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The international school of doctoral studies in Materials Science & Engineering provides a comprehensive graduate education in the fundamentals of materials science and engineering /synthesis-structure-property-performance relationships.
The "dottorato di ricerca" (doctorate of research) is the highest Italian academic degree, which is equivalent to the Ph.D..
The programme of the Doctoral in Materials Science & Engineering , in English for both teaching and research activities, mainly consists in high quality research projects where students carry out their activity.
Each year about 15 students, usually awarded with a grant are accepted into the School and they are taught by a dedicated materials science and engineering faculty. Students have daily contact and dialogue with faculty members who teach them in small classes and research groups. The faculty are nationally and internationally known for thier research, publications, activities in government committees and commissions, and in professional organisations where they hold high office.
The school has invested heavily to offer technologically advanced facilities, as well as a strong academic program. It co-operates with international partners like the University of Havana/Cuba, the Institute for Transuramium Elements in Karlsruhe/Germany, the Georgia Institute of Technology/USA and the University of Colorado at Boulder/USA (dual phD) and it maintains good connections with local and international companies.
The official language of the School is English.
Research is carried out in the fields of:
- Biomaterials and biomedical technologies
- Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials
- Surface engineering
- Structural materials,durability and lifetime assessment
- Net-shape materials
- Materials for energy and environment
- Materials and technologies for cultural heritage
- Functional materials
- Materials and technology for food industry
Studies are performed on a variety of ceramics, glasses, metal alloys, intermetallics, polimers and composites.
For the fourth year in a row the University of Trento ranked at the first place among Italian medium-sized universities especially for its high level of research activities.
The campus of Engineering is located on the green hills surrounding Trento, the centre of a beautiful region between Lake Garda and the Dolomites with its countless cultural and outdoor activities.
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