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:
- Australian National University: www.anu.edu.au
- Bond University: www.bond.edu.au
- Central Queensland University: www.cqu.edu.au
- Charles Darwin University: www.cdu.edu.au
- Curtin University: www.curtin.edu.au
- Edith Cowan University: www.ecu.edu.au
- Flinders University: www.flinders.edu.au
- Griffith University: www.griffith.edu.au
- James Cook University: www.jcu.edu.au
- Macquarie University: www.mq.edu.au
- Monash University: www.monash.edu
- Queensland University of Technology: www.qut.edu.au/
- RMIT University: www.rmit.edu.au
- Southern Cross University: www.scu.edu.au
- Swinburne University: www.swinburne.edu.au
- University of Adelaide: www.adelaide.edu.au
- University of Canberra: www.canberra.edu.au
- University of Melbourne: www.unimelb.edu.au
- University of Newcastle: www.newcastle.edu.au
- University of New South Wales: www.unsw.edu.au
- University of Queensland: www.uq.edu.au
- University of South Australia: www.unisa.edu.au
- University of Southern Queensland: www.usq.edu.au
- University of Sydney: www.sydney.edu.au
- University of Tasmania: www.utas.edu.au
- University of Technology Sydney: www.uts.edu.au
- University of the Sunshine Coast: www.usc.edu.au
- University of Western Australia: www.uwa.edu.au
- University of Western Sydney: www.uws.edu.au
- University of Wollongong: www.uow.edu.au
- Victoria University: www.vu.edu.au
