MSc Innovative Technology

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The degree is designed to attract students seeking academic knowledge and experience in the digital world. BITE innovative teaching methods and strategies make the learning process a stimulating experience.

The MSc Innovative Technology allows you to master core technologies and specialise or major in Security, Health Informatics or Games. These sectors have ongoing requirement for new ideas, development, support, consulting and research. We will endeavor to help elite graduates into internship, training and employment.

The chart below shows the specialisation route based on the selections of modules.

Course Content

Course Duration

One Year Full Time
Two Year Part Time

Pre-requisite

The MSc degree will require prospective students to have a solid foundation in traditional computer science with a minimum 2.1 grade or demonstrate equivalent experience.

Progression Route

On successful completion of the degree students will be able to find a rewarding career in the technology industry. BITE also has a dedicated placement team with excellent industry contacts and can assist successful graduates in finding employment. Demand for skilled in security, games and health informatics is expected to increase due to the continuing expansion of innovative technology. Following are the businesses where above expertise can be implemented

• Statsoft
• UK Grid Engineering Task Force
• Intelligent Media Systems & Services Laboratory (IMSS)
• Logic programming Association
• NHS Health Informatics
• Eidos Games Designing
• Data Capture Solutions
• UK Biometrics
• Global Intelligence Network
• The Forensic Science Services
• EMBL - EBI
• Megnatic Therapy UK

Jobs in Information Security & Forensic

• BT Global Services - shaping business for tomorrow
• British Secret Intelligent Service
• Zurich Financial Services
• and many more…

Jobs in Health Informatics

...just as biotech came to dominate the life sciences over the past two decades, ... nano-scale convergence will become the operative strategy for corporate control of commercial food, agriculture and health in the 21st century.

• ETC Group, The Big Down
  Virtually all of the Fortune Global 500 companies are investing in nanotechnology research. Unlike with the development of biotechnology, big companies have been involved with nanotechnology from the start. They are both developing nanotechnologies for their own products and are using technologies developed by each other and by smaller nano-specialist companies.
• Major corporate nano-developers or users include
  • Bayer AG
  • Pfizer Inc
  • Unilever
  • Diageo plc
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Nestlé SA

Computers / Electronics Jobs

• IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Phillips, Hewlett Packard, Samsung, Motorola, Mitsubishi, General Electric, Microsoft

Drugs / Healthcare Jobs

• GlaxoSmithKline, Smith and Nephew, Merck

Oil Industry Jobs

• BP, Exxon, Chevron/Texaco, Shell, Halliburton

Chemical Industry Jobs

• Dupont, Degussa, Dow, Henkel, ICI

Cars / Automotive Industry Jobs

• BMW, Renault, General Motors, Ford, Caterpillar

Small Companies

Nanotechnology has also spawned hundreds of small nano-specialist companies. These are often spin-out companies commercialising the results of university research. Smaller more nano- focused companies include Veeco, Nanosys, Nanophase, Altair, Nanomix, Flamel, Nanogate, Carbon Nano- Technologies, Quantum Dot Corp, Nanoproducts, Nanotex. UK based nano- companies include Oxonica, Thomas Swan and Co, Skyepharma, JR Nanotech .and QinetiQ Nanomaterials.

Jobs in Games