An MSc-degree in Marine Technologyfrom the Department of Marine Technology,NTNU, is recognized and acceptedby the maritime and shipping industriesand academic institutions. Graduatesfrom the earlier programme in NauticalScience have found positions in a widerange of areas. Examples are in maritimeadministration and classification societies,offshore, shipping and ship managementcompanies, the Royal NorwegianNavy, maritime educational and researchinstitutions, oil companies and consultingservices.

Increasing international focus on the safeand efficient operations of ships and offshoreunits, combined with closer cooperationwith cargo owners/charterers willincrease the need for MSc graduates inNautical Science. Numerous employershave recognized that such graduate’sskills are transferable to many careerareas due to the combination of operationalexperience and theoretical knowledgeat a high academic level.

Lars Markusson was one of thefirst nautical science students atNTNU. He graduated in 1981.Since then he has held differentpositions within maritime education(NTNU and Vestfold UniversityCollege) and in Norcontrol/ Kongsberg.

Since 1995 he has been Senior ProjectManager/Product Advisor for ship'sbridge simulator in Kongsberg MaritimeShip Systems. He is the secretaryof International Marine Simulator Forum(IMSF), and both his job and thisfunction have given him many interestingcontacts in the internationalmaritime simulator community. Markussonstates that: "The study atNTNU was a prerequisite for the positionas senior lecturer, and I would nothave had the position I have today if ithad not been for the study at NTNU.Specially the hydrodynamic part hasbeen important as part of my job isdealing with mathematical models forship handling simulators".

Norvald Kjerstad graduated from NTNU in 1990, and has since thenworked with research and education.International research programs hasgiven Norvald Kjerstad the possibilityto take part in several expeditionson ships in the arctic. He possessesa scientific position at Ålesund University College at whichhe has been responsible for designing avariety of simulators, such as shiphandling,dynamic positioning, highspeed craft and anchor- handling. Hehas published a comprehensive textbookon electronic and acoustic navigationsystems. His activity and maritimebackground has brought him intoproject work for IMO and other regulatorybodies. Kjerstad has also spent asemester as visiting scientist at SingaporePolytechnic.

He states that “My work would have been impossible without the degree from NTNU. I can therefore recommend the NauticalStudy at NTNU to other ambitiousstudents with navigator background”.