Current research in nanoscience and nanotechnology requires an advanced knowledge in materials science and involves design and fabrication of novel and functional nanostructures. The graduate program in Materials Science and Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary study and aims to develop researchers who can pursue outstanding and creative research in the diverse fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, such as nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine; atomic scale imaging; nano and microelectronics; nanotextile; nanophotonics; femtosecond lasers; spintronics; advanced materials design and manufacturing of nanofibers; nanotribology, hydrogen economy and solar energy, etc. The graduate program provides an in depth understanding of materials in nanometer scale and present an excellent training starting from the quantum theory of matter and quantum statistical thermodynamics. The graduate courses to be taken by the students have to focus on his/her thesis work.
MSN 500 | Concepts in Materials Science |
MSN 501 | Atomic Structure, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Materials |
MSN 507 | Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials |
MSN 510 | Imaging Techniques in Materials Science and Nanotechnology |
MSN 511 | Surface Science and Spectroscopy |
MSN 512 | Biomedical Materials |
MSN 513 | Micro and Nanostructured Sensors and Biosensing Applications |
MSN 514 | Computational Methods for Material Science and Complex Systems |
MSN 517 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology I |
MSN 518 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology II |
MSN 519 | Applications of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics |
MSN 521 | Biotechnology |
MSN 522 | Synthetic Biology |
MSN 523 | Nanocomposites |
MSN 524 | Introduction to Mesoscopic Solid-State Materials |
MSN 525 | Self- Organized and Self-Assembled Systems From Nanoscience to Biotechnology |
MSN 526 | Functional Surfaces and Interfaces |
MSN 527 | Quantitative Approaches in Biophysics and Life Sciences |
MSN 528 | Polymer Physics in Nanotechnology |
MSN 529 | Introduction to Adaptive Optics and Optical Imaging |
MSN 530 | Biomolecular Modeling and Simulation |
MSN 531 | Magnetic Materials |
MSN 533 | Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage |
MSN 534 | Polymeric Materials |
MSN 541 | Nanobiotechnology |
MSN 551 | Introduction to Micro and Nanofabrication |
MSN 555 | Laser Physics: from Principles to Applications for Materials Science |
MSN 556 | Optical Fibers |
Although being established as a research center, UNAM has initiated its own M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree program as Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology. Research centers usually focus on research and do not consider teaching as their primary focus. However, UNAM has a mission to educate highly qualified personnel. Therefore, the Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) program has been offered by UNAM since 2008 and it has been getting increasingly more popular and attracting top students from Turkey and throughout the world. As of 2020, UNAM has 55 M.Sc. students, 35 Ph.D. students.