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Master's Degree in Materials Engineering
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ABOUT THE
Program
The Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering is oriented to the training of professionals of the highest academic and scientific quality in the knowledge of materials, their properties and their methods of obtaining. The Master’s degree will be able to lead research activities in both industry and academia, with the ability to create, adapt and apply new knowledge in the area of Material Engineering. The Curriculum includes a group of compulsory subjects in the basic field of Material Engineering, a group of elective subjects of deepening in one of the lines of research offered by the program, and a practical component of developing original and relevant research in the subject of interest of the Student. The total duration of the program is four academic semesters.
Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 53059| Qualified Registration: MEN N.° 016783 of 27 December 2019 and N.° 009908 of 17 June 2020.

DEGREE:
Master in Materials Engineering

DURATION:
4 Semesters

MODALITY::
In-Person / In-Spanish

CAMPUS
Bucaramanga Central Campus

DEGREE:
Master in Materials Engineering

DURATION:
4 Semesters

MODALITY:
In-Person / In-Spanish

CAMPUS:
Bucaramanga Central Campus
- Applicant Profile
- Graduate Profile
- Labor Field
- Our Accreditations
APPLICANT
Profile
The Master's Degree in Materials Engineering is aimed at professionals in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Geology, with demonstrable knowledge in the area of materials, who have an interest and aptitude for research, knowledge of a foreign language and whose interests are oriented to the solution of problems in the area of materials engineering, scientific, industrial and technological development.
GRADUATE
Profile
The graduate of the Master's Degree in Materials Engineering, will be a person with a solid integral training, able to generate, adapt and apply new knowledge that enrich the scientific advancement in the area of Materials Engineering, coming from his professional performance as a teacher and researcher. Thegraduate will be distinguished by its competences in production, characterization, selection and inspection of materials, control of chemical and physical properties and fault analysis.
LABOR
Field
The Master in Materials Engineering of the UIS will serve as a teacher and researcher in the academy, in programs of Materials Engineering, Metallurgical, Mechanical, Mines and Chemistry, since he has deepened his knowledge, in synthesis, characterization and evaluation of advanced and conventional materials. He will also be able to work as a researcher in R&D departments in the materials, steel, metalworking, mining, service evaluation and advisory industries.
OUR
Acreditations
High quality accreditation Resolution No. 3977 of April 12, 2019 – Effective for 8 years.
More info: Click here
APPLICANT
Profile
The Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering is aimed at professionals in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Geology, with demonstrable knowledge in the area of materials, who have an interest and aptitude for research, knowledge of a foreign language and whose interests are oriented to the solution of problems in the area of materials engineering, scientific, industrial and technological development.
GRADUATE
Profile
The graduate of the Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering, will be a person with a solid integral training, able to generate, adapt and apply new knowledge that enrich the scientific advancement in the area of Materials Engineering, coming from his professional performance as a teacher and researcher. Thegraduate will be distinguished by its competences in production, characterization, selection and inspection of materials, control of chemical and physical properties and fault analysis.
LABOR
Field
The Master in Materials Engineering of the UIS will serve as a teacher and researcher in the academy, in programs of Materials Engineering, Metallurgical, Mechanical, Mines and Chemistry, since he has deepened his knowledge, in synthesis, characterization and evaluation of advanced and conventional materials. He will also be able to work as a researcher in R&D departments in the materials, steel, metalworking, mining, service evaluation and advisory industries.
OUR
AcreditaTions
High quality accreditation Resolution No. 3977 of April 12, 2019 – Effective for 8 years.
More info: Click hereTuition Subsidies and Condobable Loans
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program
All
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program
All about our program
Academic
Curriculum
- 1°
- 2°
- 3°
- 4°
- Electives
Code: 23894 Credits: 5 - Advanced Materials
Code: 28927 Credits: 5 - Characterization of materials
Code: 28928 Credits: 4 - Degree work proposal
Code: 2-- Credits: 5 - Elective Group Emphasis
Code: 23854 Credits: 10 - Research work I
Code: 28929 Credits: 3 - Seminar I
Code: 23856 Credits: 10 - Research work II
Code: 28930 Credits: 3 - Seminar II
Code: 28931 Credits: 10 - Research work III
Code: 23880 Credits: 5 - Advanced Transport Phenomena
Code: 23864 Credits: 5 - Applied Quantum Mechanics
Code: 23865 Credits: 5 - Solid State Transformations and Phase Diagrams
Code: 23866 Credits: 5 - Structures and Properties of Matter
Code: 23868 Credits: 5 - Ceramic Material Structures
Code: 23869 Credits: 5 - Behavior of Ceramic Materials
Code: 23870 Credits: 5 - Structures and Properties of Polymeric Materials
Code: 23871 Credits: 5 - Behavior of Polymeric Materials
Code: 23872 Credits: 5 - Composite Materials
Code: 23873 Credits: 5 - Biomaterials
Code: 23874 Credits: 5 - Powder metallurgy
Code: 23875 Credits: 5 - Tribology of Materials
Code: 23876 Credits: 5 - Special Topics in Materials
Code: 23878 Credits: 5 - Surface Physicochemistry
Code: 23879 Credits: 5 - Diffusion in Solids and Liquids
Code: 23863 Credits: 5 - Quantum Physics
Code: 23881 Credits: 5 - Advanced Electrochemistry
Code: 27164 Credits: 5 - Materials Chemistry
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Additional Information
- Registration
- Requirements
- Costs
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2nd Semester 2023 * Subject to demand | Registration oppening Registration closing Knowledge test Interview Classes start | To be defined To be defined To be defined To be defined To be defined |
