英国专业解析—材料科学专业-新东方前途出国

一 材料科学是什么?

  材料科学与工程 (Materials Science & Engineering) 是一个涉及多领域的学科，它研究的方向包括材料制备、结构、性能、加工等，应用在医疗保健、生物技术、航空航天、气候变化等方面，从我们日常生活的用品到飞上太空的火箭，都离不开对材料的研究，同时，材料科学也是我们人类社会进步的代表性科学之一，从远古时期的石头，到 18 世纪的钢铁再到如今的纳米材料技术，一步步印证了材料科学的发展为人类社会发展做出的贡献。

二 材料科学学什么?

　英国的材料专业主要分成以下几个方向：高分子材料工程、纳米工程与纳米材料、高级材料学、医学材料、化学材料、物理材料、塑料电子材料、建筑结构材料、环境适应与材料、符合材料等。

三 英国材料科学专业优势

  英国大学的材料工程专业在国际上的声誉非常突出，无论是在研究，开发，生产，还是应用领域上都已经非常成熟。历年的诺贝尔化学奖多数由材料科学家获得，主要集中在高分子材料与复合材料领域。而新型材料更是应用在生活的方方面面当中，包括建筑，交通工具等各个部分。在其他一些新兴领域，例如在F1赛车的设计与制造中，更多的复合材料被应用在车身，轮胎与底盘，以期降低质量，增加牢固程度，增强安全性能。

　　英国高校的材料工程专业是一门通过热加工改变材料的微观结构、宏观性能和表面形状，热加工过程中的相关工艺因素对材料的影响的学科，该学科解决成型工艺开发、成型设备、工艺优化的理论和方法，研究模具设计理论及方法，研究模具制造中的材料、热处理、加工方法等问题。在英国，大多数工科和综合院校均开设了材料科学与工程专业，除了牛剑，还有一些实力比较强劲的学校。

五 职业前景

  就业方向

  因为材料被广泛应用在我们生活中，还有所学的专业性，材料科学相关专业毕业的学生就业面还是非常广泛的，偏生产制造的汽车业、陶瓷业、建筑业、家电产业等；偏研究方向的新材料、无机、化工、高分子等；至于日后就业在企业还是科研圈，完全看个人的能力和喜好。

  作为科研方面的强国，英国大学的材料科学从师资力量到教学设备再到研究基金在全世界范围来说都是数一数二的，尤其上文细列的四所备受中国学生关注的院校，其实只要决心去英国在材料科学领域进一步做学术研究，都能够申请到合适你的学校，区别只在于是去人赢学神聚集的剑桥大学还是某些相对轻松容易毕业的学校，而在英国读材料科学的短版是硕士阶段对于非欧盟国家的国际生而言，奖学金支持非常少，全奖一个学校一年可能就 1-2 人，另外英国对于留学生打工限制也越来越多，所以对经济条件一般的同学而言压力不小。

六 英国材料科学专业——热门院校

1.    帝国理工大学

所在地区：伦敦

专业推荐：高级材料科学与工程

课程说明：

Formal teaching extends from October through to the end of March with examinations taking place during the summer term. During the autumn term term students will select a research project, and will conduct a review of relevant literature during the spring. The research will be carried out after the exams.

核心课程：

Materials Characterisation

Materials Modelling

Creativity in research (a general course that includes transferable skills, problem solving and attendance at scientific seminars)

录取标准：材料工程专业毕业；一等或二等一荣誉学位（平均分85-90），雅思6.5，单项不低于6

学费：24,500.00英镑

生活费：约12万人民币

2.      伦敦大学学院

所在地区：伦敦

专业推荐：生物材料与组织工程

课程说明：

Modules are taught by several experts in UCL and involve mainly the Department of Mechanical Engineering with significant contributions from the Division of Medicine. Several eminent visiting lecturers also give frequent colloquia and an industrial visit to a prominent UK healthcare company is organised each year.

The second part of the programme, from Easter to September, is spent on an individual project under the supervision of a member of academic staff. The student normally selects the project from a list of projects proposed by the department's staff and other partners (see above). In some cases students may suggest their own project topic provided a member of staff is willing to adopt and supervise that project. The output from good projects is regularly presented at conferences and published in journals.

录取标准：二等一荣誉学位（85分），雅思6.5，单项不低于6

学费：21,000英镑

生活费：约12万

3.      爱丁堡大学

所在地区：苏格兰，爱丁堡

专业推荐：材料化学

课程说明：

Materials Chemistry has emerged as an important sub-discipline within Chemistry. It cross-cuts the traditional Organic/Inorganic/Physical boundaries of Chemistry and overlaps many disciplines from Engineering to the Biosciences.

Materials chemists now have a leading role in areas such as microelectronics, polymer science, catalysis and nanotechnology. They also make an important contribution to areas of more traditional chemistry such as the pharmaceutical sector where understanding the 'physical properties' of intermediates and products is now recognised as essential in optimising the synthesis and properties of pharmaceutically active ingredients in medicines.

录取标准：二等一以上荣誉学位，雅思6.5单项不低于6

学费：约20万

生活费：约10万

4.      格拉斯哥大学

所在地区：苏格兰 格拉斯哥

推荐专业：物理先进材料

课程说明：

This MSc draws upon a wide range of advanced Masters-level courses. You will have the flexibility to tailor your choice of optional lecture courses and project work to a wide variety of specific research topics and their applications in the area of advanced materials.

You will attend lectures, seminars and tutorials and take part in lab, project and team work.

录取标准：二等一以上荣誉学位，雅思6.5单项不低于6

学费 16,500英镑

生活费：约10万

5.      诺丁汉大学

所在地区：英格兰 诺丁汉

推荐专业：高级材料学

课程说明：

The MSc in Advanced Materials is designed for science and engineering graduates who wish to develop expertise in modern high performance materials.

Industrial sectors such as aerospace, automotive and energy require advanced materials which may have to operate in challenging environments while delivering high levels of performance.

The course develops an understanding of the properties for a wide range of engineering materials from polymer composites to light-metal alloys, the effect of processing and surface engineering on the properties of a material, and analytical techniques used for materials characterisation.

It provides the knowledge and skills required for a career in materials research and product development of high performance materials.

录取标准：二等二荣誉学位，雅思6.5单项不低于6

学费：15,720英镑

生活费：约10万

6.      谢菲尔德大学

所在地区：英格兰 谢菲尔德

推荐专业：纳米工程中的纳米材料

课程说明：

This interdisciplinary course gives you a solid grounding in the many disciplines involved in nanotechnology, and the skills to apply your knowledge to real problems.

Our two nanotechnology masters are run jointly with the University of Leeds. Approximately half of your coursework is based at Leeds, half at Sheffield, so travel between the two cities is kept to a minimum. Leeds is about 45 minutes from Sheffield by train. Seminars never start before 10:00am.

录取要求：二等二以上荣誉学位，雅思6.5单项不低于5.5

学费：16640英镑

生活费：约8万