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MSc Materials Science and Engineering

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

There is an increasingly high demand for qualified materials scientists, materials engineers and metallurgists. Career prospects are excellent and cover a wide range of industries concerned with the research and development of new and improved materials, materials synthesis and commercial production, and materials exploitation in cutting-edge applications in engineering and technology.

General Eligibility

A bachelor's degree with a 2:2 (Hons) in engineering, a physical science or mathematics discipline. Applicants must have strong marks across relevant modules, including mathematics and physical sciences.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Research Project (MSc)

  • Interdisciplinary Design Project

  • Phase Transformations and Microstructural Control

  • Materials Modelling

  • Structure-Property Relationships

  • Materials Selection and Failure Analysis

  • Materials Structures and Characterisation

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Metals and Alloys

  • Materials for Electronic Applications

  • Ceramics, Polymers and Composites

  • Nanomaterials

  • Extractive Metallurgy

  • Soft Matter Physics: Polymers, Colloids and Glasses

  • Physics of Biological Systems

  • Nanomagnetism

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any components.

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