Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering

Compu­tations connect theory with experi­ment and repre­sent a third ap­proach to gain insight and achieve opti­mized prod­ucts. Simula­tion or machine learn­ing, super­com­puter or GPU, evo-lu­tionary or dis­ruptive insight: Major break­throughs in to­day’s tech­nologies can only be real­ized with the support of com­puta­tional meth­ods. The Elite Gradu­ate Pro­gram prepares students perfect­ly for future chal­lenges in this field due to a concept extend­ing across loca­tions and an individ­ual mentor­ing in a truly multi­discipli­nary con­text.

The Elite Graduate Program at a glance

DegreeMaster of Science with Honors Certificate
Duration of studyFour semesters
Place of studyMunich, Erlangen
Admission requirementsYou must study one of these three master programs: Computational Engineering (FAU), Computational Mechanics (TUM), Computational Science and Engineering (TUM)(TUM)
Language of instructionEnglish
Application deadlineJanuary 31st
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Begin of studiesSummer semester
HeadProf. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz
CoordinatorDr. Tobias Neckel
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Further informationWebsite Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering

New Insight via Computational Approaches

Viele technische Innovationen kön­nen künf­tig nur noch in inter­diszi­pli­nä­ren Teams aus Ingeni­eurinnen und Ingeni­euren, Ma­the­mati­ker­innen und Ma­the­mati­kern sowie Infor­ma­ti­ke­rinnen und Infor­mati­kern ent­wi­ckelt wer­den. Realitäts­nahe Si­mu­la­tions­rech­nung­en mit leis­tungs­fä­higen Com­pu­tern sind dabei eine Schlüs­sel­tech­no­lo­gie. Deren Be­herr­schung ermöglicht einen ent­schei­den­den Ent­wick­lungs­vor­sprung in der welt­weiten Kon­kur­renz in fast allen Diszi­plinen.

Wis­sen­schaft­ler­in­nen und Wissenschaftler, die in solchen in­ter­dis­zi­pli­nä­ren Teams zu­sam­men­ar­bei­ten, brauchen vertiefte Kennt­nisse in allen Teil­dis­zi­pli­nen, wie sie in den traditionellen Stu­dien­gän­gen nicht ver­mit­telt werden. An der TU München und der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg wurden deshalb in­ter­dis­zi­pli­nä­re, internationale Master­stu­dien­gänge in den Be­reichen „Computational Mech­a­nics“ (COME), „Computational Science and Engi­nee­ring“ (CSE) und „Computational Engi­nee­ring" (CE) eingerichtet. Diese Stu­dien­gänge bilden die Grundlage für die „Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engi­nee­ring“.


Unter Beibehaltung der erfolgreich ein­ge­führten Ab­schlüsse eines Master of Science wird für die Stu­den­tin­nen und Stu­den­ten im Elite­studien­gang „Ba­va­rian Graduate School of Computational En­gi­nee­ring“ ein Master of Science mit Honors-Zertifikat vergeben. 

Der Studiengang stellt somit ein Umbrella-Konstrukt für die Stu­di­en­gänge COME, CSE und CE dar. 

Porträtfoto: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz

Der Elitestudiengang vermittelt die Methodik des Advanced Computing für Simulationen und Datenanalysen aus Natur- und Ingenieur­wissen­schaften – interdisziplinär und auf höchstem Niveau.

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz

While keep­ing the success­fully intro­duced base pro­grams with a Master of Sci­ence, students of the Elite Gradu­ate Pro­gram BGCE obtain a Master of Sci­ence with addi­tional designa­tion “with hon­ours”. BGCE thus repre­sents an umbrel­la struc­ture for the base pro­grams COME, CSE, and CE. A new, re­search- and pro­ject-fo­cused compo­nent in the ed­ucation extends the ex­isting curricu­la while exploit­ing syn­ergies between differ­ent top­ics and loca­tions.

Simulations and High-Performance Computing

Many simula­tion tasks require a high compu­tational power of the underly­ing com­puter systems, fre­quently related to High-Per­for­mance Compu­ting (HPC). Bavaria leads the German national ranking with respect to the usage of HPC systems. The super­com­puter Super­MUC-NG is located in the Leib­niz-Re­chen­zentrum (LRZ) in Garching close to Mu­nich.

As of No­vember 2018, this machine is the second-fastest sys­tem in Europe while apply­ing ebul­lient cooling in a unique order of magni­tude to reduce the en­ergy con­sump­tion. Hence, the compu­tational infra­struc­ture pro­vides – in com­bination with the scien­tific envi­ronment – opti­mal condi­tions for simula­tions and data analyses in the context of the “Bavar­ian Gradu­ate School of Compu­tational Engi­neer­ing”.

Snippets of the program

Opening Weekend 2024

On 12th April, 19 new students were officially accepted into the BGCE program.

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Eine Gruppe Studierender posiert in zwei Reihen.

9th BGCE Student Paper Prize

The Elite Graduate Program BGCE awarded the 9th Student Paper Prize at the international SIAM CS&E 23 conference

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Einige junge Menschen als Gruppe vor einer Wand.

Snippets of the research

Regenerative thermodynamic cycles

In his master’s thesis, Markus Lohmayer worked on a systemtheoretical framework from modeling and optimization of regeneraticve heat engines.

Simulation of a UV-Light Air Purifier

Air purifiers can play a valuable role in reducing the spread of diseases. I developed a simulation which can support engineers in the development of such devices at CERFACS.

Multigrid technique in FCM

A project by Oguz Oztoprak to investigate the effectiveness of multigrid techniques in handling ill-conditioning in FCM.