The CE research programme focuses on the development of numerical methods and solvers, their application for computer-aided modelling and simulation in all engineering disciplines as well as the integration of simulations into optimisation and control. A new addition in recent years is the area of data-driven and ML methods in CE, whose development and use in CE will be increasingly investigated and promoted in the coming years.

The interdisciplinary approach of CE remains essential to the research programme and is what makes CE so successful across disciplinary boundaries. In order to leverage all the positive effects of interdisciplinarity, the existing close relationships with the other two research fields, I+I and M+M, are being maintained and further developed as part of the research activities and collaborations, in addition to the E+E research field.

CE's strong methodological focus and breadth support the easy integration of the outlined research programme into different application scenarios and are thus suitable for building and deepening sustainable bridges between the three research fields as well as the participating departments.