Materials Science and Technology is a master’s programme with a focus on developing and commercialising new materials and their applications. Studies of materials science are combined with acquiring of the basics of entrepreneurship.
The programme provides knowledge of theoretical principles of materials science, testing and investigation methods and development and design of materials. Students' development projects are done in cooperation with scientific laboratories where they also perform the experimental part of their master’s thesis.
Graduates can work as specialists in the area of materials development in manufacturing enterprises and research institutions, start and run new small and medium businesses handling with materials or continue their studies at doctoral level.
The tuition fee for fee-paying students on this programme is 5,000 euros per year.
Altogether 15 study places are available on the programme. On the basis of the admission results, 8 best applicants will be given tuition waivers: there are 7 tuition waivers available for EU/EEA/Swiss applicants and 1 tuition waiver available for applicants with other citizenships. Applicants do not have to apply for the tuition waiver separately, as they will be considered automatically for the competition.
NB! Applicants who receive a fee-based study place offer and are not citizens of the member states of the EU, EEA or Switzerland and do not hold a long-term residence permit in any of these countries are required to pay half of the semester fee after they have been informed of the admission decision (offer) via DreamApply. The official admission letter (necessary for visa application) will only be issued once the University of Tartu has received this payment. The second half of the semester fee is to be paid after the studies have started, by 20 September. Information about the rules and conditions for tuition waivers as well as tuition fee payments is given here. Information about other scholarships is available here.
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Each student joins a laboratory and takes part in the scientific work of the lab. The students can choose between the labs of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Institute of Technology. Some examples of the topics:
Internship is a mandatory part of the programme.
Graduates can work as specialists developing materials in manufacturing enterprises or research institutions and laboratories. They have knowledge and skills to start and run new small and medium businesses handling with materials. Graduates are able to continue their studies at doctoral level.
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