StudyQA — Master: Materials Technology

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In our high-tech society there is a great need for advanced knowledge about materials, as the materials to a high degree are crucial to a products capacity. Do you want to participate in the development of the materials of the future? In that case Materials Technology is the right programme for you. You will obtain an understanding of the problems that industrial production companies, consulting engineering companies, certification companies and research institutions meet in connection with the production and use of materials. And you will be able to transform this knowledge to practice.

During the masters programme, you will gain a profound knowledge of different engineering materials such as plastic, composite materials, alloys and steel, while you also gain a solid competence profile in the fields of solid mechanics.

The programme is cross-disciplinary and contains elements from physics, chemistry, nanotechnology and traditional mechanical engineering. The teaching combines lectures, laboratory work and project work.

Career opportunities

With a masters degree in Materials Technology you will be able to work in private or public companies where a central part of the job is a profound knowledge of the properties of materials, knowledge of manufacturing and processing methods, and the interaction between these. You can work as for instance:

development or production engineer
specialist
project manager
production or development manager

You can work in both Danish and international industrial production companies, consulting engineering companies, certification companies, and research institutions.

Materials Technology is a two-year master's programme which gives you 120 ECTS credits. The structure of the programme is outlined below:

1st semester

During the 1st semester you work with:

Metals and alloys
Fracture mechanics and fatigue
Continuum mechanics
Continuum mechanics with microstructure
Metallic materials.

2nd semester

The subjects of the 2nd semester are:

Simulation and measuring of materials behaviour
Polymers and composite materials
Polymer Chemistry
Fundamental polymer chemistry
Polymers and polymer composites.

3rd semester

During 3 semester you work with Industrial development and Morphological modelling and characterisation. Alternatively, you have the opportunity to study one semester abroad or to do an internship in Denmark or abroad.

4th semester

This semester is devoted to the masters thesis.

Admission the master's programme in Materials Technology requires a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (mechanical engineering and manufacturing), a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (nanotechnology with specialisation in physics), a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Industry, a Bachelor of Engineering in Nanotechnology, Bachelor of Science in Physics, or a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 80