Overview

The Materials Engineering programme offered by Swansea University is supported by world-leading research in Materials Engineering and offers opportunities to undertake work across a range of specialist areas. Doctoral researchers acquire research skills for high-level work and benefit from skills and training programmes, opportunities to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars and conferences, and opportunities to develop teaching skills through undergraduate tutorials, demonstrations and seminars.

Programme Aims

The opportunity to conduct high quality postgraduate research in a world leading research environment.
Key skills needed to undertake advanced academic and non-academic research including qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
Advanced critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and independent judgement.

Programme Structure

Recent PhD themes include:

Bioinspired investigation via x-ray computed micromography
Characterisation of Compressor Abradable Systems
Validation of a high integrity/repair process for aerospace materials
Constitutive behaviour in turbine disc alloys
Investigating the dwell crack growth and creep resistance behaviour of next generation nickel disc alloys
Addressing the scale up challenges of solid state mesoscopic solar cells
Low cost dye sensitized solar cells on metal substrates
Role of environment and its effects on high temperature corrosion-fatigue life in nickel based superalloys

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-08 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-02-12 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-07-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-09 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-05-07 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-07-10 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-08-07 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2028-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-10-16 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-11-13 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

88

OR

4.5

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PTE Academic

69

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Swansea, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Materials Science View 51 other PhDs in Materials Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

88

OR

4.5

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PTE Academic

69

Schedule a PTE test!

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline.
As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for limited places, and relevant professional experience.
Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Requirement
As standard, two references are required before we can progress applications to the College/School research programme Admissions Tutor for consideration.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

25000 GBP / year

≈ 25000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

5238 GBP / year

≈ 5238 GBP / year

Living costs

Swansea

United Kingdom

727 - 1379 GBP / month

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Overview

Programme Aims

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Swansea

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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