CURRICULUM OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS MSc
1. Aim of thecourse:
Thegeneralaim of theappliedmathematics program is toeducatespecialistsforsolvingreallife
problemsthatariseinvariousapplications. The curriculum of thecourse, inaccordancewith SIAM’s
MathematicsinIndustry and Graduate Education forComputational Science and
Engineeringprogramspaysspecialattentionontherequestedskills,suchastheknowledge of
applicationorientedmathematics, exposureto and experienceinapplications, modelling and
communicationskills, teamwork, computer programming and high performance computing.
2. Duration:
4semesters,1253 contacthours.
3. Number of creditstoobtain:120 credits.
4. Educationalleveland qualificationindicatedinthedegree:
Name of course :AppliedMathematics
Educationallevel: Master of Science (abbreviated: MSc)
Qualification: AppliedMathematician
5. Main areasof thecourse:
Basic mathematics (20 credits) [onlyforthosewhodonothave a BScinMathematics]
Advanced mathematics (25 credits)
Engineeringmathematics (40 credits)
MScthesiswork (20 credits) [must be preparedthroughthelasttwosemesters)]
Electivecourses (15 credits)[35 creditsforthosewhohaveBScinMathematics]
The electivecoursesarerelatedtovariousapplicationfields, computing and
appliedmathematicsarea.
Total: 120 credits
6. Foreign language literacy requirements:
a) Conditions to issue the final certificate: –
b) Conditions to issue the degree:
To receive the master’s degree it is required to possess a state-approved, complex,
English language certificate of at least intermediate (B2) level; or a state-approved,
complex language certificate of at least intermediate (B2) level of any other living
language in which the discipline has scientific literature plus a state-approved, complex,
English language certificate of basic (B1) level.
7. Types of training:
regular
8. Means of evaluation:
a) Practical mark
b) Examination
c) Final examination
9. Conditionstopassthefinalexam:
a) Final certificate
b) Thesis approved by a reviewer
Admission to the final examination is subject to the obtainment of a final certificate. The final
certificate is issued to students having fulfilled all educational requirements specified in the
curriculum – except for writing the thesis – and obtained the necessary amount of credits.
10. Components of the final exam:
The final exam comprises the defence of the thesis and oral exams specified in the
curriculum (with preparation times at least 30 minutes per subject), which have to be taken the same
day.
11. Result of the final examination:
The overall result of the final examination is the average of grades obtained for the
thesis and the subjects of the oral part of the final exam:
F=(Th + S1+S2+…+Sm)/(1+m).
12. Conditions to issue the degree:
a) Successful final exams
b) Fulfilment of foreign language requirements
13. Available specializations:
- Engineering (industrial) mathematics
Semester 1
Linear algebra (3)
Márta Takács
Algebra and
numbertheory (4)
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
Basics ofoperationsresearch
(2)
Multivariatestatisticalmet
hods (5)
Engineeringcomputationalm
ethods 2(5)
Róbert Fullér
Tamás Ferenczi
Operationsresearch (5)
János Fülöp
László Héthelyi
Calculus (4)
System and controltheory (5)
József Tar
Imre Rudas
Sztochasticprocesses 1 (5)
Magdolna Szőke
System and
controltheory1 (5)
Imre Rudas
László Szeidl
Partialdifferentialequatio
ns (5)
Stochasticprocesses 2 (5)
László Szeidl
Vilmos Zoller
Geometryandtopology (4)
Péter Nagy
Engineeringcomputationalm
ethods 1 (5)
Aurél Galántai
Probability and
mathematicalstatisti
cs(3)
Fourier analysis and Fourier
series (2)
József Tar
László Szeidl
Theory of algorithms (5)
Dynamicalsystems (3)
Aurél Galántai
Vilmos Zoller
Discretemathematics (5)
László Héthelyi
Interpolation
andapproximation (2)
Electivecourses (5)
Electivecourses (5)
Electivecourses (5)
Thesiswork1 (10)
Thesiswork (10)
Aurél Galántai
Differentialequations (3)
Magdolna Szőke
Credits
33
27
30
30