Materials Science is a basic discipline for various engineering specialities. It is the foundation for research activities in numerous laboratories, elsewhere at UCL and in the world. The three-year engineering programme in Materials Science aims, firstly, to provide a wide and solid education. it also enables those who so wish, to acquire a thourough specialisation in one or several peak domains.

The programme leading to a degree in Civil Engineering - Materials Science, is accessible to all students holding the first study cycle diploma ("candidature") in Civil Engineering. Industrial engineers and certain university degree holders in subjects relating to the Exact Sciences may also be entitled access, as may students with a foreign degree judged as being equivalent.

The University admission and enrolment procedures are detailed in the section : "Access to studies" on the web page : http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/libres/acces.html

This 3 year programme covers, on the one hand, general and polyvalent courses and, on the other hand, specialised courses grouped into different "subject matters". The latter include a compulsory part and an substantial volume of options. This volume of options favours the easy acquisition of "minor" studies in other specialities (ELEC, MECA...). Important emphasis is placed on learning through research, for example in the context of the end of course thesis.

To obtain the Civil Engineering degree in Materials Science , the students will have to take the following programme :

30.01. Materials Science : basic studies.

30.02. Materials Physics.

30.03. Polymers.

30.04. Metals and Ceramics.

30.06. Caracterisation of Materials and Chemical Analysis.

30.05. Mechanics of Solids and Materials

Each student will make a choice of optional courses leading to a programme comprising between 58 and 64 credits in MATR 22 and MATR 23 with a minimum of 120 ECTS for the whole duration of these two years. In principal, the options may be chosen from among all the courses from the FSA or from other Faculties. The students' attention is particularly drawn to the options belonging to the materials (30.XX) and chemistry (40.XX) domains as well as the 60.01 and 90.02. subject groups. Any student who so wishes, is authorised to include a course from the Human Sciences on his options programme, to be chosen from MATR 22 or MATR 23.

During the second cycle, the students may follow various language courses organised by the ILV. According to the jurisprudence of the MATR Committee, one single course is recognised to the value of 3 ECTS from the total volume of the programme. A specific course, destined to improve the linguistic skills and the professional interactive communication capacities of the student, is especially organised for the FSA students.

The apprenticeship, for a minimal duration of three weeks, will be carried out between the last two technical years (MATR 22 and MATR 23) . This work experience is valued at 3 credits of the total calculation of their programme volume.

This work, done in the third year, represents a personal volume of work charge equivalant to 30 credits.

Programme per year of studies

At the beginning of the second technical year ( MATR 22), the student will choose a study advisor in line with the rules established by the MATR Committee. The programmes presented below do not detail the optional courses. In addition to the compulsory courses, the student will complete his programme with options in line with the reglementation of the MATR programme constitution and in agreement with his study advisor. This programme will be submitted to the MATR Committee for approval.

First quadrimester

Second quadrimester

The second year programme comprises, in total, between 58 and 64 ECTS, including the options. At least 1 course must be chosen from among 3 of the 6 subject groups 30.02 to 30.06 and 40.03. The MAPR 2806 Great Industrial Processes course, may also be chosen instead of another course from the 40.03 subject group. It is allowed, subject to the agreement of the study advisor and the MATR Committee, to inverse the general and polyvalent studies courses from MATR22 to MATR23 or vice-versa.

First quadrimester

Second quadrimester

The third year programme comprises between 58 and 64 credits, with a minimum of 120 credits for the whole of the two years MATR 22 and MATR 23, including the options and the end of course thesis (30 credits). It is allowed, subject to the agreement of the study advisor and the MATR Committee, to inverse the general and polyvalent studies from MATR 22 to MATR 23 or vice-versa.

First quadrimester

Second quadrimester

The courses and practical work are evaluated in line with the existing rules and regulations of the Faculty of Applied Sciences. Rules specific to the speciality (evaluation of the apprenticeship, presentation and evaluation of the end of course thesis), are available via the MATR Committee.

Holders of this degree have a wide opening into a "minor" course in another speciality. Reciprocally, a "minor course" in Materials Science is also accessible to students from other specialities. The degree in Civil Engineering, Materials Science, entitles access to numerous 3rd cycle (masters) programmes and to the PhD programme in Applied Sciences.