or to ferment alcohol to the use of genetics to cure human disease or develop plants that are more sustainable to biotic and abiotic stress. Biotechnology can also be applied to improving mechanical solutions, this could include the refinement of biofuels or the replacement of surgical intervention with systemic therapy. Biotechnology also depends on the ability to identify discoveries being able to take them to the market. In some cases, useful biotechnology cannot be commercialized because it is not profitable. This major includes a course that instructs the student to recognize intellectual property with a view that it can be protected and commercialized. A student completing this major will be able to carry out research using cell and molecular biology, recognize a discovery that can be protected and taken to the market place and understand the processes and requirements to bring the intellectual property to the market. The major is designed to allow graduates to work in research institutes and/or industries that have a focus on discoveries and their commercialization. The major is also designed to allow students the option to explore entrepreneurial skills.

Clinical and Molecular Microbiology: The presence of microbes was first discovered some 300 years ago but to date, only a meager 1% of the total planetary population has been studied. Microbes are often viewed negatively due to their association with many human illnesses; microbes are also responsible for many beneficial processes currently used in modern biotechnology and molecular microbiology. The recent rapid advent of technological advances has provided us with a myriad of avenues by which we can now improve our environment and health using a systems microbiology approach. The Clinical and Molecular Microbiology major has interwoven the fundamental concepts of microbiology with the new technological advances to provide students with a knowledge base that can be used as a springboard to launch into a research-driven modern microbiology career path, in either the public health microbiology domain or the applied molecular microbiology domain.

Food Security: As the world's population increases, during a time of climatic volatility, there are increasing demands to produce food and fiber sustainably and with higher yields. Food security depends upon understanding the interplay between microbes, soil, and plant health as well as understanding complex nutrient cycling and the impact pollutants have on the system. A multidisciplinary solution to these problems is required. Students will undertake advanced theoretical and laboratory training in microbiology, soil science, and analytical chemistry, equipping them with the skills to complete their research projects.

Medicinal Chemistry: Medicinal chemistry is principally involved in the design, chemical synthesis, and development of pharmaceutical agents. It is the branch of the chemical sciences that operates at the interface with the biological sciences, especially structural biology and pharmacology. Medicinal chemistry encompasses most of the chemical sub-disciplines but is most often associated with synthetic organic chemistry and aspects of natural product chemistry, computational chemistry, and inorganic/physical chemistry. With numerous infectious diseases evolving resistance to current therapies, and an aging population looking for solutions to neurological diseases and cancers, medical chemistry is a growing field in both basic and applied areas of research.

Materials Science: The term `materials science' describes a multidisciplinary field focussed predominantly around the disciplines of solid-state chemistry, physics, and engineering. More recently, the biological sciences are playing an increasing role with innovations in, for example, tissue engineering, biological materials, and numerous other related areas. Today the discipline has developed to encompass aspects of nanotechnology, the emerging scientific discipline that endeavors to assemble and manipulate matter at the atomic and molecular level (1-100nm). Accordingly, materials science now incorporates the principles of molecular recognition, self-assembly, and self-organization. Examples of systems already constructed include 'intelligent' polymers, organic solar cells, materials for energy conversion, sophisticated medical devices, wearable electronics, advanced sensors and diagnostics, Gorilla glass, novel protective coatings, stain, and bacteria-resistant clothing and surfaces, advanced materials for advanced engineering projects.

Typical career opportunities include Aerospace; defense technologies, energy exploration, advanced pharmaceuticals, and drug delivery systems, teaching and research institutions, as well as emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, sensors and materials for biomedicine and the environment, high-performance (intelligent) fabrics, advanced composites and the advancement of sustainable materials.

• 3 years in Goldcoast campus only, rest of all get 2 years PSW.

To be eligible for admission to this program, a student must hold:

• a Bachelor of Science within a relevant science discipline (Applied Mathematics, Archaeological Science, Biomedical Science, Bioscience, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Forensic Science, Marine Science, Physics) with a GPA of 5.0 or better.

In addition to the academic qualifications required for candidature as described above, the following criteria need to be satisfied:

• the proposed topic is appropriate for higher degree research and consonant with the academic aims and objectives of the School of Environment and Science
• there are two qualified members of staff holding confirmed, continuing or fixed term appointments of sufficient length for the purposes of supervision
• the School of Environment and Science is able to provide the necessary research place, supervision, resources and facilities; and there is an appropriate fit between the applicant, research environment, available resources and supervision
• the provision of educational services consequent upon approval of the application for candidature will not expose the University to a risk of contravening any applicable law, including any international embargoes, sanctions or controls which regulate the University's operations from time to time, and
• the proposed program of work can be completed within the maximum period of candidature for the degree.

Applicants to this program are not eligible to apply for a Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (GUPRS) or Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship.

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