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MRes - Master of Research
University of Birmingham
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MRes - Master of Research
University of Birmingham
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MRes - Master of Research
University of Birmingham
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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This unique post-graduate qualification in materials science specifically for the growing Fusion Energy section, covers the challenges associated with a fusion environment and how you would design, manufacture, certify and life materials for this complex environment.
This unique degree course is designed to develop the skills and understanding required to prepare you for a career in Nuclear Sector. One of the major challenges the UK faces is reshaping how it generates electricity, as it moves away from fossil fuels. As such there is a renewed focus on the UK Fusion Energy sector and with the announcement that the UK is going to be a next generation demonstrator reactor in the UK (STEP) there is a strategic UK need to have qualified people to deliver this programme.
The aim of this MRes programme
Equip you with advanced scientific knowledge, concepts and skills necessary for a research or technology development career in materials science and engineering in the fusion energy or a related sector.
Provide you with the opportunity to carry out individual research project work in materials science and engineering related to fusion energy, to acquire the generic research skills necessary to engage in future research or study and to enable students to report research outcomes to an audience.
Produce graduates with broad knowledge and research skills of materials science and engineering related to the fusion energy sector and hence prepare students for academic study and industrial employment.
The programme will also aim to produce a pipeline of high quality candidates for doctoral materials research programmes such as classic PhD, new PhD with integrated studies and EngD.
This programme can be taken on a full- or part-time basis. This one-year Course (full-time) comprises a major research project (two-thirds of the year) and five taught modules (one-third of the year), which are taken within the first semester.
Employability
This programme is a response to the current skills shortage in this area and trains high quality graduates for the nuclear industry.
This is a growing sector and the demand for graduates will increase resulting in an excellent potential or rewarding careers.
The research element of the programme also equips our graduates to go on to further study for a PhD.
Students need to have a 2:1 Honours degree in a physical science or engineering subject.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,786 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£27,360 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£27,360 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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