Materials Engineering, Ph.D. / M.Phil.

Queens Anniversary Prize Holder 2021

Awarded for 'Revolutionising applications for renewable energy'

Materials Science and Engineering Equipment

Course Overview

Start dates: PhD/MPhil - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July.

With our main research strengths of aerospace materials, environmental materials and steel technology, Swansea University provides an excellent base for your research as a PhD or MPhil student in Materials Engineering.

To find out more about the world-leading research that we do visit the Materials Research Centre website.

Recent PhD theses supervised in the area of Materials Engineering at Swansea University include

  • Bioinspired investigation via x-ray computed micromography
  • Characterisation of Compressor Abradable Systems 
  • Validation of a high integrity/repair process for aerospace materials 
  • Constitutive behaviour in turbine disc alloys
  • Investigating the dwell crack growth and creep resistance behaviour of next generation nickel disc alloys
  • Addressing the scale up challenges of solid state mesoscopic solar cells
  • Low cost dye sensitized solar cells on metal substrates 
  • Role of environment and its effects on high temperature corrosion-fatigue life in nickel based superalloys

Find out more about some of the academic staff supervising theses in these areas in our Directory of Expertise.

We are ranked:

  • 220 in the World for Engineering & Technology (QS World University Rankings 2025)