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Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing (EPSRC CDT) at University of Oxford - UCAS

University of Oxford

Degree level: Postgraduate

Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing (EPSRC CDT) (Taught)

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2024). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas. The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing (IMAT CDT) offers a four-year doctoral course focusing on the design, synthesis and characterisation of new inorganic materials and features integrated academic/industrial courses. The IMAT CDT aims to train the next generation of doctoral scientists in the design, synthesis and characterisation of inorganic materials relevant to the future prosperity of the manufacturing sector. The course covers all aspects of the utilisation of raw materials, process chemistry and product delivery, and substantive projects spanning the breadth of inorganic chemistry and materials science. The course has been designed in collaboration with 19 industrial partners representing a range of business sizes and technological expertise, in order to provide a holistic understanding of all aspects of the advanced materials manufacturing process. The IMAT CDT uses a cohort-based training model, allied to training incorporating faculty, industry and peer-led components, to deliver scientists with:

  • a broad spectrum training across the interface between inorganic materials and manufacturing; and
  • in-depth expertise in one specific stream (raw materials, process or product).
Students are trained in a single cohort initially (in the first six months) through a series of taught courses covering a wide range of topics in inorganic materials, and a short industrial internship. From the second half of year one, you will focus primarily on your substantive research project, which you will have chosen before the start of your course. Departmental supervisors are drawn from some of the country's leading research chemists and materials scientists, many of whom have world-class reputations. During all four years of the course you will receive a tailored programme designed to broaden your research and professional skills. The course expects to have strong engagement with industry, with regular visits and interactions with industrial partners. A tailored introductory programme will cover fundamentals in chemistry and materials. Details of the modules are listed below. Core Technical Modules Raw Materials:
  • Raw Materials distribution, ethics, circularity
  • Bottom up/top down synthesis
Process
  • Characterisation tools in chemistry and materials
  • Processing to manipulate materials properties
  • Computational methods, AI, Digitisation, Data analytics
  • Interface and Surface Chemistry
Product
  • Product design for circularity and end use
  • Teamwork design module
Industrial Immersion Modules This part of the training programme focuses on awareness of:
  • RRI + Ethical, regulatory and compliance issues
  • Communicating science to different audiences
  • IP, Research Translation & Entrepreneurship
  • Advanced industrial workshops
You will also conduct an eight-week industrial internship during the second term of year one. Accommodation and travel expenses will be funded by the CDT. Industrial internships will provide you with the opportunity to work closely at the sites of one of our IMAT industrial partners, gaining experience relevant to one or more of the core themes: raw materials, process, or product. You will work within industry teams at sites across the UK and experience the demands and expectations of diverse end-users and customers.

Entry requirements

For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas

Fees and funding

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Additional fee information

For complete and up-to-date information about fees and funding for this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.
Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing (EPSRC CDT) at University of Oxford - UCAS