At the Department of Materials Engineering students acquire knowledge at all three levels of study: undergraduate, master and doctoral. The Department of Materials Engineering deals with the education of students in the field of obtaining new and improving of the existing  ceramic and polymer materials, all in accordance with the requirements set by the latest scientific trends. In addition, the Department  provides the  students with the knowledge and skills necessary to examine historic materials and determine the state of significant historic objects and works of art with the aim of giving the proposal for adequate  protection and rehabilitation measures.  The engineeers educated at the Department of Materials Engineering are not only  proficient in controlling and improving the production of materials, but they are also trained to participate in research aiming at the improvement of  the composition, structure and properties of materials. The excellent theoretical and practical training  designed by the Department of Materials Engineering takes place in both laboratory conditions and those at the  premises of eminent industrial companies. The Department laboratories have state-of-the-art  equipment for laboratory testing as well as a mobile laboratory which is second to none of the top rank world scientific centres and institutes.