Modern Materials Design and Application

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⇑Modern Materials Design and Application at AGH

Language: English Studies in English

Subject area: engineering and engineering trades

Kind of studies: full-time studies

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⇑Why study Modern Materials Design and Application (Master's) at AGH?

Why study it:

Programme: advanced materials and processing technologies
Specialisation: non-ferrous metals and alloys
Labs: lectures, seminars, projects and laboratory classes

Modern Materials Design and Application (MMDA) is a master's programme at AGH University of Krakow focused on advanced materials and processing technologies. It is for graduates with a general background in materials science – materials physics, chemistry and engineering.

Programme: advanced materials and processing technologies

The coursework covers:

designing processes and materials
modern synthesis and processing techniques, including plastic working, heat treatment and powder metallurgy
the structure–property–performance–application relationship
communication and presentation skills, entrepreneurship, teamwork and leadership, and socio-economic competencies

Specialisation: non-ferrous metals and alloys

The programme builds expertise in materials based on non-ferrous metals and alloys – evaluating, designing, improving and fabricating them.

Labs: lectures, seminars, projects and laboratory classes

Teaching combines lectures, seminars, project work and laboratory classes, all focused on the design of materials and processes and on the application of modern synthesis and processing techniques.

As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme page at rekrutacja.agh.edu.pl.

Master's on the university website:
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⇑Test: check whether Modern Materials Design and Application is the right major for you!

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⇑Definitions and quotes

Design

Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns). Design has different connotations in different fields (see design disciplines below). In some cases, the direct construction of an object (as in pottery, engineering, management, coding, and graphic design) is also considered to use design thinking.

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Design

Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come about by the appearance of the device itself. The device must explain itself.

Donald Norman (2002), The Design of Everyday Things, Introduction to the 2002 Edition

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Design

The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption is that somewhere, hidden, is a better way of doing things.

Attributed to Harry Bertoia, Knoll Design, p. 66 in: Carlotte & Peter Fiell (2005) 1000 Chairs. Introduction

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Design

If the chief rules of good design were understood by the masses as they might be, nothing would do more to promote beauty, improve workmanship, add to the value of manufactures, and in many other ways further the general welfare and prosperity of the country. They are simple, easy to acquire, and should be taught with the alphabet.

Ernest Flagg, Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)

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