• McMaster University offers MSc Computational Science and Engineering with a duration of 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program offered on a full-time basis and consists of a project (16 months).
  • The Master’s programs emphasize industry-relevant academic research and development and earned either with a thesis option or with a coursework-and-project option.
  • There are 2 routes for the Master’s degree which students can take:
    • MASc and MSc in Computational Science and Engineering (course and thesis-based)
    • MEng and MSc in Computational Science and Engineering (course and project-based)
  • This program is rapidly growing in multi-disciplinary areas connecting engineering, science, mathematics, and computer science to create new, powerful tools for real-world discovery and understanding.
  • The research areas of the Computational Science Engineering program are:
    • Computational Physical Sciences
    • Computational Optimization, Design, and Control
    • Computational Biosciences
  • The advancements in computing power and computational methodology are allowing leading-edge researchers to effectively utilize computational simulation, modeling, and optimization.
  • The School offers students the opportunity to undertake interdisciplinary research and education programs.
  • The department consists of 50 faculty members who are drawn from a wide range of disciplines and nearly 50% of them hold prestigious Canada Research Chair, NSERC Industrial Chair, or SHARCNET chair appointments.
  • The student-faculty ratio of the program is 12:1.
  • University provides opportunities for students to attend seminars such as the Scientific Computing Seminar to increase the knowledge of the students.
  • The Faculty member of the department is regular award winners including the prestigious Premier Research Excellence Award (PREA), OCUFA teaching award, McMaster Students Union Teaching Award, etc.
  • Job opportunities after MSc Computational Science and Engineering are Software Engineer, Senior Web Developers, etc and the average salary goes up to 68,160 USD.