MENG Materials Science and Engineering (MATU46) FT

2023 - 2024

For students whose initial registration was from the 2021/22 session or after.

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (120 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
FCE1001	Global Engineering Challenge Week	AUT SEM	0 credits
MAT1411	Biomaterials I	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT1633 CCo-requisites: MAT1820	Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT1910	Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanomaterials	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MAT1220 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAT2220 MAT3821 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GEE206	Introduction to Materials Properties	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT1920	Sustainability and the Materials Lifecycle	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MAS153 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAT1620 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAT1640 MAT1642 + Unrestricted - subject to availability. This module is for students in the Materials Department..	Mathematics (Materials)	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAT1610	Introduction to Materials Chemistry	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAT1643 XCannot be taken with: AER11004 BIE2643	Introduction to Mechanical Properties and Structural Materials	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAT1820 CCo-requisites: MAT1633 + Can only be taken by Level 1 UG students on MATU programmes..	Digital Skills for Materials	ACAD YR	10 credits

Students commencing Level 1 of a programme of study from session 2016-17 onwards must take FCE1001 Faculty Global Engineering Challenge Week as a core module. A student will be expected to pass the module in order to progress to Level 3. A student must pass the module in order to graduate.

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (100 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
FCE2001 + Yes. Restricted to second year Faculty of Engineering students.	Engineering - You're Hired	AUT SEM	0 credits
MAS250 + This module is compulsory for students in Materials..	Mathematics II (Materials)	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT2110 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAT2320 MAT3810 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: MAT374	Structure of Solid Materials	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT2220 XCannot be taken with: MAT377	Functional Materials	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT2310 XCannot be taken with: MAT375	Industrial Materials Processing	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MAT2210 CCo-requisites: MAT2320 XCannot be taken with: MAT376	Deformation and Failure of Materials	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT2320 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAT3810 (when the module is running)	Microstructure and Thermodynamics of Materials	SPR SEM	20 credits
MAT2350 XCannot be taken with: AER2350 GEE206	Materials Selection and Fracture Mechanics	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT2840	Heat Transfer and Diffusion	SPR SEM	10 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (10 credits)

A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MAT214 XCannot be taken with: MAT2930	Materials Development Group Project	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT2930 XCannot be taken with: MAT214	Perspectives in Materials Research	SPR SEM	10 credits

Plus 10 credits from Group 2C

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (10 credits)

Or 20 credits from this group

A student will take a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT2530 CCo-requisites: MAT209	Biology and Chemistry of Living Systems II	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT2920	Materials and Energy	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MAT2410 XCannot be taken with: MAT6241	Biomaterials II	SPR SEM	10 credits

Guided Module Choice of MLT units to the value of 20 credits.

Students can also select Languages for All modules. For details please follow the link below:

A full list of Languages for All modules can be found here.

Before proceeding to Level 3, a student for the Degree of MEng in Materials Science and Engineering (MATU46) must achieve a weighted mean grade of 60 at Level 2. A student who fails to meet this requirement may be permitted by the Faculty to become instead a student for the Degree of BEng in Materials Science and Engineering (MATU05).

Students commencing Level 2 of a programme of study from session 2016-17 onwards must take FCE2001 Engineering – You’re Hired as a core module. A student will be expected to pass the module in order to progress to Level 3. A student must pass the module in order to graduate.

Year 3

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (10 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
MGT388	Finance and Law for Engineers	AUT SEM	10 credits

A student will take one of the following streams

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (100 credits)

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL STREAM

A student will take 100 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT3331	Industrial Training Programme: Nuclear Materials	AUT SEM	15 credits
MAT3333 XCannot be taken with: MAT333 MAT630 MAT630 MAT6331 MAT6331 MAT6333 MAT6373	Engineering Alloys	AUT SEM	15 credits
MAT373	Surface Degradation and Protection	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MAT3330	Industrial Placement: Part 1	SPR SEM	20 credits
MAT3334 XCannot be taken with: AER444 MAT3444 MAT6334 MAT6374	Advanced Materials Manufacturing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT3335	Industrial Training Programme: Inorganic Materials	SPR SEM	15 credits
Full academic year
MAT3821 XCannot be taken with: MAT4821	Introduction to Finite Element Modelling	ACAD YR	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (10 credits)

A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT3910 CCo-requisites: MAT3920 XCannot be taken with: MAT4910	Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MAT3332 XCannot be taken with: MAT4111	Advanced Ceramics	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH STREAM

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT320 CCo-requisites: MAT404 XCannot be taken with: MAT405 MAT405 MAT6668 MAT6678	Scientific Writing	AUT SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MAT360	Mini Guided Project	ACAD YR	30 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT306 XCannot be taken with: MAT6430	Composite Materials and Micromechanics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT333 XCannot be taken with: AER330 MAT3332 MAT3333 MAT414 MAT630 MAT630 MAT6331 MAT6331 MAT6361 MAT6362 MAT6373	Metals	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT3430 XCannot be taken with: MAT6309	Materials for Biological Applications	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT373	Surface Degradation and Protection	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT3910 CCo-requisites: MAT3920 XCannot be taken with: MAT4910	Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology	AUT SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (30 credits)

