Master program Interdisciplinary Mathematics
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Master program Interdisciplinary Mathematics
Study number : UE 066 393 - Master program Interdisciplinary Mathematics
Study duration : 4 semester
Extent : 120 ECTS
Language : English
Degree : Diplom-Ingenieur_in (Dipl.-Ing.)\ Internationally comparable to Master of Science (MSc)
Curriculum : Lectures Interdisciplinary Mathematics
[Curriculum Interdisciplinary Mathematics](https://www.tuwien.at/fileadmin/Assets/dienstleister/studienabteilung/MSc-Studienplaene_2025/Masterstudium_Interdisciplinary_Mathematics_2025.pdf)
What is the master Interdisciplinary Mathematics?
The aim of this master program is to provide mathematical foundations and state-of-the-art tools to be able to construct and simulate mathematical models for diverse fields in engineering, with a special focus on modern applications.
The curriculum is a joint Erasmus mundus master program involving five European universities:
- Università degli Studi dell’Aquila (Italy)
- TU Wien (Austria)
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
- Technische Universität Hamburg (Germany)
- Université Côte d’Azur (France)
The master curriculum is designed to exploit the fields of excellence of the participating universities in the respective fields of mathematical modeling and as such involves a considerable amount of mobility.
What can you expect?
The master program „Interdisciplinary Mathematics“ provides in-depth, scientifically and methodically high-quality education aiming at lasting knowledge, which makes graduates internationally competitive with further qualifications, especially in the context of a relevant doctoral degree programs and for employment in industry.
The object of the course in general is to encourage open-minded flexibility in the approach to problem solving so as to enable the graduate to deal with problems which may be quite different to those encountered specifically during the course of study.
During the course of the studies, students will take courses at least at 2 of the participating universities, with the distribution
- Semester 1: Università degli Studi dell’Aquila (Italy)
- Semester 2: TU Wien (Austria) or TU Hamburg (Germany)
- Semester 3+4: stay at university from semester 2 or go back to Università degli Studi dell’Aquila (Italy) or go to Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)/Université Côte d’Azur (France)
As a consequence, students will also acquire foreign language skills and get a diverse overview of different cultures and scientific environments across Europe.
Curriculum
All details about the structure and content of the program can be found in the curriculum (PDF) or in the list of courses at TU Wien.
In the first semester of the curriculum all students obtain mathematical foundations in functional analysis, dynamical systems, partial differential equations and modelling at Università degli Studi dell’Aquila (Italy).\ Afterwards, students can choose go to TU Wien for semester 2, which opens up possible specializations in
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (stay in Vienna for semester 3+4)
- Decision Making with Applications to Logistic (go to Barcelona for semester 3+4)
- Cancer Modelling and Simulation (go to L'Aquila for semester 3+4)
or go to TU Hamburg for semester 2, which opens up possible specializations in
- Computational Methods in Biomedical Imaging (stay in Hamburg for semester 3+4)
- Decision Stochastic Modelling in Neuroscience (go to Nice for semester 3+4)
- Modelling and Analysis of Epidemic Disease (go to L'Aquila for semester 3+4)
A schematic representation of the curriculum looks as follows.
Further information for the master program
Application
The admission to the master program „Interdisciplinary Mathematics“ requires the completion of a thematically relevant bachelor study at a recognized University or University of Applied Studies. This qualification has to be verified by the Università degli Studi dell’Aquila.\ Thematically relevant bachelor studies at TU Wien, for example, are the bachelor programs
- Technical Mathematics
- Statistics and Mathematics in Economics
- Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
- Technical Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
The master program has a limitation on the number of students that are admitted every year to the first semester. The applications of students that satisfy the formal qualification for this master program are then subject to a selection procedure done by all five partner universities.
Application for the program is exclusively done via the platform https://www.intermaths.eu/.
Possible fields of employment
The master program Interdisciplinary Mathematics provides in-depth, scientifically and methodically high-quality education and thus necessary qualifications for successful careers, e.g., in:
- Engineering companies involved in both consultant as well as research and development activities
- Companies or public bodies for the management of services
- Manufacturing industries that produce and integrate complex systems
- Companies that produce software dedicated to modeling and simulation
- Institutes and research laboratories in the field of engineering, applied mathematics, math finance and applied physics
Contact person
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.Anton Arnold
Phone: +43 1 58801 10181
Contact person
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.Anton Arnold
Phone: +43 1 58801 10181