Materials Science and Engineering with a Foundation Year

About this course

Materials science and engineering is the discipline that asks what things are made of and how that composition determines their behaviour. From the steel in a bridge and the silicon in a microchip to the composites in a racing car and the polymers in a medical implant, every technology depends on choosing and engineering materials whose properties match the demands placed on them. Understanding and controlling those properties at the molecular and microstructural level is what materials science and engineering is about. At Swansea University, this four-year full-time programme explores how the properties of matter can be controlled, enhanced, and manipulated to improve performance in existing applications and to establish entirely new ones. You will study the structure of materials at atomic and microstructural scales, the processes used to manufacture them, and how their properties, in

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 90% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Research and Development (RandD) and Other Research Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 60% of graduatescards →

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