Materials Science

Materials science at Oxford is a four-year course, structured as follows:

Part 1 (three years)

Years 1 & 2: Lecture courses on “core” topics: Structure of materials, Properties of materials and Transforming materials, with associated practical classes.

Year 3: Lecture courses on a variety of options, including:

• Prediction of Materials’ Properties
• Engineering Ceramics: Synthesis and Properties
• Materials & Devices for Optics and Optoelectronics
• Magnetic & Superconducting Materials
• Microstructural Control in Engineering Alloys
• Materials for Nuclear Systems
• Enabling Nanotechnology – From Materials To Devices
• Biomaterials & Natural Materials
• Advanced Polymers
• Quantum Technology
• Energy Materials

See Handbooks for further information.

Part 2 (one year)

This comprises a 9-month project performing original research, normally in one of the Materials Department’s research groups (see Research Groups). Projects start in early September and finish in mid-June, and are assessed on the basis of a dissertation of up to 15,000 words.

Prospective visiting students may wish to consider taking a selection of courses from Part 1, or in undertaking a Part 2 project (possibly of reduced duration).

To discuss possibilities, please contact Dr Joseph Prentice (joseph.prentice@seh.ox.ac.uk)