MSc(Eng) Ceramic Science and Engineering

Comments about MSc(Eng) Ceramic Science and Engineering - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire

• Objectives
  All our courses aim to give you: In-depth technical knowledge and advanced expertise in your chosen materials field Excellent analytical and research skills Enhanced project planning and management capabilities and experience.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements Honours degree or equivalent in materials, metallurgy, chemistry or a related engineering or science subject from an approved institution. Applicants whose first language is not English are required to take a suitable test, e.g. IELTS minimum score 6.5 (with a minimum of 6 in each component); TOEFL, minimum score 575, plus a score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English, or minimum of 232 in the computer-based TOEFL.
• Academic title
  MSc(Eng) Ceramic Science and Engineering
• Course description
  Course content
  
  Modules common to all courses
  
  -Advanced laboratory techniques
  -X-ray diffraction techniques
  -Electron optics
  -Thermal methods
  -Transferable computing and library skills
  -Individual research project.
  
  Teaching
  Lectures, laboratory practicals, problems classes, individual research project.
  
  Assessment
  -Written examinations on course modules at end of each semester.
  -Continuous assessment associated with specific courses.
  -Essay on specialised topic; dissertation based on individual research project, which may be experimentally, theoretically or industrially based.
  
  Most modules are assessed by written examination but there is some continuous assessment associated with specific modules. This may include essays on specialised topics or problems exercises. All students produce a 15,000-word dissertation based on their individual research project, which may be experimentally, theoretically or industrially based.
  
  Industrially-based research topics are normally suggested by an industrial organisation, and may involve close co-operation with that organisation

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