Education

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Materials Engineering.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

- ...

Objectives

1.  The graduate is proficient in one or more scientific disciplines
The graduate:
- has an advanced knowledge of:
  o  the production, processing and recycling of materials;
  o  the families of materials and their properties;
  o  the techniques used for material characterization and   material modelling;
  o  the behaviour of materials during use.
- understands and actively seeks the connections between processing, structure and properties of materials and their applications.

2.  The graduate is competent in doing research
The graduate:
- can divide a complex realistic problem in sub-problems, is able to distinguish the critical sub-problems, and to structure these sub-problems into research questions and research strategies.
- is able to systematically develop new insights and knowledge in the field of materials engineering, a discipline that intersects physics, chemistry, mechanics and thermodynamics.
- can gain insight in and knowledge of material sciences and apply it interdisciplinary.

3.  The graduate is competent in designing
The graduate:
- can formulate design problems at the level of material development and material applications.
- can develop new materials based on insights into the relationships between structure, properties and processes.
- can make responsible choices of material in interdisciplinary design projects, taking into account technical constraints and specifications, and the prudential context.

4.  The graduate has a scientific approach
The graduate:
- is curious, has an attitude of lifelong learning, is able to identify and acquire relevant developments.
- is critical to scientific literature and research results and is able to process it.
- has a systematic approach; can use, develop and validate models and is able to consciously choose between modelling techniques.
- is capable of abstracting basic knowledge and insights relating to material engineering and apply it in different contexts.

5.  The graduate possesses basic intellectual skills
The graduate:
- can ask relevant questions, and take and substantiate a reasoned position.
- recognize irrelevant and incomplete information and unsubstantiated arguments.
- has a sense of realism and a sense of orders of magnitude.

6.  The graduate is competent in collaboration and communication
The graduate:
- can communicate orally and in writing about his or her field in Dutch and English with laymen and specialists.
- has a professional attitude, characterized by dedication, accuracy and commitment.
- has social skills and is capable of leadership and teamwork in (interdisciplinary) teams

7.  The graduate takes into account the social and temporal context
The graduate:
- can take into account the various aspects of safety, health and environment in the production and use of materials.
- has an eye for sustainability issues in the production, use and recycling of materials.
- is aware of the importance of materials, material innovation and the role of a materials engineer in the changing society.

The graduated master:

• During the practice of the engineering profession, is guided by his or her scientific and technical knowledge.
• Has an engineering attitude that enables him or her to formulate solutions to complex problems, taking into account relevant constraints of an economic, legal, social, ... nature.
• Is aware of his or her social and ethical responsibility and can act accordingly.
• Has a willingness for open communication and cooperation, both with engineers within and outside the discipline, and with other actors in the professional field.
• Has insight into the broader role that engineers play in society.
• Shows willingness to keep abreast of new scientific and technical evolutions, and to approach them with a critical mind.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blueprint_MA_Materials Engineering.pdf

COBRA 2019-2023
COBRA-fiche_MA_Materials engineering_2022-2023.pdf

COBRA 2015-2019
COBRA-report_MA_Materials Engineering.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents