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MSc in Composites: the Science, Technology and Engineering Application of Advanced Composites – (M.Sc.)
Imperial College London
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,171 - ≈ € 20,185 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Imperial College London
This course may be taken full-time in one year or part-time over two or three years. The course should appeal to graduates of engineering, materials science, physics or chemistry. The content has been chosen to give a sound understanding of all aspects of composites.
Lectures take place during the first two terms and are arranged in a series of modules. Teaching is on three days each week and most topics are covered in a one or two- week period.
Modules include:
* Analytical techniques, fractography, electrical characteristics
* Composite systems (polymer, metal, ceramic)
* Design, joining, finite element analysis
* Detection of defects, non-destructive evaluation
* Fatigue, impact, environment
* Fibre/matrix interfaces
* Introduction to composites; fibres
* Laminate analysis
* Manufacturing science
* Mechanical testing; fracture
* Stiffness and strength
* Stress analysis
Autumn and spring
You will undertake an extensive literature review in the autumn term. The laboratory programme, which is also undertaken largely in the autumn term, lasts for about 50 hours. During the spring term students undertake a group structural design study. During both terms there is a number of examinable coursework assignments.
Summer
After the written examinations in April/May, full-time students undertake a full-time project until the end of September. It is expected that many projects will have significant industrial support and may be partly undertaken in industry, if appropriate. Part-time students are expected to undertake the bulk of their project in industry.
Contents
You will be taught a wide range of topics including production and properties of fibres and composites, engineering analysis and design, selection of composite systems and analytical techniques and physical properties.
The lectures are supported by a comprehensive programme of laboratory exercises. Students undertake a design study, and a full-time project of five months duration. The projects available normally have significant industrial support and some may even be conducted outside the College.
Teaching quality
The course was awarded full marks in the Teaching Quality Assessment carried out in March 1998 by the Quality Assurance Agency.
What's in it for you?
The course will help you to develop the necessary skills to take up leading roles in design, research, development and manufacturing in a variety of industrial sectors including aerospace, motorsport, marine, offshore, sports goods and civil enginering.
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Requirements
Entry qualification will normally be lower second class Honours in an appropriate first degree.
To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.
Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.
* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test. NB: the requirement for Tanaka Business School programmes is 7.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.
Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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