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The course in brief

Presentation

Science of the past, present and future aimed at creating materials suitable for multiple applications.

The course provides basic chemistry, physics and mathematics skills to be applied in the laboratory for the characterisation of different materials such as polymers, metals and advanced materials. The final exam includes a period of internship or placement in a company or research organisation to get in touch with the working world and learn about the frontiers of research.

Learning by doing

Physics, chemistry and materials characterisation laboratories, internships in companies or research institutions, also abroad.

Professional outlets

Technical and quality control and certification roles in industry and services, Master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering in all Italian locations, in Chemical Sciences and Industrial Chemistry in Genoa, International Master's Degree Serp+.

What you will learn

conoscenze base di fisica

principi di fisica classica e metodo scientifico per la descrizione dei fenomeni

conoscenze base di chimica

la chimica nei suoi vari aspetti: generale, inorganica, analitica, organica, chimico-fisica

conoscenze base di matematica

strumenti matematici necessari alla comprensione delle leggi fisiche e chimiche di base

conoscenze informatiche

strumenti informatici più comuni e utilizzo del computer per risolvere problemi

attività pratiche in laboratori chimico e fisico

progettare e condurre con successo un esperimento fisico e/o chimico fisico in sicurezza

tirocinio

affrontare concretamente un problema di scienza dei materiali

Did you know that.

Lo scienziato dei materiali è sulla frontiera dell'innovazione. È uno scienziato multidisciplinare: ha un po' del chimico, un po' del fisico e un po' dell'ingegnere

Le sfide dello scienziato dei materiali sono creare nuovi materiali elettronici, nuove plastiche, nuovi tessuti, sviluppare sostanze utili per trasportare le medicine nel corpo, controllare e certificare i materiali e le loro proprietà

Lo scienziato dei materiali si inserisce rapidamente nel modo del lavoro: moltissimi settori della produzione industriale hanno bisogno di lui

Contents

Knowing the materials

The aim of the course is to train a figure who knows the physical and chemical properties of materials, has experimental skills for their characterisation and technical-professional skills for their use in applications. To this end it provides:

  • a thorough basic knowledge of physics and chemistry in their experimental and theoretical aspects
  • adequate knowledge of mathematics and computer tools for the management of data and results
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  • a sound working methodology and an interdisciplinary problem-solving approach
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  • specific laboratory skills, through a variety of techniques in the fields of characterisation, analysis and synthesis of materials
  • skills in scientific communication and coordinated work within groups
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The training course provides:

  • compulsory attendance at laboratories, one or more for each of the first five semesters
  • mandatory internship in semester VI
  • basic physics and chemistry courses supplemented by mathematics courses particularly oriented towards problem solving
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  • specific teaching of materials science
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The teaching staff is composed of scholars from different backgrounds who conduct research in materials science.

Coordinator

Welcome! Materials Science is a fairly young degree course, designed to give you a solid foundation in chemistry, physics and mathematics and enable you to put it into practice in the laboratory straight away. You will thus gain in-depth knowledge of the nature and properties of the most diverse materials and be able to design new ones that are as functional and revolutionary as possible.

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Davide Peddis

Where we are

Lectures and laboratory exercises are held in the classrooms of the Department of Physics - DIFI and the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry - DCCI at the Valletta Puggia campus in Via Dodecaneso, Genoa.

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Training Service - Sector VI
Via Bensa 1
+39 010 209 9623

Student Desk
Viale Benedetto XV 3
+39 010 353 8225

DiFi Teaching Secretariat
+39 010 353 6345