Materials in Industrial Applications

Education facts

Code: MTAD10

Mechanical engineers working with development and manufacturing of new products need to have a profound understanding and knowledge about commercially available engineering materials. In this course you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge about steels, cast irons, light alloys, copper alloys, ceramics and composites. For each group of materials, microstructure, properties and application areas in connection to heat treatments and other processing techniques will be treated.

Entry requirements

Registered for Thermodynamics, 7.5 ECTS credits, Materials Engineering, 7.5 ECTS credits, and Solid Mechanics, 7.5 ECTS, plus upper secondary level English 6, 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 in Industrial Applications

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %