Materials Engineering, advanced course

Education facts

Code: MTGC16

The course has a special emphasis on concepts and terminology, as well as the connection between mechanical properties and the microstructure of materials. The course includes: - lectures and seminars covering mechanical properties and testing, deformation mechanisms, hardening mechanisms, fractures, phase transformations, phase diagrams, transformation diagrams, and corrosion, as well as the structure, properties, and applications of metallic, ceramic, and polymeric construction materials, and - mandatory laboratory sessions where students use microscopes and equipment for mechanical testing.

Entry requirements

Registered for Materials engineering, 7.5 ECTS credits, Manufacturing technology, 7.5 ECTS credits, and Solid mechanics, 7.5 ECTS, or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Materials Engineering, advanced course

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 9 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %