This postgraduate programme is designed to provide the students with a comprehensive understanding of the causes and effects of air pollution, and of the management measures and engineering technologies available for its control. This programme is a collaborative endeavour with the atmospheric science group in the School of Geography and the School of Chemical Engineering.
Teaching is arranged in a block and day release format.
A postgraduate diploma may be awarded after successful completion of year one, the degree of MSc being awarded following successful completion of both years. The course provides an introduction to thermodynamics, cloud microphysics and radiative processes of the atmosphere, and their importance in air pollution phenomena. The course explains how the temperature structure and motion of the atmosphere determines the dispersion of air pollutants. Modelling techniques are introduced. The basic principles of the composition of the atmosphere and of chemical processes leading to the formation or removal of pollutants will be covered.