MSc Advanced Engineering Materials
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 12,500 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students. International, including EU, students per annum: £26,000
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Introduction
Course overview
During the course you will:
- Develop your skills and knowledge in materials selection and design.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of key factors shaping the design and selection of materials used in advanced engineering applications, their processing, properties and stability.
- Develop valued research, teamwork, data analysis and communication skills.
- Study at a university ranked 4th in the UK and among the top 30 in the world for Materials Science (QS World University Rankings 2021).
- Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), leading to Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
Course description
This master's course provides you with an in-depth understanding of the key factors that govern the design and selection of materials for use in advanced engineering applications, as well as their processing, properties and stability.
Focusing on composites, advanced alloys and engineering ceramics, you will explore the technologies used in the manufacturing and processing of advanced materials and develop an understanding of the relationships between composition, microstructure, processing and performance.
You will learn how to assess materials' performance in service and develop an understanding of the processes of degradation in hostile conditions. You will also be trained in the essential skills needed to design and develop the next generation of high-performance engineering materials, establishing a strong foundation for a future career in industry or research.
This course is aimed at students who have a strong materials background wishes to gain more specialised knowledge of the principles, structure, processing and design of advanced engineering materials. However, it is suitable also for graduates from other engineering and science backgrounds who wish to specialise in materials engineering.
Admissions
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Curriculum
Aims
On successful completion of the MSc in Advanced Engineering Materials, students will have:
- Acquired a detailed knowledge of state-of-the-art materials systems
- Know about how 21 st century materials perform and survive in hostile conditions
- Understand how their structure is engineered from the nanoscale upwards
- Discover the technologies used in their manufacture and processing
- Acquired skills in materials selection and engineering design
- Acquired research skills in advanced testing and characterisation, data analysis and scientific reporting.
Teaching and learning
The course is delivered through a mix of lecturing, blended small and small group tutorials with hands-on research training.
We use a range of teaching and learning methods, including tutorials, workshops, seminars and research projects. These are supported by an e-learning infrastructure that includes on-line feedback, lecture and lab podcasting and close academic supervision.
Coursework and assessment
We will assess your progress using:
- written reports
- oral presentations
- laboratory reports
- examinations
- dissertation project
Career Opportunities
In 2018 we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our MSc course. In that time, graduates of the course have achieved top ranking industrial and academic positions in their home countries, in the UK and around the world.
Graduates from the course are employed in a variety of industries, including process and petrochemical industries, manufacturing, power generation and the automotive and aerospace sectors. Recently there has been a surge in demand for control engineers in the field of biomedicine. More generally feedback and control systems skills play an important part in an ever-widening range of high tech applications.
The MSc can also be used as a springboard for postgraduate research. Approximately 50% of the current PhD students in the Control Systems Group are graduates from the MSc course.
Program Admission Requirements
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