MSc in Advanced Composites

Composite materials are increasingly replacing traditional metallic components in several industrial applications such as aerospace, wind turbine blades and in automotive industry. This MSc provides you with an in-depth theoretical understanding and practical knowledge of advanced composite materials.

The programme is based in the Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS), one of the world's leading centres in composite materials, which houses a number of state-of-the-art composites manufacturing and facilities.

ACCIS has strong industrial and research links with companies like Rolls Royce, Airbus, BAE Systems, GE Aviation as well as government research labs such as Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (UK Government research lab), European Space Agency, and US Army International Technology Centre.

Core units

• Composite Design & Manufacture
• Advanced Composites Analysis
• Numerical Modelling of Composites using Finite Elements Analysis
• Smart Materials
• Nano Engineering
• Nature's Materials
• Elements of Polymer Composites

Optional units

You will select three of the following:

• Engineering Design for Wind and Marine Power
• Smart Structures
• Ultrasonics and Acoustics
• Structural Engineering 4
• Advanced Techniques in Multi-Disciplinary Design
• Nonlinear Behaviour of Materials
• Numerical Methods for solving PDE's
• Multivariable Calculus
• Finite Element Analysis
• Failure of Materials

Project

To complete the programme, you will carry out a research project, which can be either academically or industrially led.