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Materials engineers design, produce and evaluate materials and their use. They
bring valuable expertise in materials to just about every industry, often working
closely with other engineers, to make a real difference to our world.
The Materials Engineering program at UBC provides the knowledge and skills you
need to pursue your career goals. Students enter the program after the 1st year
of Engineering or equivalent study. It takes 3 further years to complete and
achieve a Bachelor of Applied Science, 4 years with the Co-op option.
What is Materials Engineering?
Materials engineering is all around us. From buildings to transportation to the
electronic devices we use every day, the materials involved have been designed
or chosen carefully for the task.
Materials have an important role in every field of engineering. The materials we
use and how we make them can determine the function, feasibility, cost,
environmental impact and many other aspects of things we create.
Take your computer or cell phone as an example and ask yourself, Why is it
made out of these materials? or, Why is it designed in this particular way? or
even, Would it be possible to make it if it was not made from these materials?
To answer such questions, we must delve into the world of materials engineering.
of them, they select the best material for a particular job, monitor its
performance and figure out why a material failed.
Composite materials offer a weight advantage over metals for many applications
but pose significant challenges that must be solved to fully realize the benefits.