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Materials Engineering, PhD

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Full time | Bay Campus | 3 years | JUL-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

3 years

Start date

JUL-25

Key information
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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Materials Engineering (General)

Course type

Research

Course Summary

COURSE OVERVIEW

With our main research strengths of aerospace materials, environmental materials and steel technology, Swansea University provides an excellent base for your research as a PhD or MPhil student in Materials Engineering.

To find out more about the world-leading research that we do visit the Materials Research Centre website.

Recent PhD theses supervised in the area of Materials Engineering at Swansea University include

  • Bioinspired investigation via x-ray computed micromography
  • Characterisation of Compressor Abradable Systems
  • Validation of a high integrity/repair process for aerospace materials
  • Constitutive behaviour in turbine disc alloys
  • Investigating the dwell crack growth and creep resistance behaviour of next generation nickel disc alloys
  • Addressing the scale up challenges of solid state mesoscopic solar cells
  • Low cost dye sensitized solar cells on metal substrates
  • Role of environment and its effects on high temperature corrosion-fatigue life in nickel based superalloys

Tuition fees

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International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£4,786

Entry requirements

Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline.

University information

Located on the stunning Swansea Bay coastline, this Welsh university provides easy access to the city centre, as well as to the beaches of the spectacular Gower Peninsula. The university offers a range of taught and research postgraduate programmes across three academic faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science Faculty of Science and Engineering Swansea’s campuses have...more

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