Master's Programme Computational Science Version 2013 (066 910)

The curriculum is available here (in German).

If you have any questions about the Master's Programme Computational Science, please contact Assoz. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Kerstin Hummer.

A new curriculum for the Master's program Computational Science comes into force on 01.10.2022. Inital information and suggestions by the Directorate of Studies are available here.

Admission

Admission to a master's degree programme is granted centrally by the Admission Office of the University of Vienna. You can find information on the admission requirements in the curriculum and in the Master Access Guide.

Do you have any questions regarding the admission procedure? You can find detailed information about your steps in the admission procedure on the website Studying at the University of Vienna. Please take note of the application and admission periods. Our advice: Submit your application for admission to a degree programme at the beginning of the application period.

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Aims

The aim oft the master's programme computational science at the University of Vienna is the acquisition of interdisciplinary expertise in the computer-oriented subareas of the following subjects: mathematics, informatics, astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology. You can also focus on one of the six areas.

Though the graduates of the master's programme computational science start by acquiring the theoretical prerequisites of the individual subjects, the aim of their education is interdisciplinary: to translate a given subject-specific problem into a computer algorithm using scientific tools of mathematics, and informatics. This methodical procedure enables them to analyse the complexity of current problems in detail by computer experiments and to exhaustively represent the influence of system parameters on results. The expertise gained in this way is superior to that of a team of specialists. Graduates have a solid basic knowledge of the individual subjects as well as a good command of their theoretical foundations and their translation into a computer-linguistic context. This broadening of the subject-specific competence obtained in their bachelor's studies meets the modern concerns of interdisciplinarity and therefore offers a decisive professional advantage.