Materials Engineering, MSc by Research 12 months Postgraduate Program By Swansea University |Top Universities
Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

23,100 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

15 Apr, 2025Application Deadline

Program overview

Degree

MScr

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July.


Swansea is one of the UK’s leading centres for materials teaching and research. The internationally leading materials research conducted at Swansea is funded by prestigious organisations such as Rolls Royce, Airbus, The European Space Agency, and Tata Steel.


Key research areas include design against failure by creep, fatigue and environmental damage, structural metals and ceramics for gas turbine applications, grain boundary engineering, recycling of polymers and composites, corrosion mechanisms in new generation magnesium alloys, development of novel strip steel grades (IF, HSLA, Dual Phase, TRIP) and functional coatings for energy generation, storage and release.


You can find out more about the research we do within our College here:


Energy Safety Research Institute


Materials Research Centre


  • Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
  • Institute of Structural Materials
  • Advanced Characterisation
  • Coatings, Corrosion and Electrochemistry
  • Materials Advanced Characterisation Centre (MACH1)
  • Metallurgy
  • SUSTAIN Steel
  • Swansea Additive Manufacturing Research

Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering

Program overview

Degree

MScr

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July.


Swansea is one of the UK’s leading centres for materials teaching and research. The internationally leading materials research conducted at Swansea is funded by prestigious organisations such as Rolls Royce, Airbus, The European Space Agency, and Tata Steel.


Key research areas include design against failure by creep, fatigue and environmental damage, structural metals and ceramics for gas turbine applications, grain boundary engineering, recycling of polymers and composites, corrosion mechanisms in new generation magnesium alloys, development of novel strip steel grades (IF, HSLA, Dual Phase, TRIP) and functional coatings for energy generation, storage and release.


You can find out more about the research we do within our College here:


Energy Safety Research Institute


Materials Research Centre


  • Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
  • Institute of Structural Materials
  • Advanced Characterisation
  • Coatings, Corrosion and Electrochemistry
  • Materials Advanced Characterisation Centre (MACH1)
  • Metallurgy
  • SUSTAIN Steel
  • Swansea Additive Manufacturing Research

Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering

Admission Requirements

6.5+
3.3+
Applicants must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2:1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant discipline. 

15 Apr 2025
1 Year
Jan
Apr

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Tuition fees

Domestic
4,786 GBP
International
23,100 GBP

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