For decades, Materials Science research in Norway has focused mainly on structural materials due to the importance of the metallurgical- and the oil and gas industries.. Today, Materials Science at NTNU includes a wide variety of disciplines including functional materials, soft materials, light metals and advanced construction utilizing materials such as concrete, steel, aluminium and wood. Over the years, NTNU has developed strong research groups covering all these areas.
The Strategic Area Materials gathers all the scientific resources at NTNU with relevance to materials research. The area Materials is managed from the highest organizational level at NTNU.
Faculties and the Departments with relevance to Materials:
