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MSc ACCESS - Advanced Computational and Civil Engineering Structural Studies at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Master programme (ACCESS) teaching innovative computer-aided methods for modelling, design, analysis and strengthening of structures in civil engineering, with emphasis on numerical simulation tools.

Faculty: Faculty of Civil Engineering  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); English-taught  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Four semesters starting each winter semester; compulsory modules in the first semester include building materials, continuum mechanics and tensor calculus, energy methods and FEM, and numerical methods, with mentoring for study skills.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A university degree in engineering (preferably civil engineering); English proficiency of IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL iBT 79 points; proof of good knowledge of mathematics and mechanics, meaning grades in these areas within the top third of the grading scale. Numerus clausus: no, but an aptitude assessment procedure is required. Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Aptitude assessment request period: 1 June – 15 July; Application period for study: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 31 May; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July. Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time

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