Programme overview

The Master Degree Programme in Materials Science and Technology is highly interdisciplinary between the sectors of chemistry, physics, engineering relevant to the study and use of materials, It includes many laboratory activities and the thesis undertaken either in research groups or at local companies.

There are two curricula: one in Italian delivered entirely in Genoa and one in English with an international mobility path. The latter awards a multiple degree

You will learn how to use scientific and technological instrumentation for the synthesis and characterization of materials for specific applications thanks to the laboratory activities foreseen in various courses and  during the thesis. The latter may deal either with fundamental or applied topics related to the research activities present in Genoa and in the partner Universities for the international curriculum, possibly in collaboration with local companies.

The Programme trains graduates specialists in research and / or technologies able to fit into roles of responsibility and / or research in the areas of quality control and assurance, design and production of materials and modeling of their properties. Graduates will also be able to pursue studies with a PhD in Materials Sciences or related topics.

General learning outcomes

• You will get interdisciplinary skills in the fields of chemistry, physics and engineering  allowing you to quickly integrate into companies.  You will contribute to the solution of problems related to the development, production and quality control of materials.
• You will be able to gain specific skills in the following sectors: polymeric materials, metallic materials, novel and nanostructured materials, materials and devices for energy, materials for biomedical applications.

Overview of the programme

• Most compulsory courses are concentrated in the first year. By  classroom and laboratory activities these courses provide an advanced and integrated training in chemistry and physics of solids, quantum physics and physical chemistry to understand the correlation between structure and properties of materials.
• Further compulsory and optional courses are scheduled  in the first or second year of the programme. These courses provide knowledge and skills on advanced production and manufacturing technologies, on methods of preparation and instrumental characterization and on methods for simulating the properties of materials. 
• Thanks to the wide choice of optional courses and to the Thesis you will be able to focus your training in various directions: metals and alloys, polymers for electronics, materials and devices for energy and sustainable development and for photonics. You will also study the  interaction of materials with photons and electrons.

Coordinator

Luca Vattuone

Contacts

Italian curriculum

Marcella Pani
Dario Cavallo

International curriculum

Mario Rocca