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International Master’s Program

INFORMATION AReA OF STudIeS

Computational engineering (Ce)

Computer simulation is essential for success in international competition, be-cause experiments are often too expensive, too slow, too dangerous or even impossible. In modern research and development in science and industry, therefore modelling, simulation and visualization with the help of high-per-formance computers has long been in use. FAU was the first to offer an inter-national program in Computational Engineering and has been doing so since 1997. The basis of the program is an interdisciplinary education that combines mathematics, computer science and a specialization in engineering into a sin-gle degree program. The training provides a broad range of expertise and ex-perience of working in groups and teams to research industrial projects.

The combined bachelor’s- and master’s program consists of a compulsory set of courses in computer science and applied (or technical) mathematics, a technical application field (TAF) chosen from the Faculty of Engineering (ex-cluding computer science), and elective technical subjects. In the CE program, the TAF is central and has therefore significantly more weight than a subsidi-ary subject of the traditional kind. Thus, it becomes possible to teach funda-mentals of a technical discipline to which computer science methods can then be applied fruitfully.

The master’s program is designed to allow students to pursue studies both in computer science and in an engineering field of their choice. For this reason, applicants are required to have knowledge in both of these areas. Ideally, stu-dents have either a bachelor’s degree in Computational Engineering or an en-gineering degree with a strong computer science component. A good mathe-matical background is essential. The program requires a minimum of 2 years of engineering mathematics at the university level. Additionally, knowledge in numerical mathematics is strongly recommended. The master’s program takes a minimum of four semesters. The main purpose of the last semester is the preparation of the master’s thesis. The thesis is intended to introduce stu-dents to research work at the university.

www.ce.studium.fau.eu

Academic Advisors

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Contact Student Advisor Studien-Service-Center Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Köstler Dr.-Ing. Alexander Ditter

Phone +49 9131 / 85 - 28359 +49 9131 / 85 - 27998

e-mail harald.koestler@fau.de alexander.ditter@fau.de

Address Cauerstr. 11 Martensstr. 3 91058 Erlangen 91058 Erlangen

Internet www.ce.studium.fau.eu

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MASTeR’S PROgRAMPROgRAM INFORMATION FuRTHeR INFORMATION

general Structure

The master’s program in Computational Engineering consists of a seminar, the three sections mathematics, computer science and technical application field, and the master’s thesis (overall 120 ECTS). There is a standard study plan for each TAF. Nevertheless, in the master’s program most modules are elective. Students can choose modules from the CE module catalogue for the different master’s studies in the departments of computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, and physics.

Mathematics [≥ 20 ECTS].Mathematics modules for the master’s program can be taken from CE module cat-alogue and are offered by the department of applied mathematics and from the dif-ferent departments of the School of Engineering. The modules must have a math-ematical orientation.

Computer Science [≥20 ECTS]. The students can select modules from CE module catalogue offered by the com-puter science research groups for the master’s program in computer science.

Technical Application Field [≥20 ECTS].In this section the student can select modules from CE module catalogue offered by all master’s programs of the Faculty of Engineering. The only exception are modules from the department of computer science.

Seminar [5 ECTS]. The seminar is part of one of the elective subjects mentioned above. Therefore, students can take a seminar of a master’s program from the department of com-puter science, the department of applied mathematics or a department of the Fac-ulty of Engineering related to the TAF.

Master’s Thesis [30 ECTS]. The master’s thesis can be registered as soon as the student has successfully col-lected obatined 70 ECTS point credit points. It has an extent of approximately 810 hours and has to be completed within six months after the registration. The topic of the thesis must be related to subjects studied by the student during the master’s pro-gram. A special thesis advisor is usually assigned to each student. The thesis may involve regular meetings with the thesis advisor and also the participation in a larg-er research group. It can be written in English. An oral presentation of the results of about 30 minutes as well as a consecutive discussion are obligatory

double degree Program

Students can obtain a second master’s degree from the Swiss cantonal Uni-versità della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland. There are no tui-tion fees for the double degree program. To receive this double degree, students must obtain a total of 120 ECTS with at least 30 ECTS from USI and 30 ECTS from FAU. Lugano is the home of one of the largest supercomputing centres in the world (CSCS), combining strong research in the field of high performance computing with applications like medical engineering, energy science, and data analytics. In addition, the city and region are a beautiful place to live and it offer plenty of social activities for students.

elite degree Program (BgCe)

In winter 2004/2005, a special elite program has been launched in the frame-work of the Elite Netzwerk Bayern initiative. This top-level program explicitly addresses the most capable and dedicated students of the master’s program in Computational Engineering.

As an extension to the regular CE master’s program, the elite program re-quires independent admission. The admission procedure to the honors pro-gram is carried out during the first semester at FAU. The student is expect-ed to achieve an average grade of 2.0 or better in the first semester (German grading system: best grade is 1.0, minimum grade to pass is 4.0). After a for-mal application, the applicant will be invited for an interview with the honors commission. Only if the honors board supports the application, admission into BGCE will be granted.

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Application and Admission Requirements

■ Completion of an excellent bachelor’s degree or a corresponding qualifi-cation in computer science, in a related scientific or technical field, or in mathematics.

■ Proficiency and experience in both using and programming computers. Besides familiarity with the fundamentals of computers and computer sci-ence, we expect that you have solid programming experience with proce-dural languages like C and C++:

■ either more than 1000 hours of experience with programming in lan-guages like C, C++, Fortran, Java, Python

■ or more than two university courses in computer science out of the fields data structures and algorithms, programming, theoretical or technical computer science. Please list the corresponding courses in your appli-cation.

■ A well-rounded education in engineering mathematics: besides the en-gineering mathematics courses at least one university course from PDE, ODE, functional analysis, numerical analysis, discrete mathematics, opti-mization and statistics. Please list the corresponding courses in your ap-plication.

■ Interest in learning how to use high performance computers to solve prob-lems in engineering.

International Students

■ Solid command of the English language – TOEFL score of at least 560 or equivalent qualification, e.g., confirmation of the university that the bach-elor’s program had been taught in English.

■ Should be interested to stay in Germany for at least two years.

Application: www.campo.fau.eu

Technical Application Field (TAF)

The program in Computational Engineering offers a number of specialization areas, so-called Technical Application Fields (TAFs). Each student has to choose one of the following TAFs:

■ Mechatronics TAF Advisor: PD Dr. techn. habil. Stefan Rupitsch Contact: stefan.rupitsch@fau.de

■ Computational Optics TAF Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Schmauß Contact: bernhard.schmauss@fau.de

■ Information Technology TAF Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Kellermann Contact: walter.kellermann@fau.de

■ Thermo and Fluid dynamics TAF Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch Contact: manuel.muensch@fau.de

■ Mechanics and dynamics TAF Advisor: PD Dr.-Ing Julia Mergheim Contact: julia.mergheim@fau.de

■ Computational Material Science TAF Advisor: Dr. Paolo Moretti Contact: paolo.moretti@fau.de

■ Medical engineering TAF Advisor: PD Dr.-Ing. Tino Haderlein Contact: tino.haderlein@fau.de

The academic and TAF advisors will assist applicants and students with their choice. Students with a bachelor´s degree in computer science or similar – i.e., without a special engineering subject – are requested to apply for the TAF Medical Engineering.