The Advanced Materials Science MSc relates scientific theories to research and applications of advanced materials, encourages innovation and creative thinking, and contextualises scientific innovation within the global market and entrepreneurship. The degree delivers innovative teaching; from the group design projects where you are challenged to design the next advanced material to learning how to apply research in the commercial world. This degree, delivered by UCL’s Institute for Materials Discovery IMD within the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, equips you with advanced, comprehensive knowledge of materials science and related state-of-the-art technologies, an understanding of the structure, properties and applications of materials, scientific research skills, and the insight and capability to be an entrepreneur in the field. You’ll begin by studying compulsory modules that provide a foundation in advanced materials science, including research design and methods, thus gaining the necessary knowledge to develop your research project during the year. You also start optional modules to develop your specific areas of interest.
This course is designed for those with a background in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, polymers, materials science and engineering, or biotechnology and prepares students for a career discovering the advanced materials that will shape the future of our world.
You’ll be equipped with the comprehensive knowledge and research skills for a future career as a materials scientist or engineer in academia or industry, or as an entrepreneur. In addition, through various assessments including group design projects and real-life case studies, you will further develop highly valuable and well-sought transferable skills such as literature and market survey, design of experiments, creative thinking, critical analysis, complex problem-solving, project management, effective communication, confident presentation, team playing and leadership, and responsible innovation.
Graduates from this degree progress into a wide range of sectors, including aerospace, biomedical research, advanced manufacturing and other multidisciplinary industries
Alumni have taken roles at companies such as Shell, Johnson Matthey, Rolls-Royce, Merck, Oxford Instruments, Huawei, Bytedance, Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola. These employer examples are illustrative and drawn from a internal records, alumni feedback and the Graduate Outcomes Survey.
The course also provides an excellent foundation for further academic study. Past graduates have progressed to another postgraduate degree or doctoral research, some of whom have been awarded full PhD studentships. They have gone on to study at institutions including Purdue University in the USA, Universities of Oxford, Bristol, Queen Mary, Nottingham, Bath, St Andrews, Imperial College London, and UCL in the UK, as well as other top universities in Australia and Hong Kong.