Ship & Offshore Technology

First Year at the University of Strathclyde

• Offshore Engineering Practice
• Risers and Mooring Lines
• Marine Pipelines
• Dynamics of Floating Offshore Installations
• Maritime safety and risk
• Design and construction of FPSOs
• Theory and Practice of Marine CFD
• Inspection and survey
• Group Project
• Research Project

Second Year at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

• Structural Analysis of Ships & Offshore Structures
• Sea-keeping of Ships
• Advanced Ship Design
• Manoeuvrability
• Fatigue Strength of Ships and Offshore Structures
• Ship Vibration
• Master Thesis

Electives

• Seminar Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Nonlinear Structural Analysis
• Special Topics of Ship Propulsion
• German Language Course

In groups of 3 to 5, students work in ‘consultant teams’ for ten weeks on a practical engineering problem, mirroring how they might work in industry. To conclude their project, students have the opportunity to present their report to a panel of industrial experts. This learning method provides students with much sought after teamworking and communication skills, plus valuable industrial contact.

The first year will be studied at University of Strathclyde

In the interim period between the end of the courses at University of Strathclyde (April/May) and the start of the courses at Hamburg University of Technology (October), the students will perform their research project, move to Hamburg and participate there in an intensive German language course. The latter is offered as 4-weeks summer school in August and alternatively as 3-weeks course in October just before the lectures start.

The moving date can be chosen by the student depending on the research project, which may be supervised in conjunction with a TUHH professor, and other personal circumstances.

The lectures at Hamburg University of Technology are held in English between October and February, followed by an examination period after the 3rd semester between February and March. The 4th semester is almost exclusively devoted to the Master Thesis which can be supervised by professors from both universities. The 4th semester terminates by end September.

MSc: Two Years, full-time

MSc: BEng or BSc in marine or marine-related engineering subject with second-class Honours or equivalent qualification. Applicants with other  qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.

There are growing opportunities for graduates from this MSc programme to work in oil and gas companies, shipbuilding companies, including yards building oceangoing, inland and naval vessels, repairs and conversions, and boats and yachts, classification societies, firms specialising in riser and mooring analysis and marine consultancies.

Follow the link in the box on the right.

Special scholarship for German Students:

German students may apply at TUHH for a DAAD-scholarship parallel to their application (contact: w.fricke@tuhh.de).

For further information about both universities see http://www.strath.ac.uk/ and www.tu-harburg.de/index_e.html.

Details related to the course and additional information about accommodation, living costs and services and support for internationalstudents are given also on DAAD-Website: www.tinyurl.com/SU-TUHH-SOT