Tertiary Institutions
Australia is home to some of the world’s leading materials science and engineering universities and research centres. Undergraduate activities in the areas of materials science are usually part of the metallurgy, chemical, minerals and materials engineering faculty.
Materials science research at Australian tertiary institutions has significantly contributed to advances in the production and design of the space shuttle and the jet aeroplane; the laptop computer and the iPod; artificial hips, contact lenses and the bionic ear; improved golf clubs and tennis rackets; and even levitating trains.
Current research is tackling the development of new generation engineering materials, smart functional materials and advanced manufacturing technologies, including nanofabrication.
Australia’s materials science and engineering tertiary institutions include:
- University of Queensland: www.uq.edu.au
- University of Technology, Sydney: www.uts.edu.au
- University of South Australia: www.unisa.edu.au
- Central Institute of Technology: www.central.wa.edu.au
- University of Western Sydney: www.uws.edu.au
- University of New South Wales: www.unsw.edu.au
- University of Sydney: www.sydney.edu.au
- Monash University: www.monash.edu
- RMIT University: www.rmit.edu.au
- Swinburne University: www.swinburne.edu.au
- University of Melbourne: www.unimelb.edu.au
- University of Wollongong: www.uow.edu.au
- Australian National University: www.anu.edu.au
- Curtin University: www.curtin.edu.au
- University of Western Australia: www.uwa.edu.au
- Macquarie University: www.mq.edu.au
- Bond University: www.bond.edu.au
- Central Queensland University: www.cqu.edu.au
- Charles Darwin University: www.cdu.edu.au
- Edith Cowan University: www.ecu.edu.au
- Griffith University: www.griffith.edu.au
- Flinders University: www.flinders.edu.au
- James Cook University: www.jcu.edu.au
- Southern Cross University: www.scu.edu.au
- University of Canberra: www.canberra.edu.au
- University of Adelaide: www.adelaide.edu.au
- University of Newcastle: www.newcastle.edu.au
- University of Southern Queensland: www.usq.edu.au
- University of Tasmania: www.utas.edu.au
- University of the Sunshine Coast: www.usc.edu.au
- Victoria University: www.vu.edu.au
