Computer and mathematical modelling is an applied scientific field that ensures the development of the intellectual component of modern software products and computer systems.

Goal. The educational program “Computer and Mathematical Modelling” is aimed at training bachelors who are able to formulate and solve practical problems and complex scientific problems using fundamental and special applied methods of mathematical and computer sciences; develop mathematical models, perform mathematical and computer modelling using modern analytical, numerical and computer methods; create and operate appropriate high-tech software.

Content. The program of professional training in computer and mathematical modelling provides students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills and abilities to successfully use fundamental and applied mathematical methods, methods of forecasting, optimization and decision-making, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer mathematics systems and software tools using modern information technologies, development and use of computer and mathematical models of complex processes, phenomena and systems of different nature to solve complex applied problems in various fields of science, technology, economics and finance, social and political spheres, ecology and security, regional and national economy, global and local difficulties of social development.

The educational program “Computer and Mathematical Modelling” is as relevant as possible to modern world standards of professional education. From the first year of study, students acquire important fundamental knowledge and practical skills in mathematical and computer modelling, creation and operation of modern software products and computer systems.

Competitive advantages of studying under the program: modern teaching technologies; training based on real-life tasks; employment in the best global companies.

School graduates who want to master the tools of mathematical and computer modelling and become specialists in demand in all developed countries have a great opportunity to obtain a bachelor's degree in computer and mathematical modelling at the Department of Digital Economy and System Analysis of the State University of Trade and Economics.

Career paths of alumni of the educational program “Computer and Mathematical Modeling”  

• Use of fundamental and applied mathematical methods, forecasting, optimization and decision-making methods; artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer mathematics systems and software tools to solve complex applied problems of various nature;
• Development, research, and application of mathematical models of complex systems, phenomena and processes based on data and knowledge, and their computer implementation;
• Mathematical and computer modelling, data analysis and processing, computational experimentation, solving formalized problems with the help of specialized software tools, universal and specialized programming languages;
• Development of algorithms for solving applied problems in various industries and fields of activity using specific software tools;
• Design, application, and maintenance of software tools for modelling, decision making, optimization of information processing, and data mining;
• Development of algorithms and data structure, design and administration of databases and data warehouses;
• Use of modern programming and software testing technologies,
• Design and use of software;
• Creation and use of modern information technologies for computer modelling and computational experimentation, data mining.

Main disciplines of professional training:

Students of bachelor's degree in Computer and Mathematical Modelling are trained as a wide-profile specialist who can work in various fields of activity related to the creation and use of modern information technologies and systems that require fundamental knowledge of mathematics, information technology, analytics, economics and social and humanitarian spheres. The acquisition of such knowledge is ensured by studying the basic (compulsory) academic disciplines provided by the educational program.

Compulsory disciplines:

• Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry
• Discrete Mathematics
• Philosophy
• Mathematical Analysis
• Foreign Language For Professional Purposes
• Probability Theory And Mathematical Statistics
• Systems Of Computer Mathematics
• Technologies of Programming Mathematical Models
• Databases and Information Systems
• Differential Equations
• Functional Analysis
• Business Economics And Finance
• Numerical Methods of Data Processing
• Optimisation and Decision-Making Methods
• Modelling of Neural Networks
• Applied Mathematical Modelling
• Modelling of Business Processes
• Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
• Practical Course “Business Simulation”
• Big Data Processing Technologies

The educational program “Computer and Mathematical Modelling” also offers a quite wide range of recommended disciplines that students can choose to study.

Recommended (elective) disciplines:

• Algorithms and Data Structures
• Life Safety
• Business Technologies
• Economic and Mathematical Modelling
• Economic Analysis
• Engineering and Computer Graphics
• Intellectual Property
• Internet Technologies in Business
• Information Law
• Information Wars
• Information Systems and Technologies in The Economy
• History of Ukraine
• History of Ukrainian Culture
• Computer Networks
• Computer Systems of Data Visualization
• Computer Technologies of Data Processing
• Computer Technologies of Data Processing and Visualization
• Cultural Heritage of Ukraine
• Mathematical Logic and Theory of Algorithms
• Mathematical Methods of Sociological Data Processing
• Data Models and Structures
• Data Modelling under Uncertainty
• Fuzzy Models and Networks
• Public Speaking
• Organization of Computer Networks
• Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
• Forecasting of Socio-Economic Processes
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• World Culture
• Number Theory
• Technologies of Web Application Development
• Technology of Design and Administration of Databases and Data Warehouses
• Technology of Creating Distributed Databases and Knowledge
• Ukrainian Language (for Professional Purposes)
• Financial Mathematics
• Functional and Logical Programming
• Cloud and GRID Technologies
• Digital Systems and Technologies
• Numerical Programming Methods
• Digital Technologies in Business
• Java Tools for Distributed Data Processing

Employment Prospects:

Education under the educational program “Computer and Mathematical Modelling” allows a specialist to work in Ukrainian and global IT companies, IT consulting and IT outsourcing firms, scientific institutions and other organizations as researchers and engineers involved in the design; development and maintenance of software, mathematical and computer modelling of phenomena, processes, and systems of various nature; mathematicians and analysts of various profiles in various fields of activity.