Science and Technology of Materials

Innovations in science, technology and medicine, including their translation into industrial applications, call for novel materials whose performance capabilities require unprecedented material concepts. To address these challenges, synergies between different scientific and technical subject cultures are increasingly coming into play. The MSc degree course in Science and Technology of Materials is an interdisciplinary joint study offered by the University of Salzburg (PLUS) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The programme is interdisciplinary and focuses on the production, characterisation and knowledge-based further development of structural and functional materials in the laboratory and in nature. The importance of material cycles and resource efficiencies will also be taught, as well as approaches to solving the resulting scientific and engineering challenges. The degree programme provides an insight into the current methods of material production and material characterisation and introduces a broad spectrum of technical application possibilities. The program is interdisciplinary and focuses on the production, characterisation and knowledge-based further development of structural and functional materials in the laboratory and in nature. The importance of material cycles and resource efficiencies will also be taught, as well as approaches to solving the resulting scientific and engineering challenges.The degree program provides an insight into the current methods of material production and material characterisation and introduces a broad spectrum of technical application possibilities. At TUM, the materials are further treated with regard to their use in a technical application. In particular, the materials are to be analysed with regard to their stability under operating conditions as a function of various operating modes (e.g. pressure, temperature, fields, humidity). This is supplemented by the life cycle analysis of the material under different operating conditions. The students also expand their knowledge of the fields of application and associated trends of various materials.