Easter Headstart Focus course – Materials Science
The aim of this Focus course at the University of Cambridge is to introduce students to the way in which Materials Science and Metallurgy are taught during the first two years of a student's life in the university. This is part of the Natural Sciences Tripos which enables students to experience a wide range of subjects during their first two years of study.
This Headstart course at Cambridge focuses on material science and its essential and central role in modern technological advances. Faculty tutors (staff and current and recent students) will introduce you to a range of activities which will include:
- lectures and informal discussions
- tours with a scientific bias
- hands-on practical sessions
- admissions information
- examples of innovation and enterprise - entrepreneurship
- team projects
The programme gives a feel for the ways in which this course is taught to first year students and how materials science can provide a basis for the scientific, business and commercial challenges that a graduate might face later in his/her career.
