Department MTM
About the department MTM
Welcome to the website of the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
The department 'Metaalkunde' was founded in 1930. In 1984 the name was changed to department 'Metaalkunde en Toegepaste Materiaalkunde (MTM)', because it closer matched the educational and research activities of that time. It is one of the seven departments of the Faculty 'Ingenieurswetenschappen' of the K.U.Leuven.
The mission of MTM is to take care of Education, to perform research in the field of materials science and its industrial applications, and to grant services to the community .
To accomplish this, MTM has a staff of over 150 employees. Their daily work has made multiple technical realisations and important research results at an international level possible. So we are proud to inform you of our accomplishments through this website.
Study metallurgy and materials engineering !
NEWS for non-European applicants !!!
DEADLINE for application
1 March 2011
Here you'll find a lot of information pertaining to materials engineering
Research
Research at MTM is done in 3 divisions which each consist of 3 research groups :
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SCALINT
- Composite materials
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials performance and non-destructive testing
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SeMPeR
- High Temperature Processes and Industrial Ecology
- Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles
- Solidification and Microstructure Simulation
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SIEM
- Materials for living systems
- Advanced Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy
- Materials with Novel Functionality
Leuven-MRC
The researchgroups of MTM are very closely involved in the Leuven Materials Research Centre, that was founded at the end of 2005.
