Materials Science and Engineering

About this course

Materials science and engineering is the discipline that asks how the properties of matter can be understood, controlled, and manipulated to create materials with the performance characteristics that modern technology demands. Every manufactured object depends on materials choices: the steel in a bridge, the polymers in medical devices, the semiconductors in electronics, the ceramics in jet engines, and the composites in aircraft. Understanding why materials behave the way they do, and how their microstructure, composition, and processing determine their properties, is the central concern of the discipline. At Swansea University, this three-year programme explores how the properties of matter can be enhanced and manipulated to improve performance in existing applications and to enable entirely new ones. You will study across the range of materials classes, including metals, polymers, ce

Where its graduates go

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