Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials UCL

Overview

In the Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials programme from the University College London (UCL) you will gain the abilities needed to develop and produce advanced materials such as new drug molecules and pharmaceuticals, materials for energy generation and storage, catalysts facilitating sustainable processes, functional nanomaterials for precious metal recovery or biomedical applications, and more.

The fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, is transforming chemical and process research laboratories as well as manufacturing sites, where smart technologies and digitisation are radically changing the way new chemicals and materials are developed and produced. 

Automated processes and robotic systems allow for operator-free experimentation and material development and optimisation empowered by computational tools such as machine learning. In this new paradigm-shifting scenario, R&D must go far beyond the traditional, and labour-intensive, manual experimentation and analysis. 

The new industrial demands require the materials engineers of the future to take a holistic digital approach, combining up-to-date synthetic and analytic procedures, automation, data science, and a variety of computational tools. The MSc in Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (DMAM) was co-developed with our industrial partners to meet these requirements and to equip the next generation of engineers and scientists with the interdisciplinary skills needed.

What this course will give you

On successful completion of this programme, you will have unique problem-solving skills for accelerated innovation in a rapidly changing world. More particularly, you will be able to bridge experimental and digital technologies for material development and production and will learn in close collaboration with our industry partners, which will make you highly sought after in industry and academia alike.

Employability

The MSc will prepare graduates with a firm foundation in research methods and research knowledge of high industrial relevance, as well as interdisciplinary team working skills to apply experimental and computational methodologies in the field of digital manufacturing.

The programme is strongly influenced by our industrial advisors and collaborators representing various fields of manufacturing R&D in the UK but also internationally. 

With a strong emphasis on experiential learning of material development production within our holistic (and industry guided) digital manufacturing approach, and the industry related research projects in Term 3, our graduates will be in high demand in academia and especially in industry.