Duration
1 year
Starting Date
September
Tuition Fee
For information about tuition fees, please contact UCD using the enquiry form.
Location
Dublin, Ireland
About the programme
The Materials Science and Engineering programme at University College Dublin are at the centre of virtually every area of technology from optoelectronics to space materials and from automotive and automotive manufacturing to biomedical devices.
The core knowledge in this field is essential in currently evolving advanced technologies such as additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) and nanotechnology. Graduates will gain expertise in fundamental materials science and real-world engineering application of materials, including metals, ceramics, composites and semiconductors.
This programme is delivered by a School with a long history of innovation, establishing its first spin-out company more than 40 years ago, attracting more than €5 million in research funding annually, and leading SFI’s national centre for advanced manufacturing.
Graduates from this programme will be fully qualified professional engineers, capable of working anywhere in the world at an advanced technical level.
- Focus on real-world materials used for the manufacture of advanced engineered components and systems such as biomedical implants.
- Integrated theoretical, conceptual and practical knowledge.
- Technical research project in collaboration with world leading research groups and researchers.
Career opportunities:
If you are a graduate of the MEngSc Materials Science & Engineering programme you can look forward to limitless employment opportunities in a substantive array of industries.
Most companies worldwide employ materials professionals and examples where UCD materials graduates now work are: General Electric or Rolls Royce (Aerospace), Astrium (Space), Stryker or Boston Scientific (Biomedical) or Siemens (Energy).
Modules and Topics
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Technical Ceramics
- Research Skills and Techniques
- Advanced Metals Processing
- Materials Themodynamics and Kinetics
- Advanced Polymer Engineering
Student Testimonial
“This programme offered me a chance to study a wide variety of engineering materials used worldwide, such that after finishing the programme, I would be able to use my new knowledge anywhere, not just in jobs or academia in Ireland or the US. The programme required both module and research credits, which allowed me to gain a specialisation in the materials field of mechanical engineering, as well as jumpstart my desired research career. After completing my degree at UCD, I received an Irish Research Council Employment-based Postgraduate Programme doctoral fellowship with a UCD engineering professor and a nonprofit based in Dublin, and I am currently in my second year of that PhD programme. I believe that UCD was key to my academic journey and that the university is continuing to help me establish myself in the engineering research field.”
-Susan Nace – PhD Candidate
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