Materials Engineering – FdEng

Materials are at the heart of engineering design and increasingly control how it advances. Materials’ science and engineering influence our lives each time we buy or use a device, machine or structure.

This course focuses on understanding the • structure • properties • processing • performance of materials. This includes developing new or improved materials and advanced processing methods. The links between designing and creating new products, processes and structures are critical.

Materials engineers continue to lead all of these and many other areas of engineering.

Demand for new and improved materials never stops and in an increasingly technological world, there are endless opportunities to refine and improve materials for the manufacturing industry.

This course allows you to study part-time at the University and do one work-based learning module in your workplace each year. Your employer must agree to give you the time and technical support you need to do this work during the working week.

The course provides you with a sound knowledge of a wide range of metallic, ceramic, polymeric and composite materials.

You study
• the relationships between metals and alloys and their associated manufacturing processes
• responsibilities of engineers to society and the environment
• advanced laboratory-based investigatory techniques

After successfully completing this foundation degree, you can apply for two more years of part-time study to gain a BEng (Honours) Materials Engineering.