Materials Science and Technology

The Materials Science and Technology course at Politecnico di Torino aims to scientifically and professionally train experts in processes and technologies for research, production, and development of both structural and functional materials in a wide range of sectors, with reference to ceramics, polymers, metals, composites, and nano-structured materials.

During the three years of the course, Ph.D. candidates at Politecnico di Torino are engaged of exploring the cultural aspects related to Materials Science and Technology , with the help of specific training activities to have a deep knowledge of materials in terms of their structure-properties relationships, design, manufacturing processes and processing, characterization techniques, corrosion and degradation, conservation, restoration and recycling, industrial applications, biomedical applications, materials for energy conversion and storage, materials for environmental protection, materials for adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, and additive manufacturing.

Career opportunities

The transversal nature of the competences of the PhDs in Materials Science and Technology offers professional opportunities in the fields of research (both public and private) and development in any area of industrial production, either in Italy or abroad.

The strong and close collaborations with leading companies in the various sectors of the development of innovative and functional materials and related devices, at regional, national and European levels, represent an important professional opportunity for the young research doctors. The creation of spin-offs represents a further opportunity, an exemplary case of how the technology that arises from the research of university laboratories is first protected under the profile of intellectual property, then turns into a business reality and, finally, becomes interesting for the market.  

Some of the foreseen employment opportunities are:         

• research and teaching in Italian/foreign Universities;             
• research in Italian/foreign research centres (for instance, CNR);             
• industrial sectors implying high-level expertizes in the research and development of innovative materials, as well as industrial production.

Courses included:

• Additive Manufacturing: the Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion for the production of metallic components
• Applied spectroscopic methods
• Functional Nanomaterials for advanced applications and sustainability
• Porous materials for high-tech applications: from the macro-scale to the nano-world
• Smart materials for biomedical applications: scaffolds and sensors
• X-ray diffraction by materials