Msc in Materials Engineering
Chalmers University of Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Gothenburg, Sweden
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
SEK 160,000 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* tuition fees for non-EU/EEA students
Introduction
As far back as the Stone Age, materials have played a significant and defining role in human development — central to contemporary prosperity and the keys to future social evolution. Material engineers, therefore, have an essential role to play in developing and refining the materials of today and tomorrow, exploring their limits and taking their potential to the next level.
Materials-related challenges are found in all disciplines of engineering — biomedical, telecommunications, aeronautical, construction, chemical, and mechanical, to name just a few. All aspects of a product's life, from initial idea or discovery to prototype, finished article, and eventual recycling processes, fall under the scope of materials engineering. Materials engineers focus on the application of materials, testing, developing, and modifying them to be used in just about any product one can imagine, from jet engines and skis to smartphones and sanitary products.
Contemporary challenges in materials cut across the traditional lines of engineering and science. Success in the field relies on a mix of competence and knowledge, understanding where problems arise, effective testing, and model building.
The education you will receive in this program reflects this diversity, and you will use advanced experimental equipment and modern software for materials simulation to tackle real-life material problems, provided by industry partners. You will learn through a pedagogical philosophy of ‘make and break’, exploring the limits of new materials and ideas through experiments both theoretical and practical. We also emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary and intercultural communication and teamwork — essential ingredients for success in the modern international industry.
You will become an engineer of reality, both a problem finder and solver and a developer in theory and practice. As well as an expert in materials, you will also come to represent a bridge between researchers and the construction sector.
When you study this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to handle the complexity of materials problems and to find solutions within the entire lifecycle of a product, from design and manufacturing to end use, and recycling. You will learn how to choose materials, develop processes and properties and understand failures, applying your expertise in materials to make products more efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and environmentally sustainable.
Career
The master's program in Materials engineering prepares you for a professional role in fields like lightweight design, recycling, biodegradable materials, or corrosion-resistant alloys. Future opportunities can be found in Product development and testing, Technical design, Process development, innovative business development, R&D, Engineering and problem solving, and sustainable development.
We also cooperate with large and well-established companies and institutes such as Volvo, Volvo Cars, GKN Aerospace, SAAB, SKF, SCA, Sandvik, and SWEREA, but also smaller entrepreneurial companies such as ARCAM.
General entry requirements
A Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Technology, or Architecture
To fulfill the general entry requirement for a Master's program at Chalmers (at advanced level/the second cycle), the prospective student must hold a degree that is equivalent to a Swedish Bachelor's degree (minimum 3 years, 180 Swedish higher education credits) in either Science, Engineering, Technology or Architecture.
- All applicants must document their formal academic qualifications to prove their eligibility. Only documentation from internationally recognized universities will be approved by the Swedish Council for Higher Education which manages the website universityadmissions.se.
- If an applicant is also a holder of a second degree such as a Master's degree, that may be to fulfill specific (course) requirements, it cannot be used to fulfill the general entry requirement on its own.
In your final year of Bachelor's Studies
Students in their last year of studies who don't yet have documentation of their soon-to-be-completed degree can be accepted.
Restrictions
Degrees that are constructed on one another cannot consist of the same course
Applicants who fulfill the general entry requirements for the second cycle (master’s level) programs and eventually specific entry requirements can be admitted to a master’s program. Applicants cannot be evaluated as unqualified in the qualifying academic merits which include courses from the program’s plan in those programs that they have applied for if that occurs.
Courses included in an earned first cycle degree (bachelor’s level) or professional qualification of at least 180 cr. (180hp) or the equivalent foreign qualification that are prerequisites for master’s qualifications may not be included in the higher qualifications. This also applies to prerequisite courses for master’s programs, regardless of whether they are included in the underlying qualification. *
*) Local Qualifications Framework for Chalmers University of Technology - first and second cycle qualifications.
Restrictions for Citizens from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Chalmers cannot admit applicants with citizenship of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea only to any program or course, due to the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 of 30 August 2017 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and repealing Regulation (EC) 329/2007.
For applicants with double citizenship of which one is of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the other of another country, the citizenship of the other country has precedence in this respect.