4 years
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
KPT / JPT ( N10714 / 610028 ) 02 / 31 - MQA / PSA 17375
February , July and October
Year 1 and 2 in Malaysia
RM53,280 Malaysian student
RM62,880 International student 2025 fees per year
Year 3 and 4 in Australia A $ 56,300 International student 2025 fees per year
Professionally accredited Industrial training
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
• Monash is one of only a few universities in Malaysia offering a degree in materials engineering .
• Build an exciting career focused on innovation in emerging industries such as semiconductors and electronics , and electric and hydrogen vehicles .
• Secure stable employment in established industries such as rubber , metal processing and steel .
• Enjoy a varied and stimulating experience with elements of physics , mathematics , biology and chemistry in this course .
CAREER PATHS Working across a range of exciting industries including aerospace , biomedical , mining , manufacturing , processing , semiconductor and recycling , materials engineers become :
• metallurgists
• plastics engineers
• ceramists
• adhesive scientists
• process and quality-control engineers
• corrosion or fracture engineers .
Materials engineering is all about making new materials and improving existing ones .
It ’ s about making things stronger , lighter and more functional , sustainable and cost effective . It underpins much of engineering – if we want to make things , we need to have materials with the right properties . Whether it ’ s a next-generation jet engine , a biodegradable tissue scaffold to grow organs from stem cells , or new types of solar cells and batteries , the structure , properties and processing of materials are crucial to the final product .
Materials engineers work with everything from the thermal protection of space shuttles to high-tech artificial hip and cochlear implants , and nanoparticles that seek and destroy cancer . Materials engineering is truly interdisciplinary . It involves physics , mathematics , biology and chemistry , culminating in a groundbreaking research field and a thriving job market .
Course structure
You ’ ll complete 108 points of core units and 36 points of electives to graduate . Units offered in levels two to four are listed below . Units have a value of six credit points , unless stated otherwise .
LEVEL TWO
• Atomic-scale structure of materials
• Phase equilibria and phase transformations
• Mechanical properties of materials
• Functional materials 1
• Polymers
• Advanced engineering mathematics
• Two elective units
LEVEL THREE
• Materials life cycle
• Plasticity of metals and alloys
• Materials in a complex world 1 : People , projects and data
• Functional materials 2
• Introduction to ceramics : Properties , processing and applications
• Materials in a complex world 2 : Characterisation , identification and selection
• Two elective units
LEVEL FOUR
• Final year project A
• Final year project B
• Professional practice
• Advanced materials processing and manufacturing
• Integrated design project
• Three elective units
Elective units
• Biomaterials 1
• Special studies in engineering 1
• Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing
• Implantable devices
• Nuclear energy : Science , technology and society
• Modelling of materials
• Advanced ceramics and applications
• Materials and sustainability
• Engineering alloy design , processing and selection
• Corrosion mechanisms and protection methods
• Biomaterials 2
• Engineering with nanomaterials
• Electron microscopy
• Applied crystallography in advanced materials characterisation
• Advanced polymeric materials
• Environmental durability and protection of metals and engineering materials
• Advanced photovoltaics and energy storage
• Biomaterials and biomechanics
• Additive manufacturing of metallic materials
• Additive manufacturing of polymeric and functional materials .
Transferring to the Clayton campus
You ’ ll need to have :
• completed at least 84 credit points with an overall minimum WAM of >= 50 % if you ’ ve completed your second year , or
• be in good academic standing for the past 12 months
• not been before an Academic Progress Committee ( APC ) panel in the year leading up to your application to transfer
• not be subject to an APC panel at the time of applying .
An engineering degree studied in two countries
The Bachelor of Materials Engineering ( Honours ) is a four-year degree where you ’ ll study your first two years in Malaysia and your final years at our Clayton campus in Melbourne , Australia .
Immerse yourself in two cultures and academic environments while studying a degree of the highest education quality .
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