Career prospects and skill set of graduates of the doctoral programme in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering

Graduates of the UPC’s doctoral programme in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering are highly qualified professionals equipped to work in a wide range of sectors, including the car industry, aeronautics, the shipbuilding industry, bioengineering, metallurgy, the plastics industry, construction, the electricity and electronics sector, the biomedical sector, recycling, the ceramics and glass sector, and the manufacturing technologies sector, among others. 

The main career opportunities for graduates are in:

• Companies involved in production, control and/or design of materials

• Companies and government agencies involved in waste management and optimisation of waste recovery

•  Teaching at the university or secondary level

•  R&D in companies and public centres

•  Innovation and entrepreneurial activity