- UCAS course code
- F204
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Engineering (MEng)
MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Polymers
Specialise your materials science qualification in polymers and explore their huge range of applications.
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Career opportunities
Manchester¿s focus of world-leading and interdisciplinary research is a big plus.
It also means that there are many more facilities and machines here than a lot of other universities.
Evie Chalmers / PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Polymers
The University of Manchester is the most targeted university in the UK for top graduate employers. Graduate with a degree from us and you'll be in high demand, according to The Graduate Market in 2023 report - High Fliers Research .
Typically, our graduates progress to rewarding careers in research and development; management; and technical roles with both large materials manufacturing and end-users. Other graduates choose to apply their technical and analytical skills in fields such as patent law or accountancy, while your degree can also open up opportunities in careers as diverse as teaching, engineering, consultancy and technical development.
Some of the roles our recent graduates have gone on to include:
- Materials scientist
- Materials engineer
- Development scientist
- Materials technologist
- Research associate
- Materials chemist
- Product development scientist.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for:
- Rolls Royce
- Jaguar Land Rover
- BP
- 3M
- Airbus
- Smith and Nephew
- DePuy
- BAE Systems
- Siemens
- Bentley Motors.
A materials science and engineering degree also provides an ideal springboard for higher-level study (towards a PhD, for example), while the course - accredited by the Institute of Materials - can count as academic training towards Chartered Engineer status.
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Department of Materials Blog
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