Materials Science is often termed as Materials Engineering and is a combination of two or more fields and deals with the properties of matter as well as its applications to numerous aspects of engineering and science. Materials Science explores the association of the structural properties of matter at the molecular level and its respective properties at the macromolecular level. Materials science involves the civil, mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering as well as the fundamentals of applied chemistry and physics. In recent years, Materials Science has gained much importance academically in universities due to the increased attention by media upon many aspects of this field such as nanotechnology and nanoscience. Materials Science also includes the investigations of failed components or products in forensic materials engineering.

Materials Science is considered as one of the most former sub-disciplines of applied science and engineering mainly introducing itself from the manufacturing of ceramics. Research papers mostly tend to require students to present their knowledge in modern materials science which was introduced through metallurgy (the science and technology of metals).  Materials Science got improved concepts in the late 1900s with the discovery of thermodynamic properties materials which eventually had a drastic impact upon how physical properties of materials could be utilized. Material science is typically governed and driven by the advancements in radical technologies such as semiconductors, plastics and biomaterials. The fundamentals of materials science lie in the linking of needed properties of materials to particular suitable applications through characterization.