A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MAT3210	Advanced Functional Materials	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT3332 XCannot be taken with: MAT4111	Advanced Ceramics	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAT3444 XCannot be taken with: AER444 MAT3334	Advanced Materials Manufacturing	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MAT3821 XCannot be taken with: MAT4821	Introduction to Finite Element Modelling	ACAD YR	10 credits

Year 4

A student will take one of the following streams

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (75 credits)

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL STREAM

A student will take 75 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT4440	Industrial Placement: Part 2	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAT4449	Industrial Training Programme: Metals Processing	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
MAT4356 XCannot be taken with: MAT356 MAT4355	Research Project & Literature Review	ACAD YR	45 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (45 credits)

A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT4610 XCannot be taken with: MAT460	Atomistic and Mesoscale Modelling of Materials	AUT SEM	15 credits
MAT6430 XCannot be taken with: MAT306	Composite Materials and Micromechanics	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
CPE449	Nuclear Reactor Engineering	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT4442 XCannot be taken with: MAT3442	Glasses and Cements	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT4443 XCannot be taken with: AER4443 MAT420	Metallurgical Processing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6104 CCo-requisites: MAT6430 XCannot be taken with: AER476	Design and Manufacture of Composites	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6106	Polymer Processing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6720	Nanostructures and Nano-structuring	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6900 XCannot be taken with: MAT4900	Advanced Nuclear Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (90 credits)

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH STREAM

A student will take 90 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MAT4445	Materials Outreach	ACAD YR	10 credits
MAT4581 XCannot be taken with: MAT356	Extended Research Project	ACAD YR	80 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (30 credits)

A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAT4610 XCannot be taken with: MAT460	Atomistic and Mesoscale Modelling of Materials	AUT SEM	15 credits
Semester 2
MAT4442 XCannot be taken with: MAT3442	Glasses and Cements	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT4443 XCannot be taken with: AER4443 MAT420	Metallurgical Processing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6104 CCo-requisites: MAT6430 XCannot be taken with: AER476	Design and Manufacture of Composites	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6106	Polymer Processing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6720	Nanostructures and Nano-structuring	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6900 XCannot be taken with: MAT4900	Advanced Nuclear Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits

For all students: The Head of Department may, on the basis of a student's examination performance and in accordance with procedures approved by the Faculty, require a student who has taken the programme of study prescribed at Levels 1 and 2 to become instead a student for the Degree of BEng in Materials Science and Engineering (MATU05).

For all students: The Modern Languages Teaching Centre will assist the student in the selection of appropriate language units based on prior knowledge, language chosen and programme taken.

For all students: A student must satisfy the requirements of the General Regulations for First Degrees as to progression in order to continue as a student for the Degree of MEng Materials Science and Engineering (MATU46). The Faculty may permit a student who fails to satisfy these requirements to become (a) at the end of Level 2 a candidate for the Degree of BEng Materials Science and Engineering (MATU05) or (b) at the end of Level 3 a candidate for the unaccredited Degree of BEng Materials Science and Technology. A student who fails at the first attempt the Research Project & Literature Review (MAT4356) or Extended Research Project (MAT4581) at Level 4 or who chooses to withdraw from the University at the end of Level 3 may be awarded the unaccredited degree BEng Materials Science and Technology.

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2022: A student who has been awarded credit in compensation of failed units in Years 2, 3 and 4 will be permitted an additional resit attempt in the compensated credits. An additional resit attempt can only be granted where the student has met the requirements for progression (or completion) under the General Regulations for First Degrees.

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2022: A student who has been awarded credit in compensation of failed units in Years 2, 3 and 4, where the grade achieved is more than 10% below the pass grade in those failed units, may not be recommended for a degree award that is accredited under Engineering Council rules.

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2022: A student who has been awarded more than 30 credits in compensation of failed units across Years 1, 2, 3 and 4, may not be recommended for a degree award that is accredited under Engineering Council rules.

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2022: A student who failed to pass one of the modules from the list below at the first attempt may not be recommended for a degree award that is accredited under Engineering Council rules.

MAT4356 Research Project & Literature Review
MAT4581 Extended Research Project

For students commencing Year 1 of a programme of study in or after September 2022: Where a student has met the requirements for the award of a degree under the General Regulations for First Degrees but not the requirements for the award of a degree accredited under Engineering Council rules, they may be recommended for the award of MEng Materials Science & Technology or, in the case of failure in MAT4356 or MAT4581 at the first attempt, the award of BEng Materials Science and Technology.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2023/24 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.