PostgraduateFull-time

Materials Engineering, MSc by Research

Name: Materials Engineering, MSc by Research
Price: 23800 GBP

Swansea UniversitySwansea, United Kingdom

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Tuition, internationalGBP 23,800per year, for JUL 2026 entryCheck the fee on Swansea University's page

Year one, for your visa

Tuition: GBP 23,800
Living costs, 9 × GBP 1,171: GBP 10,539
To show for your visa: GBP 34,339

UKVI's living-cost figure outside London (GBP 1,529 in London), as gov.uk showed it on 24 October 2026. Check gov.uk

Also before you travel: the visa fee, GBP 558, and the health surcharge, GBP 776 for each year of your visa. Plan your first year

Can I get in?

IELTS 6.5 overall

About the same overall: PTE Academic 55, TOEFL iBT 81, Duolingo English Test 120, Oxford Test of English 136. Ask us which tests this university accepts.

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From United States: Bachelor/Honors Bachelor/Doctor in the field of Dentistry or Medicine or Veterinary Medicine/Juris Doctor or other non-medical first professional degree: UK 2.2 or Master’s (Pass) CGPA 2.67 (out of 4.0) UK 2.1 or Master’s (Merit) CGPA 3.3 (out of 4.0) UK First or Master’s (Distinction) CGPA 3.67 (out of 4.0)

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Level: Postgraduate
Duration: 1 Year
Mode: Full-time
Subject: Materials Technology
Location: United Kingdom
IELTS: 6.5 overall

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Overview

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July. Swansea is one of the UK’s leading centres for materials teaching and research.The internationally leading materials research conducted at Swansea is funded by prestigious organisations such as Rolls Royce, Airbus, The European Space Agency, and Tata Steel. Key research areas include design against failure by creep, fatigue and environmental damage, structural metals and ceramics for gas turbine applications, grain boundary engineering, recycling of polymers and composites, corrosion mechanisms in new generation magnesium alloys, development of novel strip steel grades (IF, HSLA, Dual Phase, TRIP) and functional coatings for energy generation, storage and release. You can find out more about the research we do within our College here: Materials Research Centre Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Institute of Structural Materials Advanced Characterisation Coatings, Corrosion and Electrochemistry Materials Advanced Characterisation Centre (MACH1) Metallurgy SUSTAIN Steel Swansea Additive Manufacturing Research Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering We are ranked: 220 in the World for Engineering & Technology (QS World University Rankings 2025)

Entry requirements

Degree	2:1 · or above

English language requirements

IELTS	6.5 overall

IELTS 6.5 Overall (5.5+ each comp.) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.

Fees

International students: £23,800 per year

UK students: £5,006 per year

Start dates

Apr or Jul 2026

Application deadline

Rolling admissions – apply as early as possible

Campus

Bay Campus, United Kingdom

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Academic

Bachelor/Honors Bachelor/Doctor in the field of Dentistry or Medicine or Veterinary Medicine/Juris Doctor or other non-medical first professional degree: UK 2.2 or Master’s (Pass) CGPA 2.67 (out of 4.0) UK 2.1 or Master’s (Merit) CGPA 3.3 (out of 4.0) UK First or Master’s (Distinction) CGPA 3.67 (out of 4.0)

English language

Most academic departments will ask for an IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) for postgraduate degrees, but there are exceptions and you should always check the individual entry requirements on our course pages, or check the conditions included in your offer letter.

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Scholarships at Swansea University

3 for this level

Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)

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Plan your first year

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TuitionGBP 23,800

Visa application, from outside the UKGBP 558

Health surcharge, first year how it is chargedGBP 776

Living costs a month Starts at UKVI's figure outside London. Rent, food, travel, phone.Months

First year in totalGBP 39,186

The health surcharge is paid for the whole visa when you apply; one year is counted here. Figures as gov.uk showed them on 24 October 2026.

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Where you will study

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

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