TU Braunschweig: Master Computational Sciences in Engineering (CSE)

Computational sciences and engineering have become an indispensable part of almost all scientific research and technological development at universities and laboratories as well as in research and development offices in the private sector. The breathtaking progress in computing has dramatically changed the way engineers, mathematicians, and computer scientists work. The technological improvement of hard- and software and the genesis of computer-based methods have opened up new possibilities and horizons for the natural sciences and engineering. In many areas computer simulations have complemented or even replaced experiments, which has led to a so far unknown quality of scientific and practical work.

The understanding, use, and further development of those new techniques makes each of the single disciplines more complex and requires to think and work in an interdisciplinary context to a much higher degree than before. This effect is supported by new media and means of communication, and hence leads to increased contacts with international cooperation partners.

The need of industrial research and development offices for graduates with special knowledge in the area of Computational Sciences in Engineering (CSE) is therefore growing considerably.

In order to meet this demand, the internationally-oriented, bilingual Master of Science programme CSE has been established at the Technical University of Braunschweig. The international orientation which is underlined by offering English and German classes, and the interdisciplinary orientation which is supported by the cooperation of different scientific areas and institutes, extends the career chances of the graduates considerably.

The Master's degree programme CSE gives students the opportunity to study a specific engineering or natural science along with computing in an international and interdisciplinary environment.

The programme aims at enabling students to learn how to combine scientific computing with another scientific or engineering discipline and to make independent scientific contributions in both disciplines. Students are introduced to state of the art methods, use of software development tools, and the application of advanced hardware and software for the analysis of a research problem in science or engineering.

Graduates of the CSE programme will be well-prepared to make significant contributions in interdisciplinary research and development teams. They are expected to become leaders in research and development at the forefront of their disciplines and to apply advanced computational techniques and theories to solve key problems.

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