PEM/COPPE/UFRJ Master’s Program is a stricto-sensu Graduate Program. Each student is intendent to pursue academic qualification and independence in research activities in one of the offered  Concentration Areas.

MASTER’S PROGRAM STRUCTURE

 Requirement: english proficiency.

 Subjects (360 hours - 8 subjects):

 · Mandatory Subject: 1 subject.

 · Conditioned Subjects: 3 subjects.

 · Free Choice Subjects: 4 subjects.

 Master’s Seminar:

 · Students must present a dissertation proposal when finishing the subjects periods.

 Development of Dissertation:

· Desirable to be concluded in 24 months

 Presentation of Dissertation

 · The Homologation of the Examining Board must be solicited 45 days prior to the date of the Defense of the Dissertation.

 · The Dissertation must be delivered to the Academic Registration Department 15 days prior to the date of Defense.

 Subjects:

 · Mandatory Subjects:

 o COM 774 - Mathematical Methods

 Conditioned Subjects:

 o COM 710 - Fundamentals of Fluids Mechanics

 o COM 720 - Classical Thermodynamics

 o COM 721 - Heat Transfer by Conduction

 o COM 722 - Heat Transfer by Convection

 o COM 728 - Computational Heat Transfer

 o COM 732 - Mechanical Vibration of Discrete Systems

 o COM 733 - Mechanical Vibration of Continuous Systems

 o COM 740 - Elasticity

 o COM 747 - Classical Mechanics

 o COM 772 - Finite Elements

 o COM 795 - Numerical Analysis

 o COM 836 - Waves Propagation

 o COM 840 - Continuum Mechanics

 · Free Choice Subjects:

 The list of all subjects offered by PEM is available at Subjects.