You learn to explain natural systems by developing models and simulations.
You apply mathematics, logic, and algorithmic-driven procedures, and use data from, among others, social, earth, economic and life sciences.
Because this is a joint degree, you can choose courses from two different universities.
Computational Science will suit you, if you...
- Confront a tornado in virtual reality and predict its path of destruction.
- Understand the behaviour of financial markets.
- Predict how a crowd will act in the event of a disaster.
- Simulate the outcome of a surgical procedure before it is used on a patient.
Joint degree programme with VU Amsterdam
Computational Science is a joint degree programme of the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Courses are taught at locations of both universities. UvA and VU jointly issue a degree certificate to graduates. As a Computational Science student in Amsterdam you benefit from expertise, networks and research projects at both universities and affiliated research institutes.
