To address current challenges in energy, medical, environmental, construction, and transport engineering, the development of innovative functional materials is of central importance. The successful further development of these key technologies increasingly relies on interdisciplinary approaches and thus on synergies between different scientific and engineering cultures. The development of innovative and competitive high-technology products depends on the use of state-of-the-art materials and cost-effective production processes. Furthermore, sustainability strategies and environmental compatibility must be taken into account more than ever.

Graduates of the Master’s programme Chemistry and Physics of Materials have access, among others, to the following professional fields:

• Research at universities and at non-university scientific institutes;
• Research, development, and sustainability in the chemical industry, construction materials industry, automotive industry, bio- and medical engineering, semiconductor industry, and in companies focusing on energy and environmental technologies;
• Application, analysis, optimisation, and quality control of innovative functional materials in industrial, technological, and scientific contexts;
• Science-related activities in areas such as patent affairs, technical consulting, regulation, standardisation, or scientific project management.