The first semester provides fundamental background in computational mechanics with four core modules amounting to 20 ECTS, as well as transversal modules amounting to 10 ECTS, resulting in a final total of 30 ECTS.

1st Semester modules at
Swansea University & UPC/CIMNE

Compulsory Modules	ECTS
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations	5
Finite Element Method	5
Continuum Mechanics	5
Advanced Fluid Mechanics	5
Transversal modules (compulsory)
Entrepreneurship for engineers	5
Communication skills in a foreign language	5