TARGET STUDENTS
COMPUTATIONAL
Students who completed
the 1st cycle of studies in
Engineering (Mechanical,
Civil or Biomechanics),
Physics or Mathematics,
and are seeking an ad-
vanced specialization in
Computational Mechanics.
Students who, although
having already completed a
2nd cycle of studies in Me-
chanical, Biomechanics or
Civil Engineering, intend an
advanced specialization in
Computational Mechanics.
Students who, although
having already completed a
2nd cycle of studies in
Physics or Mathematics,
intend an advanced spe-
cialization in Computational
Mechanics.
Graduates in Mechanical,
Biomechanics or Civil Engi-
neering, Physics or Mathe-
matics wishing an ad-
vanced specialization in
Computational Mechanics.
APPLICATIONS
1st Phase:
24.FEB. a 16.APR. 2015
2nd Phase:
17.APR a 12.AUG. 2015
3rd Phase:
13.AUG a 20.OCT. 2015
MASTER in
MECHANICS
In the recent decades, the Computa-
tional Mechanics had a profound im-
pact on science and technology and
it is now a key area of research, ed-
ucation and application worldwide.
Today it is being extended to areas
such as Biology, Medicine and Bio-
engineering.
. regarding the formulation, the
More and more codes based on
Computational Mechanics are used
in industry, to design, develop and
optimize products and production
processes.
The Master in Computational Me-
chanics is structured with the mis-
sion to train engineering profession-
als, capable to compete in the global
market with the ability to act as
change agents in the business.
Students will acquire and develop
comprehensive technical and scien-
tific skills in this área, including:
 Skills in Computational Mechan-
ics, with priority applications in
Solid and Fluid Mechanics;
 Skills in software development,
analysis and the development of
computational numerical tools to
simulate mechanic phenomena
in complex engineering prob-
lems;
 Skills to understand the complex
approaches that currently char-
acterize the Computational Me-
chanics, allowing its application
to different areas of Engineering
and Science;
 Skills to correctly use existing
codes and commercial software
on Computational Mechanics,
including simulation packages for
specific applications required by
Industry.
Additionally, the students will devel-
op a professional profile to easily
integrate the labour market, guided
by the spirit of initiative, autonomy,
creativity and responsibility.
Thus, along the Master course, the
students will attend classes in which
the practical and the theoretical
foundations will be highlighted. Addi-
tionally, they will be involved in pro-
jects of computational nature that
are conducive to development of the
previously mentioned skills.
The preparation of the final Masters
Dissertation will allow to integrate,
converge and consolidate the
knowledge obtained during the
course. It will also permit to develop
a project in which the previously
studied models can be applied.
CAREER EXPECTATION
The Faculty of Engineering of
the University of Porto is ori-
ented to train competitive and
forefront engineering profes-
sionals, with a high scientific
knowledge. These profes-
sionals are capable to act as
positive changing agents in
the industrial and economic
tissue, both locally and inter-
nationally.
The Master in Computational
Mechanics accords with
these purposes, since it es-
tablish a unifying and special-
ized training offer in the com-
putational mechanics area.
This master course answers
to a growing need of the in-
dustry, which today requires
high-level professionals in
this area.
CONTACTS
Academic Services
Faculty of Engineering
University of Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias,
s/n, 4200-465 Porto
Tel. + 351 22508 1977 / 1405
acesso.ingresso@fe.up.pt
www.fe.up.pt