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Study Details: 1 year full-time or 2 years full-time with placement
On this course, you’ll explore recent advances in materials science, nanotechnology and innovative design through a multidisciplinary and career-focused perspective. This prepares you for a role developing materials with enhanced properties, performance and sustainability across a range of industries.
Core modules cover:
Materials characterisation
Spectroscopic and structural analysis
Surface engineering
You’ll gain specialist knowledge in techniques used across research and industry to design, evaluate and refine intelligent materials. Two project management modules also help you build critical professional and leadership skills in line with APM and PMI standards.
You may also take part in live lab experiences, giving you the chance to engage directly with industry to boost your employability. You’ll conduct research case studies set by real employers and present back your findings. This improves your professional and interpersonal skills, as well as providing networking and mock interview opportunities.
On the Sustainable Energy Technologies and Innovative Materials module, you can tailor your learning to focus on research areas taking place right here on campus. This could be with experts from PrintCity, our award-winning digital manufacturing hub, or world-renowned researchers in the Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre. Themes include:
Energy storage
Electrochemistry
3D printing and additive manufacturing
This will then influence your major independent research project. This is your chance to specialise even further by designing and carrying out your own investigation in an area that inspires you most. As 6th in the UK for the impact of our research in engineering (REF 2021), you’ll be able to draw on the expertise of a highly experienced, research-active team of academics.
The learning experience will refine your theoretical insight and cement your practical laboratory skills. You’ll graduate with the scientific expertise, technical ability and professional confidence go further in a materials science career.
You’ll need a UK honours degree – at least a 2:2 – or the international equivalent in:
Chemistry
Engineering
Physics
Applied sciences
Materials
Technology
Or a related subject
Applicants with relevant industrial experience may also be considered.
International students who apply for this course will need to provide an Academic Technology Approval Scheme certificate (ATAS certificate) before the University can issue a Certificate of Acceptance of Studies (CAS). The Foreign & Commonwealth Office issue ATAS certificates, and applications can be submitted via their online system. We recommend that you apply for your ATAS certificate. For more information about ATAS certificates, please visit the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website.
Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification.
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With a mix of chemistry, engineering and project management, our MSc Advanced Materials course will equip you with the skills to join the next generation of materials scientists. From academia to industry, whether in a technical role driving discovery or a managerial role leading teams, this course can help you prepare for a future at the forefront of materials development.
From energy and environmental to technology and manufacturing, this is a qualification that could take you into various industries or sectors, in roles including:
Research scientist
Materials scientist
Metallurgist
Product or process development scientist
Quality control chemist
Technical manager
Technical sales
Consultancy and management work
PhD studies
Whether you’re a recent graduate looking to extend your skills, or already in practice and looking to progress your career, this course develops a range of professional-standard skills and opens a variety of specialist career paths.
We place employability at the heart of your learning and teaching, regularly reviewing our courses to ensure that they are up-to-date and relevant to the needs of industry. You’ll be taught and supervised by research experts, most of whom are at the forefront of their specialist field and who will give you support and guidance throughout your studies.
Core modules
Management of Projects Fundamentals
Management of Projects Professional Practice
Engineering Sustainability
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Innovative Materials
Bulk Characterisation and Surface Imaging Techniques
Nanotechnology
Advanced Project and Personal Development
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