The EuroHPC JU Launches New Call for the Next Phase of its European Master Programme in HPC

The new call, DIGITAL-EUROHPC-JU-2024-MASTER-03, will train the next generation of European experts who will focus on High Performance Computing (HPC) as well as HPC related Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum computing topics. It will deliver advanced postgraduate education to meet the evolving demands of industry and the market.

The programme will be pan-European and will seek to recruit over 100 students per year from across all EuroHPC Participating States. It will feature an advanced education curriculum, covering specialised modules in system architecture, software development as well as HPC operations and utilisation. The programme will require students to address societal challenges by applying HPC to crucial areas such as climate modelling, healthcare optimisation, and drug discovery. 

The project will run for six years, with four cohorts of students graduating over its course. It will support the creation of a new highly European skilled HPC workforce, that will support the development of European leadership in supercomputing. One important aspect of the course will be that students will gain experience collaborating with  academia and industry during their studies. 

By aligning education with industry needs, the programme aims to prepare and train students for the future opportunities in the growing European HPC landscape.

More Details 

The call deadline to submit proposals is set on 14 May 2025 at 17:00 CET (Brussels time). 

Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, and consortia that meet the specified criteria, highlighted in the call for proposals.

The total budget available for this call is EUR 10,000,000, under the Digital Europe Programme.

For further details and application guidelines, please visit the dedicated webpage. 

Background 

The demand for HPC professionals is crucial for maintaining a competitive and sovereign supercomputing ecosystem in Europe. This relies on the education of highly skilled and talented graduate students.

In 2022, the EuroHPC JU launched the EUMaster4HPC project, the first European Master’s programme  for High Performance Computing, funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Coordinated by the University of Luxembourg, the project brought together European universities, research and supercomputing centres as well as industrial and SMEs partner. It successfully developed a unified curriculum and established the EUMaster4HPC programme, with the first graduated cohort in 2024. The project runs for four years, with three cohorts of students graduating over its course.

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) is a legal and funding entity created in 2018 to enable the European Union and EuroHPC participating countries to coordinate their efforts and pool their resources with the objective of making Europe a world leader in supercomputing.    

In order to equip Europe with a world-leading supercomputing infrastructure, the EuroHPC JU has already procured nine supercomputers, located across Europe. Through the EuroHPC Access Calls, European scientists and users from the public sector and industry can benefit from these EuroHPC supercomputers, which rank among the world’s most powerful.   

In parallel, the EuroHPC JU is funding research and innovation projects to develop a full European supercomputing supply chain: from processors and software to applications to be run on these supercomputers and know-how to develop strong European HPC expertise. 

Recently reviewed by means of Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1732, the EuroHPC JU received a new mandate to develop and operate AI factories. These comprehensive open AI ecosystems centred around EuroHPC supercomputing facilities will support the growth of a highly competitive and innovative AI ecosystem in Europe.