Materials Science & Engineering and Metallurgy Applicants 2018

guys i want to apply for metallurgy and not material sciences as such
the only university that provides me with the course is birmingham university
metallurgy deals with : ingot casting , ferrous and non ferrous alloys and alloys , welding processses etc..
so can u guys tell me any other university which provides this course .
also anyone who has already been interviewed for the same by birmingham university ?

the university of sheffield too.

yea i have checked sheffield too , but along with metallurgy they have extra modules and involves maths as well .
But i don't want that

anyways thankyou , i did fill that as my second option tho

yea i have checked sheffield too , but along with metallurgy they have extra modules and involves maths as well .
But i don't want that

anyways thankyou , i did fill that as my second option tho

Hello guys,
the Uni of Sheffield has invited me to a phone interview as an international student. Should I get prepared for it by brushing up some physics or is it just enough to know spefically what I wrote on my PS? I would like to know what you suggest that I do before the day of the interview. Should I worry??

btw, I hold an offer from the University of Exeter, would you consider it better than the Uni of Sheffield??

btw, I hold an offer from the University of Exeter, would you consider it better than the Uni of Sheffield??

I personally would not (for this course), but I did "only" take 4 (5 if you count condensed matter) materials courses there

A brief survey of the Sheffield course confirms that if your specific interest is Materials, they have a much greater breadth and depth available on their course - the Exeter course is pretty much 50% MechE with some materials and manufacturing modules added in. As in, you literally take the same modules as the MechE students - not just "both will consider aspects of the strength of materials", you also have to take thermofluids (???) and control engineering just because there aren't enough dedicated materials modules.

That said Exeter have some interesting materials research, usually the more interesting stuff being in collaboration with their physics department. It's not outright bad, and I imagine for a masters or PhD is probably reasonable. But compared to Sheffield for undergrad you lose a lot of relevant content; although if you just want to work "in" engineering, the more general approach may be useful if you move out of the materials realm - it depends what you want to do.

However if you're not completely sure if you want to specialise in materials, Exeter may be a safer bet as you can switch between all the engineering disciplines after the first year. Also per my earlier comment if you're applying for NatSci you may be able to craft a stronger programme than otherwise offered.

Thank you, this was incredibly helpful.

Do you have any specific interests in materials science/engineering, or any more general engineering interests? I have looked at Sheffield and they offer both a materials science and engineering course and a metallurgy one.

And, as @artful_lounger says, Exeter's materials science and engineering course does contain a fair bit of content from other engineering disciplines. I wouldn't worry your future being constricted by the modules (unless you want to go into something quite niche), but in terms of studying, this might not be for everyone. Sheffield's materials science and engineering course offers various biomaterials related modules, which might be of interest.

I am actually interested in materials science and engineering, though when I applied I did not give too much importance to how courses where structured modules wise. But that is something that I regret now, since I am worried that Exeter might be too general compared to what I would actually like to do. Besides I am worried about the Engineering department which does not seem to be well reputed here on Thestudentroom

Sheffield might be better if you want something less general. Have you applied to other universities for materials courses? I realise that not many universities offer them. I think Birmingham, Loughborough and Swansea do though.

Hey guys,
Facing some difficulty in choosing between imperial and Manchester, I got offers from the two unis, but I can't decide which to firm. I'm an international student, so fees matters to me a lot. Manchester tuition is lower than that of imperial. but imperials rankings are pretty high, and it seems the course is good there. Should I risk and firm imperial, or is it okay if I continue with Manchester??
please help me out
Thanks