UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Scoil na hInnealtóireachta Meicniúla & Ábhar UCD

Under the UCD PhD Scholarship initiative, 150 PhD scholarships are being offered across a number of Schools in the University for the 2020/21 academic year. These scholarships underline the University’s commitment to the pursuit of excellence in research, graduate education and training.

The overall aim of the initiative is to attract graduates of the highest academic standards to participate in and expand School-based structured PhD programmes in UCD.

Contact: Oran O'Rua.

Postgraduate research opportunities can be found here.

Our Research Themes

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Energy Energy

Clean energy is the biggest engineering challenge facing mankind today. We research areas such as Building Energy, Energy Storage, Emissions Control and Refrigeration.

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering

Applying engineering techniques & devices to the human body has helped diversify our research into Artificial Hip Joints, Artery-Widening Stents & Head Impact Protection.

Materials & Manufacturing Materials & Manufacturing

We're engaged in Cutting Edge Research in areas such as Super Adhesives, Nano-Coatings, 3D Printing, Micro-fluidics and Zero-G (in space!) Metal Casting.