Materials Science and Engineering with a Foundation Year MEng or BEng

If you don't have the usual scientific or mathematical background for an engineering degree, a foundation year is for you. After completing the foundation, you'll proceed to the four-year MEng degree.

We'll give you a solid grounding in the science of materials and show you how to apply your knowledge to problems in the real world. You'll learn how to tailor the structure, composition and processing of materials to meet design requirements.

You can keep your study broad for the whole course, or focus on a particular material after the second year. If you're already interested in a certain area, you can follow a specialism from the beginning, for instance metals, aerospace materials and mechanical design, or materials engineering.

In the first year, you'll take the Global Engineering Challenge. Working with students from other engineering courses you'll have to find creative solutions to problems. The project looks at challenges faced by communities throughout the world. It's designed to develop you as a professional engineer and get you thinking about sustainable solutions.

In the third year, you'll complete a five-month industry placement in the engineering sector. This is followed by a group industrial project in your final year.