The two year Master of Science degree in Marine Technology gives you a challenging and exciting education for the future. Marine Technology is an ideal specialisation for first-degree engineers with technical interests. This is an education that provides innovative, professional challenges and lead to a variety of career possibilities.

The challenge of the sea
The sea has always meant something special to mankind. It can be seductive and challenging, strange and mystical. At the same time, however, it is full of resources on which we depend; the sea can be cultivated and harvested, under the seabed are substantial energy resources, and it has always been important for transport. The ocean is vital for providing us with food, energy and a means of global transport.

The Department of Marine Technology, which is a part of Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology at NTNU, offers three international MSc programme options:

• Nautical Science
• Marine Structures
• Marine Systems Engineering

Offshore technology
There is a trend that more of the new activities related to exploration and exploitation of the offshore oil and gas resources take place in deeper water than before or at marginal fields. Financially viable and safe exploitation of these resources will demand lightweight floating platforms and shiplike vessels. Other advanced marine operations in the ocean space from all-year service vessels or platforms are a prerequisite for laying pipelines or cables, for installing subsea equipment as well as inspection, maintenance and repair/replacements of underwater facilities. The combination of deepwater, harsh wave conditions and ocean currents makes the design and operation of floaters, risers and mooring systems particularly challenging.

The demand for efficiency and safety requires high precision in marine operations. Automatic control of thruster systems (dynamic positioning of vessels) is required to limit the motions of ships or platforms and thereby displacements and stresses in risers during drilling operations, or in pipelines during laying, and to ensure precise lifting, installation and intervention operations.

Automatic control
Automatic control is crucial for meeting the future requirements for high performance and for satisfying the need to operate under demanding environmental conditions. This requires a close integration with hydrodynamics and structural dynamics.

Marine technology is important in connection with safety at sea and environmental protection, which are high priority areas. In addition, the challenges relating to the design and the understanding of the behaviour of ships and ocean structures are vital for planning and execution of marine operations. Another important area of interest is maintenance and repair of existing platforms, as they age in very harsh environmental conditions.