Our new master for polymers - cutting-edge topics & high flexibility
From electronics to transportation, fashion, and medicine – modern life has become unthinkable without polymers! With a Master's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering, you will be part of this innovative and future-oriented professional field.
With the completely redesigned master's programme, you now also have maximum flexibility to choose your topics of interest. After some compulsory general courses in polymer science and engineering in the first semester, the programme offers complete flexibility in the other semesters with a wide selection of electives allowing you to build your own curriculum. In addition to established areas of polymer science and engineering, the range of electives, also covers current topics such as bioplastics, polymers for medical technology, or recycling and circular engineering.
After completing your studies, you will have comprehensive expertise in the areas that you are most passionate about. This will make you an expert in your specialization and give you the best prospects of finding a job that suits you perfectly!
What to expect from the study programme?
As unique as yourself: the master's programme in Polymer Science and Engineering can be tailored to your interests. It consists of just one semester of compulsory subjects with all the important basics of polymer engineering and science as well as sustainability and digital skills.
In the second and third semesters, you decide what you want to focus on in your studies. You can choose from a wide range of electives that cover both state-of-the-art topics and innovative ones:
- engineering biopolymers, chemistry of bio-based materials and polymers in medical devices, coatings and adhesives, photoreactive polymers, recycling, and industrial polymer chemistry
- injection molding and extrusion technologies, additive manufacturing, processing of composite materials
- failures and functional integrity of polymer products as well as lightweight design and optimisation
In the fourth semester, you will learn good scientific practice in the course of a master's thesis.
What career opportunities are available to you after graduation?
Polymers are needed and used in every branch of industry (as structural or functional materials), and so you can also work in any sector:
- medical technology,
- micro and nanotechnology,
- aerospace,
- mechanical engineering,
- construction of sports equipment,
- electronics and electrical engineering,
- as well as the automotive and vehicle industry
- or renewable energy generation.
And in different jobs, too: whether you like to work in the lab, in the office, at the machine, or with customers.