Program Overview

Master's Degree Programme in High-Performance Computing

The Master's Degree Programme in High-Performance Computing is a two-year full-time programme taught in English. The programme combines knowledge of high-performance computing and computer systems with expertise in computational models and methods in the natural sciences.

Programme Overview

The programme is provided together by the Faculty of Mathematics and Science and the Faculty of Information Technology. Students can specialise in either Computer Science, Chemistry, or Physics. The overarching theme of the programme is combining skills in computer science to pressing problems in natural sciences.

Admission Criteria

We are looking for students with a suitable higher education degree and adequate proficiency in the English language. Suitable fields of the degree include:

• Physics, Physical Sciences, Materials Science, or other Physics-related fields
• Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Molecular Science, or other Chemistry-related fields
• Computer Science, Data Science, Computer or Software Engineering, Information Technology, Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or other related fields

In addition, for all majors, applicants should have undergraduate-level skills in:

• Mathematics: calculus and linear algebra
• Programming: data structures, algorithms, programming, and theoretical or technical computer science
• And either Chemistry (e.g., physical chemistry or computational chemistry) or Physics (e.g., computational physics, classical or modern physics)

Career Opportunities

In this programme, we train multidisciplinary specialists able to operate, solve problems, and learn new skills in research and development requiring demanding computational research and development tasks. You will become an expert skilled in driving HPC adoption and knowledge transfer in industry and academia in different strategic domains, thereby making an important contribution to joint industry-academia R&D efforts.

Possible job titles for graduates of this programme include:

• Computer scientist
• Data scientist
• Data analyst
• Software engineer
• Computational chemist/physicist

Tuition Fees and Scholarships

The tuition fee for the programme is 12,000. Students from non-EU/EEA countries are liable to pay a tuition fee but can apply for a scholarship after their first year of studies. An Early Bird discount of 1500 is available for applicants paying tuition fees who accept their study place within 14 days.

Application and Duration

The application period is once a year in January, and studies begin in August. The programme duration is two years, and it is taught in English. The programme is full-time, with no mid-point entry.

Research Areas

The programme focuses on high-performance computing, combining knowledge of computer systems with expertise in computational models and methods in the natural sciences. Research areas include:

• Physics-related fields: computational physics, materials science
• Chemistry-related fields: computational chemistry, molecular science
• Computer Science: data science, software engineering, artificial intelligence

Student Profile

We are looking for students with a strong foundation in mathematics, programming, and either physics or chemistry. Students should have a suitable higher education degree and adequate proficiency in the English language.