Exchange Opportunities

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Materials Science and Engineering is a field that provides many opportunities both to work and to study abroad. Undergraduates in their third year can spend 6 months or a full year of their studies overseas, and the School regularly welcomes exchange students every year.

More information for local and exchange students, including details of UNSW partner universities and the Practicum Exchange Program, is available on the UNSW Exchange website.

Below are stories from some of our past exchange students.

Practicum Exchange through Materials Science and Engineering

16 May 2017

"I gained research experience in an international environment, met new people and experienced a new culture and perspective. My experience in Taiwan was unforgettable and I will cherish the memories I made with the students there."

North Carolina State University practicum exchange 2016-17

30 March 2017

Every summer (northen hemisphere winter) a group of students head to North Carolina State University for practicum exchange, spending twelve weeks conducting research with a team led by Professor J

Kara Poon - ETH Zurich 2015

15 September 2015

Kara Poon is a 4th year student, studying a Bachelor of Materials Science and a Master of Biomedical Engineering.

North Carolina State University 2015-16

1 September 2015

In November this year five students from UNSW Materials Science and Engineering will be travelling to North Carolina State University to spend their summer holidays doing research projects relate

Jeff Huang - AsiaBound Exchange to Taiwan 2015

28 April 2015

During the 2014-2015 UNSW summer break I embarked on the AsiaBound Program offered to me by the Department of Education and UNSW’s School of Materials Science and Engineering. My destin

Visiting Student Uttam Kumar shares his Aussie experience

14 January 2015

If you are an international student and want to have a real Aussie Experience while you live here, then make friends with the locals!

Kara Poon - AsiaBound Exchange to Taiwan

During the summer vacation from December 2013 to February 2014, I travelled to Taiwan with six other students from the School of Materials Science and Engineering UNSW on the AsiaBound Mobility Pro

Jami Walsh – Exchange in Germany

Where did you go on exchange?

I went to the Technical University of Aachen in Germany (Rheinisch-Westphalisch Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen) Aachen is a lovely old to

David Trinh – Exchange in Sweden

Where did you go on exchange?

The Royal Institute of Technology Sweden (KTH)

Brendan Ratter – Exchange in USA

Why Exchange?

I had never been overseas before and was really keen to see what it was like. I needed to go to an English speaking country, but also wanted something new!

Julian Walker – Exchange in Wales

My plane took off from Sydney airport and was set to land in Frankfurt 2 days later. The first 24 hours of my trip set a standard which would be maintained for the following 7 months.