Description
Mathematics plays a pivotal role in many scientific disciplines, including physics, engineering, computer science, or economics. It provides basic tools and algorithms for the modelling of climate systems, the simulation of complex fluids, or the optimization of neural networks and power grids, to mention just a few examples. Many technological innovations that shape our everyday life, such as internet search engines, satnav, dynamic pricing, public-key cryptography, or ChatGPT are rooted in mathematical principles.
Why studying Mathematics?
Mathematics is a powerful and versatile discipline. Studying mathematics can be incredibly rewarding for you if you seek intellectual, personal, or professional opportunities:
- Mathematics teaches logical thinking and problem-solving skills, which are beneficial in various professional fields and daily life.
- It fosters discipline, patience, and persistence, as solving complex problems often requires sustained effort.
- Proficiency in mathematics opens the doors to careers in high-demand areas like logistics, finance, consulting, risk management, data analysis, or sustainable technologies.
Why studying Mathematics at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg?
The international M. Sc. Mathematics programme in Cottbus has a strong focus on applied mathematics. While the teaching curriculum emphasizes the typical abstract theoretical foundation of mathematical methods, the focus on applied maths prepares you to solve practical research problems in fields like science, engineering, data science, or finance.
As a technical university in a region that is currently facing a transition from a coal-mining region to a renewables hub, targeting net-zero carbon emissions, BTU offers numerous interdisciplinary programmes in this direction that are close relatives of the Mathematics programme. The programme features close collaborations between different disciplines and a modern curriculum that includes courses in data science, optimization, numerical methods, and stochastics. Since many courses are shared between different study programmes, you as a maths student will benefit from getting in touch with your fellow students (e.g. from Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering, or Physics) at a very early stage, for opportunities to apply mathematical tools to cutting-edge research in energy systems, AI, or sustainable technologies are numerous.
A special feature of the Mathematics programme at BTU is that you pick a certain number of courses from Economics or one of the science and engineering study programmes (e.g. Physics or Computer Science), which enables you to prepare for a future career in any of these branches. This also includes the possibility to take language courses to improve employability.
Applications and Admissions
Admissions Requirements
- A first professionally qualifying degree (at least a Bachelor's degree) in a subject-related degree programme.
- The degree is sufficiently close in content if the mathematics course has a comparable scope to the Bachelor's degree programmes in Mathematics or Businessmathematics at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.
- Certificate of English language proficiency as described in the language requirements. Only valid certificates are recognized, »medium of instruction certificates« are not accepted.
- For applicants with a German university entrance qualification, the Abitur certificate can serve as sufficient proof.
