Structure from Edition 2021
study details, content and tracks
Structure and Contents
First year:
- Integration Week in Saarbrücken
- move to Entrance University
- first semester: courses in Materials Science and Engineering
- transversal skills, including language courses (English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian or Swedish) depending on study combination and previous knowledge
- second semester: track selection
Second year:
- Professional Summer School in Saarbrücken
- move to Second University
- courses/project in the third semester in the same track
- transversal skills, including language courses (English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian or Swedish) depending on study combination and previous knowledge
- final semester: Master’s Thesis at Entrance or Second University
Tracks
Specialisation tracks offered at each university:
University | Track 1 Advanced metallic materials | Track 2 Polymers and composites | Track 3 Smart surfaces and functional materials | Track 4 Advanced processing technologies | Track 5 Bio/Nano materials |
LTU | x | x | x | x | x |
UdS | x | x | x | x | x |
UPC | x | x | – | – | x* |
UL | x | x | x | – | – |
MUL | x | x | x | x** | – |
UNIPD | x | x | x | x | x |
*this track can only be chosen in the third semester at this university
**this track can only be chosen in the first year at this university
Courses
You find the courses at each university here:
The contents of the courses can be found in following links:
- Saarland University – UdS
- Luleå tekniska universitet – LTU
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – UPC
- Université de Lorraine – UL
- Montanuniversität Leoben – MUL
- Università degli Studi die Padova – UNIPD
Structure until Edition 2020
Information about the structure and study content for students until the intake 2020 can be found here.