Universidad Politécnica de MadridE.T.S.I. de Caminos, Canales y Puertos

Av. Profesor Aranguren, S/N (Ciudad Universitaria)28040 Madrid

Secretaría de Ingeniería de Materiales:Tel.: (+34) 91 336 67 54 - Fax: (+34) 91 336 66 80

e-mail: master@mater.upm.eswww.materiales.upm.es

www.materiales.upm.es/master

Spain is consistently ranked as one ofthe top ten worldwide study abroadlocations, offering plenty ofpossibilities of cultural and leisureactivities

Study abroad in SpainStudy at UPM, the University of theoldest and most prestigiousEngineering Faculties in Spain, witha sound international reputation.

Master program can be totally taken in English

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

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Student life - MadridUPM Campus is located in the urban district of Madrid (aboutfifteen minutes walk from the city center) with very goodtransportation (Metro Station: Ciudad Universitaria).Madrid is the capital of Spain and the political, financial andcultural center of the country. It is a modern city with a vi-brant economic and cultural life. www.esmadrid.com

The Master in Materials Engineering is located in the Escuelade Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, founded in1802, one of the most prestigious centres in Spanish societyin the 19th and 20th centuries

Structural Materialsn Forensic Engineering: In-service Failure Analysis (E/S, 3)n Integrated Materials Management (E/S, 3)n Structural Integrity (E/S, 3)n Design and Fabrication of Advanced Composite

Materials (E/S, 3)n Quality Management and Metrology (E/S, 3)n Advanced forming processes (E/S, 3)n Impact Behaviour of Materials (E/S, 3)n Advanced Materials for Civil Engineering (E/S, 3)n Materials Under Extreme In-service Conditions (E/S, 3)n Materials for Sports (E/S, 3)n Materials for Transportation (E/S, 3)n Materials for the Aerospace Industry (E/S, 3)

Transport, Territory and Urban Planning

Biological Materials and Biomaterials Materials for Energy and Enviroment

n Functional Materials at Macro and Micro/Nanometer Scales (E, 5)

n New Emerging Materials and Technologies (E, 3)n Ferroic Materials and Their Applications (E, 3)n Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices (E, 3)n Materials for Photonic Devices (E, 3)n Polymeric Materials for Advanced Applications (E, 3)n Materials and Applications in Nanotechnology (E, 3)n Materials and Microfabrication Technologies

for Electronic Devices (E, 3)n Spintronics and Nanomagnetism (E, 3)

n Molecular Biology and Biotecnology (E/S, 8)n Biological Materials (E, 4)n Biological Surfaces and Interfaces (E/S, 3)n Biomimicry (E/S, 3)n Bioethics (E/S, 2)n Advanced Biomaterials (E/S, 4)n Tissue Engineering (E/S, 3)n Medical Devices (E/S, 3)n Medical Implants (E/S, 3)n Drug Delivery Systems (E/S, 3)

n Materials Degradation and Protection in Energy Transportation Systems (E/S, 3)

n Forensic Engineering: In Service Failure Analysis (E/S, 3)n Modelling and Simulation of Material Damaging Under

Extreme In-service Conditions (E/S, 3)n Materials for the Nuclear Industry (E, 6)n Materials for Renewable Energies (E, 6)n Materials for the Transportation, Storage and Supply

of Energy (E, 6)n Materials Under Extreme In-service Conditions (E/S, 3)n Insulating Materials for Building (E/S, 3)n Materials for Wear and Friction OP (E/S, 3)

Master Thesis(12 credits ECTS)

Four of the most important Spanish Research Centers inMaterials Engineering participate in the teaching activities,offering the possibility of doing a Master Thesis in their areas ofexpertise, counting on state-of-the-art facilities:

n Research Center on Structural Materials (CIME)n Biomedical Technology Center (CTB)n Institute for Systems based on Optoelectronics and Microtechnology (ISOM)

n Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials (IMDEA)n Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Course of Spanish Language and Culture4-8 hours/week Intensive Spanish Language and CultureProgramme for Higher Education Students

( Courses in English/Spanish, number of credits ECTS)

Spring semester February-June, four itineraries

Fall semester September-January, mandatory coursesn Structural Characterization of Materials I: Microscopy and Diffraction (E, 5)n Structural Characterization of Materials II: Spectroscopy (E, 5)n Mechanical Characterization and Analysis (E, 4)n Optical, Electrical and magnetic Characterization of Materials (E, 4)n Advanced Numerical Methods (E, 3)n Materials Selection (E, 3)n Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (E, 3)n Materials, Economics and Management (E, 3)

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