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University Master`s Degree in Advanced Materials

  • In process
  • New offer
Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Science
Ambit of knowledge
Interdisciplinar.
School(s)
Faculty of Chemistry
Avda. das Ciencias, s/n, 15782
Santiago de Compostela
881814229 (Conserxaría)
881814256 (Decanato)
facultade.quimica.decanato@usc.gal
Campus
Santiago de Compostela

The Master's Degree in Advanced Materials responds to the academic and research profile through an academic offer of subjects in the area of Materials Science and Technology. The focus of the master's degree allows the development of both basic and applied aspects of advanced materials at the intersection between physics, chemistry, biology/medicine and engineering, making it truly interdisciplinary.

  • Duration: 1 academic year
    RUCT code: 3500478
    ECTS Number: 60
    Seats number: 10

    Use languages:
    English

    Coordinator university:
    University of Valencia

    Partaker universities:
    Universidad de Alicante University of Barcelona University of Santiago de Compostela University of Málaga University of Valencia University of Zaragoza Autonomous University of Madrid Technical University of Valencia Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

    BOE publication date:
    01/01/1900

  • Compulsory Training: 40
    Optional Subjects: 0
    Compulsory Internship 0
    Master’s Dissertation: 20

    Total ECTS: 60

    General description of the study plan:
    • The introductory module (M1) will be taught at the beginning of the first semester at each of the participating universities. Students will take this module at their university of enrolment.
    • Modules M2, M3, M4 and M5 will be taught in the form of intensive courses that will take place each year at one of the participating universities in a rotating sequence. These classes will be attended by students and faculty from all universities. After the M1 classes, the M2 and M3 modules will be taught during 3 weeks of lectures and seminars. Module M4 will be taught during 2 weeks of the second semester.
    The theory classes will be taught for 4 hours in the morning from Monday to Saturday, resulting in a total of 24 hours of theory per week. On the other hand, the afternoons from Monday to Friday will be dedicated to seminars for 4 hours each day, resulting in a total of 20 hours of seminars per week.

    • No data available for the selected academic year.

  • The main training objectives of the master's degree are:
    a) To establish a national standard of excellence for the Master's level that will enable the student to train for research in advanced materials, to acquire knowledge and skills useful to be able to develop a professional activity in high-tech companies.
    b) To promote mobility and interaction between Master's students and contact with other universities, research centres and companies active in the area.
    c) To train students to be able to deal with the study of materials with advanced functionalities, including, among others, graphene and other 2D materials, intelligent materials and nanostructured materials that may have direct application in strategic sectors such as energy, the environment, electronics, ICTs or health. This knowledge, within the framework of Materials Science, includes the following aspects:
    i. design, preparation and processing of materials and devices;
    ii. study of their physical and/or chemical properties by means of experimental techniques and theoretical modelling;
    iii. development of applications.

  • Mobility

    As the programme is a joint programme, students must be willing to travel within the participating universities to attend the intensive courses. Students from all universities will meet each year at a different university to receive classes from faculty from the different participating universities. The M2 and M3 classes will be taught during 3 weeks of lectures and seminars in the first semester and the M4 module during 2 weeks in the second semester. Then, during a final week, M5 will be taught in the form of a school (European School on Advanced Materials, ESAM).
    Through this mobility, students will be able to benefit from the knowledge of several renowned professors and researchers distributed throughout the territory. Given that these modules deal with advanced and specific concepts, the inter-university nature of the master's degree means that all the universities have expert lecturers in each of the subjects covered.
    In general, the student will finance his/her own mobility. The different universities may contribute, as far as possible, if their budgets allow it and if they do not receive public support, to cover the mobility costs of their students with their own funds. It is hoped that the Complementary Plans will contribute in the future to defraying part of the costs of student mobility, since this master's degree represents the most important coordination and training activity of the Advanced Materials Programme.
    In addition, in some universities such as Valencia or Malaga, there are currently Chairs funded by PERTE-CHIP to support the Masters related to advanced materials and semiconductors. The duration of these Chairs will be extended until 2027, so that the students will be able to count on grants from these Chairs to partially cover the mobility expenses of both the students of these universities and the teaching staff.
    Students will be informed about the funding of this mobility through the website of the master's degree, in the presentations of the master's degree during the admission period and in the answers to the e-mails received by students requesting additional information about the master's degree. Likewise, all students who have been admitted to the master's degree will be informed prior to their enrolment.
    In addition to the mobility necessary to attend the intensive courses, students will be encouraged to carry out a short stay in a research group belonging to the universities participating in the master's degree during their research work.
    By means of this model, one of the fundamental objectives of the master's degree is achieved, namely the creation of a national scientific community working in the field of Advanced Materials. This scientific community is extended to a European level with the introduction of the European School of Advanced Materials, within the compulsory training activities of the master's degree.

  • It will be carried out individually and will be tutored by a lecturer from one of the universities participating in the master's degree, regardless of whether it is carried out in another institution or in external companies.
    The Master's dissertation is organised around any topic that involves advanced materials, either practically or theoretically. It must be an original exercise carried out individually and defended before a university tribunal in which at least one member from outside the student's university of registration will participate.
    A list of proposed projects will be published annually for students who will be able to compete for them, and guidance and monitoring will be provided.
    The CCA of each university will be in charge of assigning each student the topic of their Master's Dissertation from among those proposed by the teaching staff of the universities or doctors from external institutions or companies, taking into account the preferences of all of them.

  • No information available at this time.
The contents of this page were updated on 05.13.2025.