Department of Materials, University of Manchester

The Department of Materials, at the University of Manchester is a school of Materials Science at the University of Manchester. The department is one of the largest in Europe with a material science focus. This is reflected by an annual research income of around £7m, 60 academic staff, and a population of 150 research students and 60 postdoctoral research staff. The department was known as the School of Materials until a faculty-wide restructuring in 2019.[1]

Department of Materials, University of Manchester
The Manchester Materials Science Centre before demolition in 2016
Former names
School of Materials (2004-2019)
Head of DepartmentSarah Cartmell
Location
Manchester
,
United Kingdom

AffiliationsFaculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS),
University of Manchester
Websitematerials.manchester.ac.uk

Teaching

The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all aspects of materials including materials engineering, biomaterials, corrosion protection, technical textiles, fashion and business.[2]

Research

In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise both the Material Science and Corrosion and Protection centre gained the highest rating, 5*. The School of Materials has also been ranked first for research power in the UK.

The department is unusual in that the materials science departments at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and the Victoria University of Manchester were already joint before the merger of those two institutions in 2004. The department also incorporates the Textiles, Paper Science and Corrosion & Protection departments which were formerly part of UMIST.

Notable staff

As of 2019 the head of department is Professor Sarah Cartmell.[3] From 2011 to 2015 the head of School was Professor Paul O'Brien FRS.[4] Other senior academic staff include Philip J. Withers FRS, the Regius Professor of Materials and Sarah Haigh.

Buildings

The Manchester Materials Science centre was one of the main buildings of the department until its demolition in 2016. As of 2016 the centre will be replaced with the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD).

References
  1. "FAQs - Structure". Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. Anon (2016). "School of Materials, University of Manchester". materials.manchester.ac.uk. Manchester: University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19.
  3. Sampson, Williams (2015). "Professor William Sampson (BSc (Hons), PhD, FIMMM)". manchester.ac.uk. Manchester: University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 2015-10-12.
  4. "O'BRIEN, Prof. Paul". Who's Who. 2013 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
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