Requirements list
Additional requirements for master's degrees
Additional requirements for master's degrees in research
| NOTE 1: All documents listed above must have a digital PDF version in order to complete the online registration process. NOTE 2: All documents must be delivered physically. To submit the documents, please go to the postgraduate office of the program in the city where you want to study the academic program or to the offices of the entity with which the UIS has an agreement. NOTA 3: When the documents are delivered in physical form, you may attach additional documents that you consider relevant for your admission process to the graduate program. NOTE 4: On the "Start registration process" page you will find the forms to fill out the requested documentation. |
Inscription 0.5 S.M.M.L.V. Tuition fees per semester 1 S.M.M.L.V. Academic fees per semester 10 S.M.M.L.V. | ![]() | The university has a mechanism through which the financial obligations of a student can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student. Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page "Start registration process" you will find the available options. Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students. * Students who have the voting certificate from the last popular election process in Colombia may request a 10% discount on tuition fees. |
KEEP IN MIND
Additional Information
- Registration
- Requirements
- Costs
2nd semester
2023
*Subject to demand of the program.
Bucaramanga
Registration start
To be defined
Registration deadline
To be defined
Knowledge test
To be defined
Interviews
To be defined
Classes start
To be defined
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- UIS registration form duly completed and signed.
- Resume, it has to be done in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.
- Photocopy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
- Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.
- Photocopy of the diploma or Photocopy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by a recognized HEI in Colombia.
- Notice 1: If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated before the Ministerio de Educación Nacional of the Republic of Colombia in case the applicant is going to study a master’s degree in the area of health, law or other area regulated by national regulations that require this administrative act.
- Certificate of the grades obtained during undergraduate studies, with a weighted average equal to or higher than three point fifty (3.50), and those of the research or in-depth master’s degree programs completed.
- Notice 2: In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide it.
- Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.
- If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, presenting the certificate of approval issued by the UIS School of Languages.
- Notice 1: The cost of the certification or test is not included in the registration fee for the graduate program.
- For research master’s degrees, certification of foreign language level equivalent to or higher than level A1 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the UIS Institute of Languages.
- Notice 2: This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.
- Receipt of payment, issued by the UIS treasury, for the current value of the psycho-technical test (if required) or receipt of consignment in the authorized accounts.
- Two (2) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.
- Research Master’s Degrees: endorsement letter from a research group or center of the UIS or from a scientific institution with which there is an agreement in force, signed by the director of the same, and in which the applicant is presented to the program.
- In-depth master’s degrees: endorsement letter from a research group or center of the UIS or from a company or organization, signed by the legal representative of the same, presenting the applicant to the postgraduate program and expressing that in such group or entity the application work may be proposed or carried out.
SPECIFICS REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM
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- CC
- Notice A: All the documents listed above must have a digital version in PDF in order to complete the online registration process.
- Notice B: All documents must be submitted physically. To hand the documents in, please go to the postgraduate office of the program in the city where you wish to take the academic program or to the offices of the entity with which the UIS has an agreement with.
- Notice C: When physical documents are submitted, additional documents that you consider relevant for the admission must be attached.
- Notice D: On the page “Start the registration process” the formats to fill out the requested documentation can be downloaded.
Inscription
0,5 S.M.M.L.V.
Tuition fees per semester
1 S.M.M.L.V.*
Academic fees per semester
10 S.M.M.L.V.
The university has a mechanism through which the financial obligations of a student can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student.
Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page "Start registration process" you will find the available options.
Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students.
* Students who have the voting certificate from the last popular election process in Colombia may request a 10% discount on tuition fees.
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Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science School
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1329 / 2498
Direct: +57 (607) 6320471
Mail:
posgrados.materiales@uis.edu.co

UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address:
Cra 27 calle 9, Ciudad Universitaria. Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga. Piso 2, Oficina 208
Universidad Industrial de Santander

Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Do yo want more information?
Contact Us

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science School
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1329 / 2498
Direct: +57 (607) 6320471
Mail:
posgrados.materiales@uis.edu.co

UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Address:
Cra 27 calle 9, Ciudad Universitaria. Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga. Piso 2, Oficina 208
Universidad Industrial de Santander

Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.