MSc Polymer Materials Science and Engineering
For an informal discussion about your study options, call +44 (0)161 306 4826 or email [email protected]
This Masters course covers a wide range of industry-relevant subjects, including:
• ControlandDesignofPolymerisations• PolymerCharacterisation• StructureandMechanicalPropertiesofPolymers• PolymerProcessing• EngineeringDesignandCommunication• AdvancedCompositeMaterials• NewDirectionsinPolymerisation
Thecourse,offeredinpartnershipwiththeSchoolofChemistry,ismulti-disciplinary:itprovidesChemists,MaterialsScientistsandEngineerswitharichunderstandingofbothtraditional commodity plastics and speciality polymers with increasing applications in thebiomedicalandpharmaceuticalfields,andinelectronicsandnanotechnology.Thefull range of issues, from fundamental polymer science, through polymer processing, to manufacturing are all covered.
TheSchoolofMaterialsatTheUniversityofManchester is the largest school of Materials EngineeringinEuropeandoffersanunrivalledbreadth of taught and research programmes in MaterialsScience.
www.manchester.ac.uk/materials/postgraduate
Programme Content and Delivery
The programme consists of discrete taught units followedbyadissertationproject(MSc)orshortprojectreport(Diploma).PostgraduatequalificationsareawardedatMasters,PGDiplomaandPGCertificatelevels.
ThefullMScprogrammeismadeupofsixtaughtcourseunitsandafivemonthresearchproject.Thetaught units are:
Control and Design of Polymerisations•
•PolymerCharacterisation
•StructureandMechanicalPropertiesofPolymers
•PolymerProcessing
•EngineeringDesignandCommunication
•AdvancedCompositeMaterials
•NewDirectionsinPolymerisation
Youcanfinddetailedprogrammeinformationatourwebsite.
Careers
The majority of graduates of this programme go ontofillkeypostsaspolymermaterialsscientists,technologists, engineers, managers and consultants in academia, industry and research and development. SomeadvancetoPhDdegreeswithintheSchool.
www.manchester.ac.uk/materials/postgraduate
Who is this programme for?
Graduates from chemistry, physics, materials and engineering backgrounds who wish to specialise in polymer science and technology.
Studentsandprofessionalsinindustrywhorequiretheknowledgeandskillsinbasicpolymersyntheses, polymer processing, structural characterisation, properties and polymer
engineering design and manufacture.
Entryrequirements
2.2UKHonoursdegreeorequivalent,oran approved combination of educational qualificationsandindustrialexperience.
EnglishLanguage
IELTS6.5withnosubscorebelow5.5orequivalent.TheUniversityoffersthree,fiveandten-weekpre-sessionalEnglishlanguagecoursesforstudentswhoneedtoimprovetheirEnglishtomeettheminimumrequirements.
MScPolymerMaterialsScienceandEngineering
Howtoapply
You can apply online now at www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply
Contactus
For further information, you can email or call us: [email protected] or +44 (0)161
306 4826
