Engineering Materials Science KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Overview

This Engineering Materials Science MSc degree from KTH Royal Institute of Technology is a broad and interdisciplinary field that studies the processes, structures, properties, and applications of materials. It has a long history that dates back to ancient times, but also a dynamic and evolving present driven by new discoveries and challenges. Metallic materials have the potential to revolutionise various domains such as energy, medicine, communication, transportation, and defence. 

Sweden has a strong tradition of Engineering Materials Science with breakthrough innovations in the field, such as fossil-free steel that seeks to entirely eliminate CO2 emissions throughout the value chain from mining to steel production. Steel is, without a doubt, one of the most important materials in human society, and its uses range from low-tech to very high-tech applications. Due to its importance, a vast amount of research has been and continues to be produced within the field. As such, it is also an excellent "model material" from which we can understand other metallic materials. Materials science at KTH has a very high ranking among universities in the world. At the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, state-of-the-art research involving the processes, structures and properties of steel is being performed. 

Through the programme in Engineering Materials Science, you will get an excellent knowledge of metallic materials' processes, structures and properties. Furthermore, you have great flexibility to tailor your studies towards some profile of choice. These profiles serve as guidelines and have been constructed in collaboration with various industrial and academic partners that need specific knowledge in the Engineering Materials Science field. Topics like casting, metal forming, powder metallurgy (additive manufacturing), experimental methods, quantum metallurgy (ab initio), team leadership, project management, economical process analyses and product innovation, combustion in industrial processes, and energy and materials sustainability, corrosion and surface protection are all vital parts of the programme. This gives the education both a large width and knowledge and skills with a deep technical depth.

Career opportunities:

• Graduates from the programme are in great demand in Stockholm and the rest of Sweden, Europe and the world. There are many job opportunities in sectors directly associated with metallurgy – such as iron, steel and other metal-producing industries (for example, powder metallurgy and hard metal). However, as a material specialist with outstanding knowledge about metals, you will find that your knowledge is of importance in the automotive industry, manufacturing industry, aerospace industry, companies in the energy sector, the public sector, the environmental sector or private enterprises. Graduates from the programme work at a huge selection of companies, such as Sandvik, SSAB, Outokumpu, Swerim and Scania, to name a few.
• The programme also provides a solid scientific foundation for further research studies at KTH or abroad after graduating.