What will I learn?

The Master of Science in Materials Science is a two year full-time (or equivalent part-time) degree that can equip you with the knowledge and skills in materials chemistry.Materials science is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that aims to understand the fundamental properties of materials. Materials science has broad applications across technology, healthcare, engineering and environmental science. At Australias top-ranking university, you will gain a broad understanding in the fundamentals and specialist knowledge to face the key challenges in the development of new materials including nanomaterials. You can apply this knowledge to address current global challenges, such as producing materials for renewable energies, battery storage, energy efficiency, tissue engineering, and environmentally conscious and biocompatible materials such as biodegradable plastics.

Which department am I in?

ANU College of Science

CRICOS

102930J

Study options

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees

A$50,760.00 (28,22,352) per year

Accommodation (per week) - AUD 288 (sharing) - AUD 500 (not sharing).

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Application deadline

Expected December 2025

More details

Start date

February 2025

Venue

Acton Campus

The Australian National University,CANBERRA,

Canberra,

Australian Capital Territory,

2601, CANBERRA, Australia

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees

A$53,370.00 (29,67,473) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Application deadline

Expected December 2025

More details

Start date

July 2025

Venue

Acton Campus

The Australian National University,CANBERRA,

Canberra,

Australian Capital Territory,

2601, CANBERRA, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants must present a Bachelor degree or international equivalent

with a grade point average of at least 5.0/7.0
with at least 8 courses in a cognate discipline with minimum grade point average of 5.0/7.0 in these subjects
with the equivalent of an ANU minor in Chemistry and a minimum of 2 courses of undergraduate Maths and a minimum of 2 courses of undergraduate Physics

The GPA for a Bachelor program will be calculated from (i) a completed Bachelor degree using all grades and/or (ii) a completed Bachelor degree using all grades other than those from the last semester (or equivalent study period) of the Bachelor degree. The higher of the two calculations will be used as the basis for admission.

English Language Requirements

IELTS Academic and IELTS UKVI Academic [excluding One Skill Retake and IELTS Online] - Overall score of 6.5 overall with minimum 6.0 in each band.

TOEFL iBT Paper Edition and TOEFL iBT [excluding Paper Edition and Home Edition] - Overall score of 80 (Reading - 20; Writing - 20; Listening - 18; Speaking - 18).

Cambridge C1 Advanced - Overall score of 176 minimum 169 in each band.

PTE Academic and PTE Academic UKVI [excluding PTE Academic Online] - Overall score of 64 minimum 55 in each band.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.