After completing your Bachelor's degree programme, you can decide to continue your studies with a Master’s degree programme or with a 1st level specializing Master at PoliTO or at other universities, in Italy and abroad.
The natural continuation of the academic path after a Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering is the Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering for Industry 4.0 at Politecnico di Torino. This second-level program enables students to deepen, at an advanced level, their knowledge of the main classes of materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites), their manufacturing, processing, and forming processes, surface modification and coating techniques, and additive manufacturing technologies, with particular attention to the needs of modern industry and technological innovation.
The program is structured into three tracks:
Functional Materials (mainly taught in Italian): focuses on materials for electronic and biomedical applications, smart materials, nanomaterials, and nanotechnologies.
Structural Materials (mainly taught in Italian): focuses on materials for the energy, transportation, and aerospace sectors, with particular emphasis on numerical simulation and materials forming and processing technologies.
Materials Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing (taught in English): oriented toward the sustainability of manufacturing processes, materials design, the integration of dissimilar materials, and advanced production technologies, with attention also to aspects of data analysis and industrial economics.
All three tracks share a strong common foundation and offer the opportunity to personalize the study plan through elective courses, allowing students to build a pathway aligned with their scientific and professional interests.
A graduate in Materials Engineering is a professional with expertise in the field of materials science and technology, capable of contributing to the management of industrial production processes, the selection of the most suitable materials and technologies, and the development of innovative products and processes. They work in the production and processing of metallic, polymeric, ceramic, glassy, and composite materials, as well as in characterization laboratories and in research and development activities.
They primarily find employment in the public and private industrial sectors (manufacturing, energy, etc.), in production plants, industrial laboratories, and research centers. They may also provide technical–commercial support in the field of scientific instrumentation for materials characterization.
Graduates in Materials Engineering, after passing the State Examination, will be able to qualify as Section B Engineers and register in the professional registry as Junior Industrial Engineers.