The Master level program takes two years and the Doctorate degree, between three to four years.
The student must fulfill a certain number of credits and present a master's or doctoral thesis.
Normally the period of the courses is divided in two semesters, from March to July and August to December. Concentrated courses can be also offered.
To obtain the master's degree, the student must complete 22 credits and present a MSc thesis.
To obtain the doctorate´s degree, the student must complete 35 credits and present a PhD thesis Each credit corresponds to 15 class hours.
A limited number of scholarships are available each semester.

Courses
To get the credits, the student must to finish at least two compulsory courses between the following:

Characterization of materials
Material Science and Engineering
Structure and properties of ceramics
Structure and properties of polymers 
Structure and properties of metals 
Physics of materials

The other credits can be obtained attending the courses named in the following table.
Even credits from other pos graduate program can be validated, since limited to 11 credits in the MSc and 17 credits in the doctorate degree.
These other programs are Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering and so on.

To make inscription
Please contact Prof. Ricardo Dutra ppcem@ct.ufpb.br telling of your interest and more information will sent to you.

You are welcome to the Graduate Program on Science and Materials Engineering!