Overview
Materials science is at the forefront of providing innovative solutions for many global challenges — from creating new materials for energy generation to developing storage that helps reduce carbon emissions.
Our Materials Science and Engineering MSc has been designed to meet the present needs and future challenges of advanced materials and manufacturing. Whether you’ve got a background in science, mathematics, technology or other engineering disciplines, studying this course will give you the specialist skills and knowledge you’ll need to pursue a career in this growing and fast-moving field.
Key facts
- Taught by leading researchers in UK-leading facilities, you’ll study topics such as materials structures, processing-structure-property relationships, characterisation and failure analysis.
- Why study at Leeds:
- This Masters degree is accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
- Our courses are shaped by our globally-renowned research. You’ll interact with academic staff who are members of the Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials and the Bragg Centre for Materials Research, giving you the opportunity to develop professional relationships with researchers at the forefront of the industry.
- Tailor the course to specialise in your career interests through an extensive, individual research project in an area of your choice in which you’ll also build professional skills in project management, teamwork and decision making.
- Advance your knowledge surrounding the needs and challenges relevant to critical areas such as nanomaterials, bioengineering, energy, photonics, electronics and information technology, and sustainable development.
- Access UK-leading research equipment, specialist facilities for synthesising and characterising a wide range of materials and labs equipped with the latest technology.
- Use commercial and academic materials software together with access to high-performance computing facilities.
- Experience excellent practical and theoretical teaching delivered by a programme team with a wealth of expertise and experience across many relevant areas such as experimental materials science techniques.
Accreditation
This degree is accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).
Programme Structure
Courses include
- In the first semester, you'll study four compulsory modules that teach you the foundations of materials science. You’ll learn about processing-structure-property relationships, which lie at the heart of the discipline, as well as examining topics such as mechanical, physical and chemical behaviour, phase transformations and how the structure and local chemistry of materials may be characterised. You’ll also cover materials and process selection and their role in design and extend this into the principles and practice of failure analysis, with modelling to support experimental methods throughout.
- In the second semester, modules will cover advanced materials science such as alloys, ceramics, polymer, composites, functional materials and nanomaterials.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Campus Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Other requirements
General requirements
A bachelor degree with a 2:2 (hons) in engineering, a physical science or mathematics discipline.
Applicants must have strong marks across a breadth of relevant modules, including mathematics and physical sciences.
Relevant professional qualifications and experience may also be considered.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information please contact the Admissions Team.
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