Materials Science and Technology

Overview

*This programme profile is financed by Dora Plus Action 4: Marketing of study and employment opportunities in Estonia (European Regional Development Fund).

Materials Science and Technology is a master's programme focusing on developing and commercialising new materials and their applications. Studies of materials science are combined with acquiring the basics of entrepreneurship.

The programme provides knowledge of theoretical principles of materials science, testing and investigation methods and development and design of materials. Students' development projects are done in cooperation with scientific laboratories, where they also perform the experimental part of their master's thesis.

Why study Materials Science and Technology at the University of Tartu ?

• The University of Tartu belongs to the top 1.2% of the world's universities (300th position in the QS World University Rankings 2022).
• Focus on developing and commercialising new materials and their applications.

• Each student joins a laboratory and takes part in the scientific work of the lab. You can choose between the labs of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Institute of Technology.
• An internship is a mandatory part of your studies.
• Professor Mikhail Brik belongs to the top 1% of the most-cited scientists in the world (ESI 2021).

• After graduation, you can work as a specialist, developing materials in manufacturing enterprises, research institutions and laboratories. You can also start a business handling materials or continue your studies at the doctoral level.

Career opportunities

Graduates can work as specialists developing materials in manufacturing enterprises or research institutions and laboratories. They have the knowledge and skills to start and run new small and medium businesses handling materials. Graduates can continue their studies at the doctoral level.

Accreditation

University of Tartu Institutional Accreditation 2015-2022: The Quality Assessment Council for Higher Education of the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education decided to accredit the University of Tartu for seven years.

The next accreditation will be conducted in 2022.