Nanotechnology & Materials Science Prospects
What is the Workforce Need?
As nanoscale science and technology come to have increasing impacts on many aspects of our daily lives, the opportunities for careers in these fields are expanding rapidly. A major challenge for the field is the education and training of a new generation of skilled workers.
Nanotechnology job projections are estimated to be nearly two million workers worldwide by 2015. In what countries will these jobs occur?
- 0.8-0.9 million – USA
- 0.5-0.6 million – Japan
- 0.3-0.4 million – Europe
- 0,2 million – Asia Pacific (excluding Japan)
- 0.1 million – other regions
In addition, nanotechnology will create another five million jobs worldwide in support fields and industries.
- http://www.nnin.org/, Mihail Roco Nature Biotechnology vol. 22 No. 20 Oct. 2003
Further Education
With NYP's Diploma in Nanotechnology & Materials Science, graduates can gain entry into reputable local and foreign universities, including advanced standing for materials engineering courses as well as other undergraduate programmes.
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