Materials Science and Engineering

About this course

Materials science and engineering is the discipline that determines what the physical world is made of and how to make it better. Every manufactured object, from a smartphone to a wind turbine blade, a hip replacement to a carbon-fibre aircraft fuselage, depends on materials that have been chosen, processed and tested for their particular combination of mechanical, electrical, thermal and optical properties. Materials scientists and engineers design and develop new materials, characterise the properties of existing ones and understand the relationships between the atomic and microstructural features of a material and its macroscopic behaviour in use. At Imperial College London, this three-year full-time programme gives you a rigorous scientific and engineering education in the discipline, covering the full range of material classes including metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and el

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