Advanced Materials Science and Engineering

What you'll study: This course is interdisciplinary in nature and involves a combination of theoretical and practical approaches. You’ll explore the latest experimental techniques in engineering, examine the characteristics, structure and properties of materials in greater depth, and have the option to choose from modules covering manufacturing processes, nanotechnology and nanomedicine, nanocomposites, polymer synthesis, renewable energy and more.

Alongside your taught modules, you'll work on a research project throughout the academic year, within one of our materials-based research groups. Your research project could be focused in the fields of ceramics, polymers, composites, elastomers, functional materials or manufacturing technologies.

You will also gain practical experience in our world-class processing facilities, such as the NanoVision Centre for Advanced Microscopy, which contains equipment for high-resolution imaging, and structural, chemical and mechanical analysis.