Materials science is at the forefront of providing innovative solutions for many global challenges — from creating new materials for energy generation to developing storage that helps reduce carbon emissions.
Our Materials Science and Engineering MSc has been designed to meet the present needs and future challenges of advanced materials and manufacturing. Whether you’ve got a background in science, mathematics, technology or other engineering disciplines, studying this course will give you the specialist skills and knowledge you’ll need to pursue a career in this growing and fast-moving field.
Taught by leading researchers in UK-leading facilities, you’ll study topics such as materials structures, processing-structure-property relationships, characterisation and failure analysis.
Career opportunities
There is an increasingly high demand for qualified materials scientists, materials engineers and metallurgists. Career prospects are excellent and cover a wide range of industries concerned with the research and development of new and improved materials, materials synthesis and commercial production, and materials exploitation in cutting-edge applications in engineering and technology.
Plus, the University of Leeds is in the top 10 most targeted universities in the UK by graduate recruiters, according to High Fliers’ The Graduate Market in 2023 report.
Our graduates who studied materials science and engineering with us have secured positions at companies such as:
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
Expected June 2025
Start date
September 2025
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds,
LS2 9JT, NORTHERN ENGLAND, England
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The university has a high student satisfaction rate - the third-best in the UK (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018).
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