Master in Computational Engineering and Mathematics

The URV-UOC online Master's Degree in Computational Engineering and Mathematics offers interdisciplinary training in engineering and applied sciences. This program includes cutting-edge topics such as computer modeling and simulation, numerical methods, parallel and distributed computing, knowledge representation, networks and graphs, and applied optimization.

The aim of the degree is to prepare students for R&D positions in industry, research centers, and universities. It is intended for graduates with various scientific and technical qualifications (computer engineering, mathematics, telecommunications engineering, industrial engineering, statistics, physics, etc.).

As the program’s lecturers are active researchers in the fields they teach, they can help students to initiate research careers in computer engineering and mathematics.

Participating universities

• Universitat Rovira i Virgili (coordinating university)
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

The national quality agency has accredited this program:

Online teaching organization

Students must complete a total of 60 ECTS credits, distributed as follows: 18 for compulsory subjects, 24 for optional subjects and 18 for the master's thesis. This master is designed to be completed in one year (full-time students) or two years (part-time students).

The master is taught entirely online, except for two face-to-face exams of the following subjects:

• High-Performance Computing (Compulsory)
• Artificial Intelligence (Optional)

In the case of foreign students from countries where the UOC does not have offices, the exams will be online.

URV Presentation

The public university of Southern Catalonia

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili is located in the province of Tarragona, close to Barcelona, in one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. We are a young and dynamic university serving the needs of society, open to the world and, at the same time, closely connected to its social and economic surroundings.

The URV has twelve faculties and schools throughout the region, as well as affiliated centres, all of which are equipped with modern teaching and research facilities. The courses on offer cover all areas of knowledge. There are nearly 60  undergraduate programmes  and 60  master's degrees , an extensive  doctoral programme and a wide variety of lifelong learning courses so that professionals can constantly update their knowledge and improve their skills.

Every year, 15,000 students are trained in all areas of knowledge (engineering and architecture, arts and humanities, health, and social and experimental sciences), so that they can respond to the demands of society and the needs of the environment.

The URV is an institution that is academically and socially committed to human rights, to institutions and the rights and democratic ideals of citizens.

Our aim is to provide you with the best training. With your motivation and our experience, you can stay ahead in your personal and professional development and reach your goals.

How can we help you to stay ahead?

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Learn in an innovative and personalised environment

• Personalised treatment
• Small groups
• Close relationship with your teachers

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• Careers guidance service
• High percentage of practical academic content

Train in an international setting

• 36% of all our master's and doctoral students are international

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• All official degrees meet the standards of the national quality evaluation agencies
• Programs according to the European Higher Education Area
• The leading international rankings place us among the best universities in the world