This runs throughout the Michaelmas Term. There is a wide range of materials research topics to choose from. Students pursue these projects based in one of the research groups in the Department. These projects provide an opportunity for individual students to explore a topic in depth. While the research is supervised, there is considerable scope for initiative in developing the direction of the work.
Assessment is by written reports and a viva voce examination.
In addition, each student must choose either the language or the management option. There is a free choice. Thus a student taking, for example, French in Part IIB could choose to take French at a more advanced level in Part III, or to take German, or to take the Part IIB Management option. Similarly, a student taking the Management option in Part IIB could continue with the Part III Management option, or could take the Language option. This runs throughout the Lent Term.