Materials Science and Engineering with Professional Internship Queen's University Belfast

Overview

Within this Materials Science and Engineering with Professional Internship MSc course from the Queen's University Belfast students will spend up to 36 weeks of their second year on placement in a materials-related position. It is the responsibility of each student to arrange his or her own Industrial Internship. Internships must be approved by the University in accordance with agreed Health, Safety and Welfare requirements.

Materials Science And Engineering With Professional Internship HighlightsApplications for this course received after 30th June 2020 may not be accepted. In addition, a deposit will be required to secure a place.

Technical lecture information will be consolidated, using data analysis and problem-solving classes, to build critical investigative capability, badly needed in the workplace. Project management skills will also be honed through taught material, research projects and industrial placements, where appropriate.

Key facts

• The  Materials Science and Engineering with Professional Internship course at Queen's University Belfast is supported by well-equipped laboratories, digital network and computing facilities, library access and lecture rooms. 
• The interdisciplinary nature of the subject means that you will experience materials-related activity in a number of different environments across the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, in which both fundamental and applied research is done.
• Career opportunities:
• Advanced technology materials-related manufacturing companies are economically extremely significant to both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Multinationals, such as Intel, Bombardier, Seagate, Thales and Kyocera have major research, development and production facilities on the island. Such companies employ many thousands and are all keen to ensure a steady stream of technically informed, problem solving graduates to augment their workforces.
• Advanced, specialist understanding (beyond BSc level) of how materials properties underpin existing and new commercial activities is key to maintaining the health of these companies and their presence on the island in the future.
• Equally, materials-based industries act as major employers throughout the rest of the world, so there is no limitation to career location.

Accreditation

The Materials Science and Engineering with Professional Internship course at Queen's University Belfast will seek relevant professional accreditation once the first year of the course has been delivered.