Materials Engineering

Overview

Materials are at the heart of our quality of life and economic welfare and this will continue to be the case in the foreseeable future, especially considering the need to build a sustainable world and to use our resources intelligently. Materials engineers invent, design, make and use materials for products, processes and services. You are educated for leadership in sectors where materials play a decisive role.

The structure of this master’s programme consists of a compulsory core of 60 credits, four options of 12 credits, three fixed elective packages of 12 credits, engineering and general interest electives for 12 credits, and the master's thesis of 24 credits.

 The four options focus on materials families or on application domains:

• Metals and Ceramics
• Polymers and Composites
• Materials for Nanotechnology
• Materials for Biomedical Applications. 

The fixed elective packages are meant to orient students towards different future career options: research-oriented, production-oriented, or management-oriented. For students with other bachelor degrees than materials science and engineering, bridging courses may replace the elective packages if you have a bachelors degree other than materials science or engineering ... 

The programme is crowned with the 24 credits master's thesis, where you will apply your knowledge to a selected research topic.