Introduction to Scientific Computing, 5 credits
Academic year 2023/2024
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Autumn 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 28 August 2023
End date: 30 October 2023
Application deadline: 17 April 2023
Application code: UU-12009 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Final school grades (66%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34%)
Registration: 28 July 2023 – 4 September 2023
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Autumn 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 31 October 2023
End date: 14 January 2024
Application deadline: 17 April 2023
Application code: UU-12037 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Final school grades (66%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34%)
Registration: 17 October 2023 – 7 November 2023
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Autumn 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 31 October 2023
End date: 14 January 2024
Application deadline: 17 April 2023
Application code: UU-12008 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Registration: Please contact the department.
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Spring 2024, 33%, Campus
Start date: 15 January 2024
End date: 17 March 2024
Application deadline: 16 October 2023
Application code: UU-62009 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Final school grades (66%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34%)
Registration: 15 December 2023 – 22 January 2024
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Spring 2024, 33%, Campus
Start date: 18 March 2024
End date: 2 June 2024
Application deadline: 16 October 2023
Application code: UU-62037 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Final school grades (66%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34%)
Registration: 4 March 2024 – 25 March 2024
Entry requirements: Participation in a course in programming in Python (for example Computer Programming I), or the course can be taken in parallel. Participation in one of the courses Single Variable Calculus, Single Variable Calculus M, Geometry and Calculus and Calculus for Engineers.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 10,833
Tuition fee, total: SEK 10,833
About the course
Today, a common way to study and analyse different processes in natural sciences, engineering, and also in human sciences, is to use computers, simulations and mathematical and statistical models. Simulations on the computer screen work as a complement to, and sometimes as a replacement to experiments and theory. Computers and mathematical/statistical models are used to describe reality and to produce new products that can be more energy efficient and more friendly to the environment. Models and simulations are also used to study the future, for example, climate change, and can therefore affect political decisions. When computations take place in computers, the methods that are used are very different from the hand calculation methods you learnt in school. In scientific computing, we study these computational methods.
In this course, you learn about the principles and the ideas behind these computational methods, but also how to think when you solve problems with computers and programming. Basic concepts, ideas, and methods in scientific computing are covered in the course. The main themes in the course are numeric solutions to integrals, non-linear equations and differential equations in one variable.
More information
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Box 337, 751 05 UPPSALA
Email: info@it.uu.se
Student counsellor
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