PhD with Integrated Studies Innovative Metal Processing

You will choose 180 credits out of the following modules to be completed within the first year of the programme.

Students with a degree in Materials (MAT) should have 110 credits of compulsory modules (including 60 credits from Individual Research Project); non-MAT students should have 130 credits (including Individual Research Project):

• Introduction to Materials (10 credits) – for non-materials students
• Materials Characterisation (10 credits) – for non-materials students
• Thermodynamics & Phase Diagrams (10 credits)
• Kinetics & Microstructure Modelling (10 credits)
• Presentation and Communication Skills (10 credits)
• Project Management (10 credits)
• Joining Technology (10 credits)
• Individual Research Project (60 credits)

Students with a degree in Materials (MAT) should chose 70 credits of option modules; non-MAT students should choose 50 credits of option modules from the following 10-credit modules:

• Physical Metallurgy (Titanium and Nickel)
• Surface Engineering
• Environmental Failure of Materials
• Finite Element Analysis
• Material Models and Modes of Failure
• Conservation and Recycling of Materials
• Surface Engineering Technology
• Advanced Engineering Research Preparation
• Understanding Surfaces in Engineering
• Advanced Solid Mechanics
• Intermetallics, Metal Matrix Composites and Ceramic Matrix Composites
• Electron Microscopy
• Functional Materials
• Materials Design against Failure
• Electron, Optical and X-ray Techniques
• Aerospace Materials
• Design against Failure I
• Summer School /Conferences
• Diamond light and ISIS course (Rutherford Application Lab)

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods.