Mathematics and Computing in the Sciences Specialization

Use your mathematics and computing knowledge to solve scientific problems. 

Mathematics plays an important role in scientific discoveries. When you model the spread of a disease, analyze experimental data, predict weather patterns, simulate the behavior of quantum systems, or calculate the movement of planets, you use mathematics and computing.  

In this specialization of master's Industrial and Applied Mathematics, you will learn computational and theoretical tools to model, simulate, and analyze natural and engineered systems for societal and environmental applications. 

Curriculum 
After a semester of core courses, you start choosing your electives. You can decide to follow the Mathematics and Computing for the Sciences specialization for a coherent package of electives around this theme. 

Specialization Electives  Course code  Quartile 
Differential Geometry for Image Processing  2MMA70  Q1 
Advanced Algorithms  2IMA10  Q1 
Mathematics of Neural Networks  2MMA80  Q2 
Multilinear Algebra and Applications  2MMD20  Q2 
Numerical Analysis of Variational PDEs  2MMN25  Q3 
Variational Partial Differential Equations  2MMA25  Q3 
Probability and Stochastics 2  2MMS30  Q3 
Calculus of Variations  2MMC0V  Q3 
Functional Analysis for Quantum Theory  2MMQ20  Q4 
Numerical Analysis of Transport PDEs  2MMN35  Q4 
Differential Geometry for Classical and Quantum Gravity  2MMQ40  Q4 
Integer Programming  2MMD40  Q4 
Theory and Practice of Many-Body Quantum Systems  2MMQ30  Q4 

Table source: IAM Education Guide Curriculum Start year 2026/2027