36 monthsProgramme duration
25,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
Jan, Apr, Jul, OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Start dates: PhD/MPhil - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July.
With our main research strengths of aerospace materials, environmental materials and steel technology, Swansea University provides an excellent base for your research as a PhD or MPhil student in Materials Engineering.
To find out more about the world-leading research that we do visit the Materials Research Centre website.
Recent PhD theses supervised in the area of Materials Engineering at Swansea University include
- Bioinspired investigation via x-ray computed micromography
- Characterisation of Compressor Abradable Systems
- Validation of a high integrity/repair process for aerospace materials
- Constitutive behaviour in turbine disc alloys
- Investigating the dwell crack growth and creep resistance behaviour of next generation nickel disc alloys
- Addressing the scale up challenges of solid state mesoscopic solar cells
- Low cost dye sensitized solar cells on metal substrates
- Role of environment and its effects on high temperature corrosion-fatigue life in nickel based superalloys
Find out more about some of the academic staff supervising theses in these areas in our Directory of Expertise.
Programme overview
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Start dates: PhD/MPhil - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July.
With our main research strengths of aerospace materials, environmental materials and steel technology, Swansea University provides an excellent base for your research as a PhD or MPhil student in Materials Engineering.
To find out more about the world-leading research that we do visit the Materials Research Centre website.
Recent PhD theses supervised in the area of Materials Engineering at Swansea University include
- Bioinspired investigation via x-ray computed micromography
- Characterisation of Compressor Abradable Systems
- Validation of a high integrity/repair process for aerospace materials
- Constitutive behaviour in turbine disc alloys
- Investigating the dwell crack growth and creep resistance behaviour of next generation nickel disc alloys
- Addressing the scale up challenges of solid state mesoscopic solar cells
- Low cost dye sensitized solar cells on metal substrates
- Role of environment and its effects on high temperature corrosion-fatigue life in nickel based superalloys
Find out more about some of the academic staff supervising theses in these areas in our Directory of Expertise.
Admission Requirements
PhD: Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline.
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
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