Nanotechnology education is considered to be one of the important technology to be studied by the students, scholars and engineers to better understand the limits of existing technology and to explore the scientific theories regarding nanotechnology. Nanotechnology education is being offered by many universities and research centers around the world.Professional degree programs now also have nanotechnology as compulsory and optional study subject in many universities world wide.
Importance of nanaotechnology education in general
At present nanotechnology and its theories have great significance in the research areas because of the dynamic and brilliant properties of nano particles and nano devices. Nanaotechnology education involves general and multi discipline sciences education including physics ,molecular biologics, biometrics, mathematics and chemistry. Its diversity and applicability make nanotechnology very important branch of science that must be considered for advancement in technology and engineering sector.
The act under the law was also passed which is called The Nanotechnology Education Act (H.R. 4502) which was introduced recently in United States of America and grant has also been provided to establish the nanotechnology in the schools and universities who are willing to offer this study.The key points of the act include the significance of nanotechnology and its economic implementations. Also positive impacts on the security and well being of living world. The maximization of assets of nano sciences are also focused in this act
Nanotechnology offering universities
Many famous universities are offering nanotechnology as a part of study in various degree programs.The very first university which offered the nanotechnology as a subject is University of Toronto and it was offered in engineering program.Many universities are also offering bachelor and masters in nanotechnology .Leading universities of the world facilitating the nanotechnology education are listed below.
America
Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ
- Centro Universitário Franciscano, UNIFRA
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Mexico
- Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE)
Some institutes of Europe also offer the nanotechnology degree programs.
Belgium
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- University of Antwerp
Czech Republic
- Technical University of Ostrava
- Technical University of Liberec
Denmark
- University of Aalborg
- University of Aarhus
- Technical University of Denmark
France
- Ecole Centrale d’Electronique – Engineering School – Paris
- University Joseph Fourier
- University de Technologie de Troyes
- University de Bourgogne
Germany
- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- University of Hamburg
- University of Hannover
- Munich University of Applied Sciences
Sweden
- Royal Institute of Technology
- Linkoping University
- Chalmers University of Technology
United Kingdom
- University of Birmingham
- University of Cambridge
- Imperial College London
- University College London
- University of Manchester
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
United States
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Louisiana Tech University
- Rice University
- University at Albany, The State University of New York
- University of Central Florida
- University of California San Diego
- North Dakota State College of Science
- University of Washington
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- George Mason University
- University of Pennsylvania
Australia
- University of New South Wales
- University of Technology, Sydney
- University of Western Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- University of Queensland
- The University of Melbourne
- University of Western Australia
Canada
- University of Alberta
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of British Columbia
Asia
- Nano_Science_and_Technology_Consortium_(NSTC)
- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
- National Institute of Technology Calicut
- Anna University Chenai
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
The Global Open University Nagalan