Materials Engineering

Cycle

Primeiro e segundo ciclos

Degree

Após a obtenção de 180 ECTS é concedido o grau de Licenciado. Com a conclusão do curso é atribuido o grau de Mestre.

Coordinator

João Paulo Miranda Ribeiro Borges

Opening date

September

Vacancies

25

Fees

1065,72 Euros

Schedule

Daytime

Education objectives

This MSc programme offers the students an opportunity to contact with issues related
to the application in industrial technologies of knowledge pertaining to the properties, processing,
design and use of different materials’ classes.

This study cycle is organized with an aim to:

• provide the specific knowledge and competences necessary to perform a professional role;
• provide the required correlation between acquired knowledge and the needs of the work market;
• insure the development of a critical attitude and an autonomous creative posture within the course’s knowledge field;
• instil capabilities for team work, leadership and entrepreneurship;

Teaching is undertaken according to a STS-E (Science, Technology, Society and Environment),
aiming to educate professionals for the future, caring for the planet’s sustainable development.

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 5 years
Credits: 300 ECTS

Scientific Area	Acronym	ECTS
		Mandatory	Optional
Transferable Skills	CC	6
Social Sciences and Humanities	CHS	3
Materials Science	CMt	54
Materials Science or Materials Engineering	CMt/EMt		6
Industrial Engineering	EI	6
Materials Engineering	EMt	135
Physics	F	18
Informatics	I	6
Mathematics	M	30
Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies	MNt	12
Chemistry	Q	12
Any Scientific Area	QAC		12(a)
Total		282	18

(a) 12 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT / UNL

Access to other courses

Access to a 3rd cycle

Evaluation rules

The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:

1. Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
2. Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
3. Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
4. Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.

The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.

Structure

1.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
10341	Mathematical Analysis I C	6.0
10342	Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry C	6.0
10352	Soft Skills for Science and Technology	3.0
10349	Physics I	6.0
10406	Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering	3.0
10407	Chemistry B	6.0

2.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
10347	Mathematical Analysis II C	6.0
10408	Crystal chemistry	6.0
10353	Physics II	6.0
10410	Probability and Statistics C	6.0
10409	General Organic Chemistry	6.0

3.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
5004	Mathematical Analysis III C	6.0
10358	Science, Technology and Society	3.0
10413	Computer Aided Technical Drawing	3.0
10411	Physics III	6.0
1897	Physical Metallurgy and Metallography	6.0
10412	Polymer Chemistry	6.0

4.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
1491	Polymer Physics	6.0
11149	Informatics for Science and Engineering E	6.0
7464	Ceramic and Glass Materials	6.0
10194	Mechanics of Materials I	6.0
7471	Physical Properties of Materials	6.0

5.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
1849	Semiconductor Materials	6.0
10195	Mechanics of Materials II	6.0
10197	Metallic Materials Shaping Technologies	6.0
11057	Techniques of Characterization and Nondestructive Testing	6.0
7474	Instrumentation Tecniques	6.0

6.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
7491	Microelectronics	6.0
10414	Computational Modelling of Materials	3.0
7436	Rheology of Materials	6.0
10199	Ceramic and Glass Technologies	6.0
7490	Heat Treatment and Mechanical Treatment	6.0

6.º Semester - Opção PIIC/PIPP
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
10593	Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program	3.0
10592	Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program	3.0
O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção.

7.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
5340	Biomaterials	6.0
10415	Advanced ceramics	3.0
10201	Liquid Crystals an Applications	6.0
10380	Entrepreneurship	3.0
10200	Polymer Processing and Recycling	6.0

7.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre A
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
11066	Electives	6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.

8.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
10997	Surface Degradation and Protection	6.0
7492	Materials for Energy Conversion and Conservation	6.0
3705	Quality Planning and Control	6.0
7522	Coatings and Thin Films Technologies	6.0

8.º Semester - Opção I
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
7824	Cements and Mineral Matrix Composites	6.0
7459	Foams and Cellular Materials	6.0
7452	Paper and Cellulosic Materials	6.0
7454	Flat Panel Displays Materials and Technology	6.0
7494	Surfaces and Interfaces	6.0
10204	Knowledge and Technology Transfer	6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.

9.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
10144	Composites - Materials and Applications	6.0
7446	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies	6.0
11036	Dissertation Project	6.0
11037	Materials Selection	6.0

9.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre B
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
11066	Electives	6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.

10.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
10205	Dissertation in Materials Engineering	30.0