StudyQA — Master: Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

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Graduates from Materials and Manufacturing Engineering solve engineering challenges because they are able to optimize advanced materials and complex manufacturing processes for high-tech industrial production.

Materials and manufacturing engineering is highly interdisciplinary and focuses on the application of materials as well as process and production technologies in high-tech products within various fields, including energy production, the automotive and aeronautical industries, medical devices, and communication.

Study programme focus

The key to develop and optimize products with improved functionality and extended lifetime is the interplay between:

the internal structure of materials
process technologies for manufacturing and post-processing of a high-tech product
product properties
product performance under its operating conditions

The programme enables you to predict, control, and optimize material properties and to analyse and optimize the industrial process technologies, which are relevant for advanced products at both micro and macro scale.

Programme provision

To obtain the MSc degree in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, the student must fulfil the following requirements:

Have passed at least 30 ECTS credit points within the General Competencies
Have passed at least 30 ECTS credit points within the Technological Specialization Courses
Have performed a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS credit points within the disciplines of the programme
Have passed a number of Elective Courses such that when combined with the Master Thesis, they comprise 60 ECTS credit points.

Courses

General competence courses:

The following courses, which integrate materials and manufacturing processes, are mandatory:

41656	Materials in Advanced Applications and Products	10	point	F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
41744	Precision Manufacturing	5	point	E4A (Tues 13-17)

Also, at least one course (5 ECTS) must be chosen from the following list:

41664	Physical Metallurgy: phase transformations in metals and alloys	5	point	E2B (Thurs 8-12)
41742	Introduction to Micro Mechanical Systems Design and Manufacture	5	point	E1B (Thurs 13-17)
41747	Modelling in materials and manufacturing engineering - heat transfer and diffusion	5	point	E4B (Fri 8-12)

Also, 10 ECTS of the following courses are mandatory:

42085	Strategy, design and market	5	point	E2B (Thurs 8-12)
42430	Project Management	5	point	F1A (Mon 8-12)
42490	Technology, economics, management and organisation (TEMO)	10	point	E5 (Wed 8-17), F5 (Wed 8-17)

Technological specialization courses

The technological specialization courses are divided into two disciplines: Materials Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering, respectively. From the technological specialisation courses, a total of 30 points must be chosen such that both areas are covered with at least 10 ECTS. This can be achieved either by distributing materials- and manufacturing-related courses equally (15+15 ECTS) or by specialization in one of the disciplines according to 20+10 ECTS (i.e. Specialization in Materials Engineering is obtained by selecting 20 ECTS from materials-related courses and 10 ECTS from manufacturing-related courses. Specialisation in Manufacturing Engineering is achieved by selecting 20 ECTS from manufacturing-related courses and 10 ECTS from materials-related courses).

Examples of possible study plans for both disciplines, i.e. specialisation in Materials Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering, for study start in either the fall or the spring semester are available on the education's homepage http://www.dtu.dk/english/education/msc/programmes/materials_and_manufacturing_engineering#study-programme__focus-areas.

For individual guidance and support for planning the study with a meaningful combination of courses, also in relation to the individual educational background, students are very welcome to contact the program coordinator by email to kpa@mek.dtu.dk .

Materials Engineering

41653	Corrosion (theory and engineering)	10	point	E5 (Wed 8-17)
41655	Advanced Surface Technology	5	point	F3A (Tues 8-12)
41658	Methods for experimental materials characterization	5	point	F2A (Mon 13-17)
41660	Practical Surface Engineering	5	point	August
41661	Metals Technology	5	point	E1A (Mon 8-12)
41663	Nanotribology and Biotribology	5	point	E2A (Mon 13-17)
41665	Physical Metallurgy: deformation and rekrystallisation	5	point	F2B (Thurs 8-12)
41667	Project course in materials engineering	5	point	January
47304	Ceramic Science and Engineering	10	point	F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)

Manufacturing Engineering

41709	Project course in metalworking processes	5	point	June
41730	Industrial forming of metals	5	point	E2A (Mon 13-17)
41731	Geometrical Metrology and Machine Testing	10	point	F5 (Wed 8-17)
41732	Manufacturing Tribology – Modelling and Testing	5	point	F1B (Thurs 13-17)
41733	Metallurgy, Design and Manufacturing of Cast Components	5	point	E3A (Tues 8-12)
41736	Polymer Processes	7.5	point	E3B (Fri 13-17)
41737	Design of plastic products	5	point	F1A (Mon 8-12)
41738	Experimental Plastics Technology	5	point	June
41743	Workshop on micro product design, development and production	5	point	January
41748	Modelling in materials and manufacturing engineering - thermomechanics	5	point	F3B (Fri 13-17)

Elective courses

Any course classified as MSc course in DTU's course base may be taken for credit as an elective course. This includes general competence and technological specialization courses in excess of the minimal requirements. Master students are allowed to take Bachelor DTU courses with the objective to obtaining basic skills not originally obtained in the qualifying bachelor degree (maximum 10 ECTS)

Elective courses can also be filled with so-called special courses (up to a total of 20 ECTS) for dedicated project work. Students are welcome to contact the program coordinator for suggestions of suitable courses supplementing the study program.

