The Master of Science in Computational Mechanics is designed for students who wish to develop their knowledge and competency in the field of computational mechanics with applications in solids, fluids and interdisciplinary fields. The programme also includes a component of entrepreneurship and innovation. The goal is to provide the students with the skills for the modelling, formulation, analysis and implementation of simulation tools for advanced engineering problems, as well as skills for understanding these approaches in the broader context of business and innovation. Students will benefit from a leading group of academics and an exciting international environment. Students may take the Master's as a professional terminal degree, or in preparation for a Ph.D. degree.

Summary of study programme
The programme lasts two academic years (120 ECTS) and includes the Master Thesis as well as practical training in an industrial or applied research environment.

The first year is aimed at providing a solid background on mechanics and numerical methods. The semester consists of a set of core modules (20 ECTS) complemented by transversal and entrepreneurship modules (10 ECTS). These core modules are taught jointly at UPC and UWS. The second semester provides extra background in computational mechanics with a series of courses amounting to 15 ECTS into important aspects of solid and fluid mechanics (i.e. plasticity, nonlinear continuum mechanics, dynamics, computational fluid dynamics). The semester ends with a Practical Training (15 ECTS) module, which is an essential element in the curriculum providing students with the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge in computational mechanics in an industrial context. Students can select to follow the first year either at UPC or UWS.

The second year is pursued in the second host institution. They are organised into minors, consisting of a set of modules emphasising, or bearing particular relevance to, a specific area in computational mechanics. The student must select a set of modules adding up to 25 ECTS. Additionally, the student will enrol on 5 ECTS in transversal skills. . The programme concludes with a Masters thesis (30 ECTS) which should help the student to deepen his/her knowledge within a particular topic of computational mechanics, usually set at the frontier of cutting-edge computational mechanics technology.

Mobility
The students follow the Master's programme at two of the four partner institutions: the first year at UPC or UWS, and the second year at UPC, UWS, ECN or US different from the institution attended during the first term.

Students from Spain and Uk are allowed to split the first year one semester at UPC and one semester at UWS.