PhD Scientific Computing at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Programme overview

The PhD in Scientific Computing is a joint degree for University of Michigan doctoral students who make extensive use of large-scale computation, computational methods or algorithms for advanced computer architectures. It is not a stand-alone degree: the degree title appends 'and Scientific Computing' to the home department degree, for example Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing.

Faculty: College of Engineering | Department: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) | Intake: Rolling enrolment after one term in the home PhD department | Study mode: full-time | Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

What you will study

Beyond home-department requirements, students complete nine credit hours of approved scientific computing methodology courses and nine credit hours of computational science application courses, with at least three of those six classes taken outside the home department. Other requirements are a thesis committee member who is an expert in scientific computing (MICDE or MIDAS affiliated), a scientific computing question on the preliminary or qualifying exam (or a 3-5 page literature review), and at least one presentation in the PhD student seminar series.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must already be admitted to a PhD program in a home department at U-M Ann Arbor, and may enroll after completing one term there. Steps: talk to the academic advisor and obtain department approval, submit the Course Audit form, attend an advising session with a MICDE faculty member, then submit the Rackham application form signed by the department to MICDE. Enrolment is rolling.

Intake: Rolling enrolment after one term in the home PhD department

Apply through the official page: https://rackham.umich.edu/admissions/applying/

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