Joint European Master on Tribology of Surfaces and Interfaces

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.


Common Core

Course unit title Year Regime Type Subject area ECTS credits
Computational and Experimental Methods 1 1st Semester Compulsory MES 7.5
Lubrification and Lubrificants 1 1st Semester Compulsory MES 7.5
Metals and Alloys 1 1st Semester Compulsory MSE 7.5
Oilfield Chemistry and Corrosion 1 1st Semester Compulsory MSE 7.5
Contact Engineering 1 2nd Semester Compulsory MES 5.0
Maintenance Technologies 1 2nd Semester Compulsory MES 5.0
Nanotechnology 1 2nd Semester Compulsory MSE 5.0
Technical Diagnostics 1 2nd Semester Compulsory MES 5.0
Tribology 1 2nd Semester Compulsory MES 5.0
Designing with Non-Metal Materials 1 2nd Semester Elective * MES 5.0
Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering 1 2nd Semester Elective * MSE 5.0
Operational Strength 1 2nd Semester Elective * MES 5.0
Physics of Materials 1 2nd Semester Elective * MSE 5.0
Random Phenomena 1 2nd Semester Elective * MES 5.0
Thermodynamics of Mixtures 1 2nd Semester Elective * MSE 5.0
Two-Phase Flow 1 2nd Semester Elective * MES 5.0

Areas of expertise


Lubrication-oriented Tribological Topics

Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Advanced Machine Components 2 02029801 1st Semester Compulsory MES 7.5
Design of Lubricated Contacts 2 02029823 1st Semester Compulsory LOTT 15.0
Modelling and Simulation of Lubrication 2 02029812 1st Semester Compulsory LOTT 7.5
Thesis in Lubrification-Oriented Tribological Topics 2 02029679 2nd Semester Compulsory LOTT 30.0

Surface-oriented Tribological Topics

Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits
Advanced Characterization Techniques 2 02021609 1st Semester Compulsory MSE 6.0
Design of Surface Contacts 2 02029657 1st Semester Compulsory SOTT 12.0
Materials Selection and Processing 2 02021648 1st Semester Compulsory MSE 6.0
Protection and Degradation of Surfaces 2 02021637 1st Semester Compulsory SOTT 6.0
Thesis in Surface-Oriented Tribological Topics 2 02029668 2nd Semester Compulsory SOTT 30.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit