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Materials Engineering Department Specialities

Ph.D. Degree in Materials Engineering

Key Skills

  • Selecting the best combination of materials for specific purposes
  • Testing materials to assess how resistant they are to heat, corrosion or chemical attack
  • Analyzing data using computer modelling software
  • Assessing materials for specific qualities (such as electrical conductivity, durability, renewability)
  • Developing prototypes
  • Considering the implications for waste and other environmental pollution issues of any product or process
  • Advising on the adaptability of a plant to new processes and materials
  • Working to solve problems arising during the manufacturing process or with the finished product, such as those caused by daily wear and tear or a change of environment
  • Supervising quality control throughout the construction and production process
  • Monitoring plant conditions and material reactions during use
  • Helping to ensure that products comply with national and international legal and quality standards
  • Advising on inspection, maintenance and repair procedures
  • Liaising with colleagues in manufacturing, technical and scientific support, purchasing and marketing
  • Supervising the work of materials engineering technicians and other staff
  • Considering the costs implications of materials used and alternatives, in terms of both time and money
  • Taking account of energy usage in manufacturing and in-service energy saving, e.g., in transport and construction applications.
  • Research and Innovation.
  • Academic Teaching.

Career Opportunities

Ministry of Oil, Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of defense, Ministry of Electricity.

Duration: 3 years

Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering graduate can apply for Ph.D. study.

Master Degree in Materials Engineering

Key Skills

  • Selecting the best combination of materials for specific purposes
  • Testing materials to assess how resistant they are to heat, corrosion or chemical attack
  • Analyzing data using computer modelling software
  • Assessing materials for specific qualities (such as electrical conductivity, durability, renewability)
  • Developing prototypes
  • Considering the implications for waste and other environmental pollution issues of any product or process
  • Advising on the adaptability of a plant to new processes and materials
  • Working to solve problems arising during the manufacturing process or with the finished product, such as those caused by daily wear and tear or a change of environment
  • Supervising quality control throughout the construction and production process
  • Monitoring plant conditions and material reactions during use
  • Helping to ensure that products comply with national and international legal and quality standards
  • Advising on inspection, maintenance and repair procedures
  • Liaising with colleagues in manufacturing, technical and scientific support, purchasing and marketing
  • Supervising the work of materials engineering technicians and other staff
  • Considering the costs implications of materials used and alternatives, in terms of both time and money
  • Taking account of energy usage in manufacturing and in-service energy saving, e.g., in transport and construction applications.
  • Research and Innovation.
  • Academic Teaching.

Career Opportunities

 Ministry of Oil, Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of defense, Ministry of Electricity.

 Duration: 2 years

 Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering graduate can apply for Master study.

Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering

 Key Skills in Materials Engineering

Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Systems Analysis – Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Management of Material Resources – Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Quality Control Analysis – Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Career Opportunities

Ministry of Oil, Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of defense, Ministry of Electricity.

Duration: 4 years

High School graduate students can apply for Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree.

  Title: Polymeric materials engineering and petrochemical – Bachelor’s Degree

A graduate of this major can work in the following fields:

  1. Getting the information: Follow up on receipt and obtain information from all relevant sources.
  2. Defining action, goals and activities: Determine the information by means of estimates and calculations, identify differences and similarities, and disclose the variables surrounding the various activities.
  3. Decision making and problem solving: Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution of
  4. Estimating the measurable properties of both products and activities: Estimate the quantities and determine time, cost, and resources or materials needed to carry out the work activity.
  5. Analyzing the data or information: Get familiar with the basic principles and methods available to obtain the requirement results.
  • The graduates of the above specialization can be employee in the following entities: Ministry of oil, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research ( Science and Technology) and Ministry of Planning ( Quality Control Center).
  • Duration of study : Four years
  • Scientific department of this specialization grants: Materials Engineering Department
  • The scientific background that can be submitted to this specialization: High school applied and bio.

Title: Ceramics and Building Materials Engineering- Bachelor’s Degree

A graduate of this major can work in the following fields:

  1. Getting the information: Follow up on receipt and obtain information from all relevant sources.
  2. Defining action, goals and activities: Determine the information by means of estimates and calculations, identify differences and similarities, and disclose the variables surrounding the various activities.
  3. Decision making and problem solving: Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution of problems.
  4. Estimating the measurable properties of both products and activities: Estimate the quantities and determine time, cost, and resources or materials needed to carry out the work activity.
  5. Analyzing the data or information: Get familiar with the basic principles and methods available to obtain the requirement results.
  • The graduates of the above specialization can be employee in the following entities: Ministry of oil, Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research ( Science and Technology) and Ministry of Planning ( Quality Control Center).
  • Duration of study : Four years
  • Scientific department of this specialization grants: Materials Engineering Department
  • The scientific background that can be submitted to this specialization: High school applied and bio.