Research degrees - corrosion and protection
The research degrees in corrosion and protection benefit from one of the world’s largest academic based activities dedicated to corrosion and its control. We work closely with the world's leading companies, consultancies and industrial research groups to create a forward-looking and strategic research activity.
Industry driven
Corrosion science and technology are key to the development of new materials and innovative production processes for use in industries driven by the need to improve their capital productivity, operational reliability, efficiency, performance and health and safety of the world's physical assets.
Our industry-driven, fundamental and strategic research is organised into four overlapping themes: corrosion mechanisms, prediction and control; environmental degradation and protection by coatings; high-temperature protection; performance of light alloys.
Best of both worlds
- "Approaching the end of my undergraduate degree here at Manchester, I knew I wanted to begin a research degree but I also wanted to gain industrial experience to go along with the academic studies.
I was fortunate enough to gain a place on the Engineering Doctorate in Materials (Corrosion and Protection), which provides the best of both worlds, allowing me to study the subject to PhD level while also working with a company." - Gareth Littlewood, EngD, Materials (Corrosion and Protection)
Your options
You can choose to study both full-time and part-time at PhD, MPhil and MSc by Research level in Corrosion and Protection.