MEng, BEng Materials Science and Engineering (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme: MEng, BEng Materials Science and Engineering

The programme will deliver a unique, multidisciplinary perspective on the teaching of Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science is acknowledged as a multi-disciplinary subject, with clear links across engineering, chemistry and physics. The Leeds Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate programme is the only example from a research intensive university that is co-taught across the Schools of Chemical and Process engineering, Chemistry and Physics at all levels of the programme. The programme is centred around the University’s Bragg Centre for Materials Research, where a unique and diverse range of world-class, cutting edge materials research, spanning the traditional disciplines of Engineering, Chemistry and Physics, have been brought together to tackle real world challenges.

The programme content will equip graduates with fundamental understanding of materials science and engineering and build on this to develop the advanced skills required to design new materials. This will enable excellent career prospects in the materials or metallurgical production industries, as well as those many industries where correct selection, specification and processing of materials is a key to success. The MEng year provides the opportunity to further develop research skills and specialism in Materials Science and Engineering. Students will have the opportunity to spend a year in industry as a formal part of their course, with such placements normally occurring between years 3 and 4 of the MEng degree programme.

Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CAPE1100	Professional Engineering Skills	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CAPE1150	Engineering Mathematics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CAPE1720	Materials Science and Engineering	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CHEM1205	Chemistry of the Material World	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CHEM1302	Introduction to Modern Chemistry	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CHEM1465	Practical Materials Science 1	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHAS1810	Core Physics 1 (JH) Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Solid State Physics	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CAPE2100	Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Methods	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CAPE2310	Process Safety and Environmental Engineering	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CAPE2710	Materials Synthesis and Characterisation	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CHEM2371	Chemistry of Materials and Practical Materials Science 2	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CHEM2372	Fundamental Chemistry for Materials Science	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHAS2810	Statistical Mechanics and Condensed Matter (JH)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules: Materials for the Energy Transition - 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CAPE3750	Materials and Process Selection Design Project	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
CAPE3780	Materials for the Built Society	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
CHEM3272	Chemistry and Applications of Materials	20

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CAPE5720M	Structure-Property Relationships	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CHEM5608M	Advanced Topics in Chemistry (15 Credits)	15	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 45 credits (3 x 15 credits) from the following optional modules, including at least 1 from each group. Please consider that the number of credits in each semester is balanced.

Group 1:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
CAPE5735M	Materials for Electronic Applications	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CAPE5760M	Ceramics, Polymers and Composites	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
CAPE5770M	Nanomaterials	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Group 2:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PHAS5200M	Soft Matter Physics: Liquid Crystals	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHAS5210M	Soft Matter Physics: Polymers, Colloids and Glasses	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHAS5300M	Superconductivity	15	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Last updated: 12/05/2025 16:33:49

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