Only applicants holding either a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, a Bachelor in Engineering or a Bachelor of Natural Science degree can be admitted to a Master of Science in Engineering programme. From September 2017 the bachelor degree must be less than 10 years old.

The individual MSc Eng programme states in detail which bachelor programmes qualify and whether applicants have to complete supplementary educational activities.

Requirements for supplementary educational activities can equate to up to 30 ECTS credits and are specified in the form of a list of courses under the individual MSc Eng programmes.

The specific requirements must be met before graduating from the bachelor programme or in connection with conditional admission to a particular MSc Eng programme. The courses must be passed prior to the commencement of studies within one year from the conditional admission.

Supplementary educational activities in connection with conditional admission to an MSc Eng programme do not form part of the MSc Eng programme, and partial tuition fees are charged. If the supplementary courses have not been passed within the deadlines specified, the conditional admission to the programme is withdrawn.

The Master of Science in Engineering programmes are offered in English. Therefore applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English (B-level, IELTS, TOEFL- or Pearson test).

Academic requirements for this programme

Admission to the MSc program in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering is directed towards all students who have completed a BSc or BEng education in mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry, chemical or civil engineering or who have another relevant academic background, where fundamentals in Materials Science and Technology have been passed.

Many national and international educations provide the required background for students to continue with the MSc education in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering.

Interested students are very welcome to contact the program coordinator (kpa@mek.dtu.dk) in case of questions or for individual consulting.

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering from DTU:

The following BSc Eng programmes at DTU entitle students to admission to the MSc Eng programme in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering:

Production and Construction
Design and Innovation
Physics and Nanotechnology

Students who have completed a BSc Eng in

Chemical Engineering
Medicine and Technology
General Engineering with specialisation Cyber Materials
Civil Engineering
Architectural Engineering

may also meet the admission requirements for Materials and Manufacturing Engineering; their applications will be assessed individually based on the required pre-requisites.

Pre-requisites may, for example, be ensured through dedicated elective courses during the BSc Eng study.

The academic requirement for the MSc Eng programme is a basic course in Materials Science, which students have to have passed. The following courses from DTU fulfill this requirement (other courses with equivalent content are possible):

41650	Materials Science	5	point	F1B (Thurs 13-17)
41659	Materials Science for Mechanical Engineers	5	point	F1B (Thurs 13-17)
41681	Materials science	5	point	E3A (Tues 8-12), F3A (Tues 8-12)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering from other national and international universities:

Students from several national and international institutions have good opportunities for admission if they can document competences in physics, chemistry, mechanics and mathematics, in addition to the required basic Materials Science, as mentioned abvove.

Students holding a BSc degree from a relevant education at other universities than DTU can be admitted after individual assessment with respect to the academic requirements.

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng):

The following Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) programmes from DTU entitle students to admission to the MSc Eng programme in Materials Science and Manufacturingn Engineering:

Mechanical Engineering (either Maskinteknik or former Maskin at Lyngby or Ballerup)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Architectural Engineering

Bachelors of Engineering from other programmes and from other universities than DTU may be admitted to the MSc Eng programme subject to an individual assessment with respect to the academic requirements.

All applicants with a BEng degree will also be assessed with respect to their background in natural sciences (in particular, mathematics). They have to have passed at least 10 ECTS of natural science courses on BSc Eng level. This requirement can be met either by taking specific courses at DTU (see the list of recommended courses) or by completing courses under a research-based study programme with equivalent contents and level:

01035	Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2	5	point	E1A (Mon 8-12), E2B (Thurs 8-12), F2B (Thurs 8-12)
01037	Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 (Summer University)	5	point	August
02402	Introduction to Statistics	5	point	E3A (Tues 8-12), F4A (Tues 13-17)
02403	Introduction to Mathematical Statistics	5	point	June
02405	Probability theory	5	point	E4B (Fri 8-12)
02413	Statistical Quality Control	5	point	E1B (Thurs 13-17)
02601	Introduction to Numerical Algorithms	5	point	F1B (Thurs 13-17)
02631	Introduction to programming and data processing	5	point	E1B (Thurs 13-17), F2B (Thurs 8-12)
10044	Physics 2	5	point	E4A (Tues 13-17)