The University of British Columbia

The Department of Materials Engineering at UBC (MTRL) is one of the top-rated materials programs in North America with activities spanning our internationally-leading program in hydrometallurgy to our leading edge research and teaching in sustainability, nanomaterials, biomaterials and composites. Explore this website to find out about our long illustrious history, our award-winning faculty and staff, our research and our teaching.  More...

Materials Engineering All Around Us

• Lightweight Materials - From formula I to the showroom
• Biomaterials - Improving life one hip at a time
• Materials - Powering the hydrogen revolution
• Nanomaterials - Materials from the bottom up