Master's degree in Materials Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Academic year

2011-2012

DGES Code

9415

Course Type

2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Qualification Awarded

Mestre

Duration

4 Semester(s)

ECTS Credits

120.0

Organisational Unit/Department

Faculty of Sciences and Technology

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Course Coordinator(s)

Maria Teresa Freire Vieira (TERESA.VIEIRA@DEM.UC.PT)

Study Programme: Área de Especialização em Materiais e Superfícies; Área de Especialização em Biomateriais

Calendar: 1st Semester
Start date: 05-09-2011
Start date (first year): 26-09-2011
End date: 17-12-2011; 2nd Semester
Start date: 13-02-2012
End date: 09-06-2012

Objectives and Profile of the Programme

Being Master of Engineering Materials by FCTUC means to be a qualified professional with full multi-disciplinary knowledge on various types of materials. Graduate students should develop skills in: • Different types of materials, corresponding properties and processing and manufacturing technologies; • New technologies and new materials, including the current challenges in the field of nanotechnology / nanomaterials; • Behavior of materials, either during processing or usage and its relationship with the surrounding environment; • Technological training focusing on the analysis and interpretation of data, on engineering practice, including entrepreneurship and innovation; Students should develop new general and specific skills that should allow her/him to create products and find innovative solutions, while exploring issues related to Quality, Innovation and the Environment.

Mode of Study

Full-time, daytime attendance

Access to Further Studies

Students possessing the MEMAT can access a 3º study cycle, conducing to a PhD degree in engineering.

Admission Requirements

1. A degree in the 1st Cycle of Bologna for the first three years (180 ECTS) for the integrated Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering FCTUC (direct access). 2. Bachelor degree or legal equivalent in Materials Engineering (or other degrees that have similar curricula, although they may have different names), Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Civil Engineering. 3. Bachelor degree or legal equivalent in other areas of Engineering and Exact and Natural Sciences, after curricular analysis by the Scientific Committee of the Master’s degree. 4. Academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by the Scientific Committee of the Master’s degree as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The legal framework for the qualification is established by the decrees: Decree-Law no 74/2006, de 24 th March, amended and republished by the decree: DL no 107/2008, 25th June; ordinance no 782/2009, 23th July.

Professional Goals

EMat displays high employability and diversity ratings, as professionally covers all industries involved in the production, use and development of materials, as well as consulting and project development enterprises and even teaching and research institutions. Industry • Aerospace • Automotive • Biomedical • Food • Energy • Cement • Electronics • Metalworking • Microelectronics • Metallurgy • Moulds • Plastics • Cellulosic Products • Welding • Glassworks Industrial Development • Consulting • Quality • Composite materials • Structural materials • Functional Materials • New technologies • New materials Research / Education • Research laboratories • State laboratories • Industrial laboratories • Primary / Secondary education • Higher education • Polytechnic education

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading