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The School of Materials Science and Engineering provides education and training for students to prepare them for a significant and important career in the materials industry. The School is comprised of three departments: ceramic, materials, and metallurgical engineering.The School offers unlimited possibilities for innovation and development. Attention is being focussed on developing and processing metals, ceramics, polymers and composites with improved properties. The activities of the materials engineer range from materials production, including their extraction from ores and their refining, to the design, development, processing and recycling of materials for use in aerospace, transportation, electronics, energy conversion, and biomedical systems. Advanced materials can provide a major competitive advantage in virtually every part of a country's manufacturing industry. As Australia is a country rich in minerals, materials science has been designated as a priority area for research and development.

The School of Materials Science & Engineering is in a good position to provide the increased numbers of graduates necessary for development of these new initiatives in materials. It is the only school in Australia which offers professional courses in ceramic engineering, metallurgical engineering and materials engineering as well as providing postgraduate specialisation in these fields. The School is extremely well equipped with a wide range of advanced computing, thermal analysis, mechanical testing, X-ray, optical and electron microscopy facilities.

For further information on the programs of study offered by the School, please refer to the relevant discipline entries in this online Handbook and to the School's website http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/. We look forward to welcoming you to UNSW.