Materials Science and Engineering (with placement year) MEng (Hons)

Materials are fundamental to any engineering activity and lie at the heart of research and development aiming to improve performance, efficiency, sustainability and profitability. Studying Materials leads to wide choice of well-paid jobs and careers.Our Materials Science and Engineering degree covers all the fundamental scientific, engineering and design aspects of Materials, their structure, properties, processing, in-service behaviour and environmental impact. Our degree is an established and proven Materials course, meeting the specific requirements of industry and relevant professional bodies, in particular the MEng degree satisfies the educational requirement towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.Materials advancements are identified as strategically important to the UK and world economies. Materials engineers and scientists are involved with developments in high technology engineering such as aerospace, power generation and automotive, as well as across many industry sectors and consumer goods manufacturing.**What's the difference between MEng and BEng?**The first two years of a BEng or MEng version of our Materials Science and Engineering degree share the same content, format and structure, with a good mix of theory, application and practical content from day one. The MEng differs from the BEng course by offering the opportunity to study technical and management topics at a more advanced level.It is possible to transfer from a BEng to an MEng from the commencement of the course up to the end of the second year providing that the transfer progression criteria have been met.