This major aims to educate and produce graduates who will be:

• Equipped with working knowledge of the production, characterization, and service performance of engineering materials;
• Proficient communicators equipped with a range of disciplines and skills, computer literacy, language proficiency, and the ability to think quantitatively and analyse problems critically;
• Able to contribute their specialist skills, alongside other engineering specialists, to the design, manufacture, maintenance, testing and safety of engineering components, devices, structures and process plants;
• Able to demonstrate an awareness of the context within which they work, and take responsibility for their own personal and professional development;
• Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge learned in the major to support in at least an original discovery or creative design relevant to materials engineering.

Upon successful completion of the materials engineering major, students should be able to:

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering appropriate to the materials engineering discipline.
2. Design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
3. Design a system, component, or process to meet the desired needs within realistic constraints, such as economic, environmental, social, political and ethical expectations, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability.
4. Function in multi-disciplinary teams.
5. Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
6. Recognize professional and ethical responsibility.
7. Communicate effectively.
8. Recognize the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context, especially the importance of health, safety and environmental considerations for both workers and the general public.
9. Recognize the need for, and to engage in life-long learning.
10. Stay abreast of contemporary issues.
11. Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice appropriate to the materials engineering discipline.
12. Use computers and IT relevant to the materials discipline along with understanding of their processes and limitations.
13. Create an original design, or explore the materials engineering area for discovery of new knowledge.

The BEng degree in Materials Engineering is fully accredited by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) as an award satisfying the academic requirements for its Corporate Membership.