Materials Science is an interdisciplinary subject, spanning the physics and chemistry of matter, engineering applications and industrial manufacturing processes. Modern society is heavily dependent on advanced materials, for example, lightweight composites for faster vehicles, optical fibres for telecommunications and silicon microchips for the information revolution. Materials scientists study the relationships between the structure and properties of a material and how it is made. They also develop new materials and devise processes for manufacturing them. Materials Science is vital for developments in nanotechnology, quantum computing, batteries and nuclear fusion, as well as medical technologies such as bone replacement materials. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugmatsci.
A level: A*AA | Including Mathematics and Physics, with A* in either Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry. Excluding General Studies (if taken) | Scottish Higher: {'start': ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'B', None], 'end': ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', None]} | Supplemented by two or more Advanced Highers. | Access to HE Diploma: 45 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE Diploma | Some Access courses allow students to take one or two A-levels as part of the course. This option is strongly recommended for students who wish to apply to Oxford, especially for those courses which have specific subject requirements. If you would like to discuss the suitability of your Access course for entry to Oxford University, please contact the subject department that you’d like to apply to for further information. (Contact details are at ox.ac.uk/courses) | Scottish Advanced Higher: {'start': ['A', 'A', None, None], 'end': ['A', 'A', 'B', None]} | With AA in Mathematics and Physics. Conditional offers will usually be for AAB if a student is able to take three Advanced Highers; where this is not possible then a student would be expected to achieve AA in two Advanced Highers, as well as an A grade in an additional Higher course taken in Year 6. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 40 UCAS points | with 7 6 6 at HL, including Mathematics and Physics, with 7 in either Chemistry, Maths or Physics. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): {'start': ['D*D*D*'], 'end': ['DDD']} | Conditional offers would usually be: Extended Diploma with D*D*D to DDD, depending on the course. Diploma with DD plus an A grade at A-level, possibly with one or two * grades, depending on the course. Subsidiary Diploma with D plus two A grades at A-level, possibly with one or two * grades, depending on the course. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H1H1H2H2H2H2 | Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal: D2D3D3 | Pre-U subject requirements are the same as those for A-levels.
Minimum 7.0 per component Minimum component scores: Listening: 22 Reading: 24 Speaking: 25 Writing: 24 Overall score of 191 or above, with at least 185 in each component Overall score of 191 or above, with at least 185 in each component
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