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The Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering is based on the expertise of the participating universities within naval architecture, offshore engineering and maritime engineering. The programme targets international students wishing to profit from the Nordic Five Tech universities' long standing tradition and competence in the field and Nordic students wishing to specialize in a specific area of expertise offered within the alliance.

The education is based on first principles within design, construction and operation of ship and offshore structures, including hydrostatics and stability, hydrodynamics, wave and wind loads and structural analyses. The teaching comprises lectures, assignments, workshops and project work. Theory is supported by experimental work and computer simulations are used intensively.

Ship Design (Chalmers)
Large quantities of raw material and manufactured products are transported all over the globe by ship. It is a great engineering challenge to develop new ship systems that can make future shipping an even more efficient, safe and environmentally friendly means of transportation than it is today. The aim of the Ship Design track is to give you an internationally attractive and competitive education within planning, design and analysis of large structures from the point of view of strength, hydrodynamic and systems engineering.

After the first year you will have a thorough knowledge within all main topics of marine engineering: ship stability, resistance and propulsion, seakeeping, manoeuvring and ship structural design. Depending on your previous education, e.g. BSc Naval Architecture or BSc Mechanical Engineering, and the first year at the university, you will also study different elective and speciality courses (see curricula).

In the second year you will be part of a project team and work with a problem oriented and realistic ship design project with a company from the maritime industry as the customer. The student teams will be guided by professional engineers from industry and faculty members from Chalmers. The initial design process prior to an order of a new ship is covered during the project following the demands of the customer. In the project you must utilize and link together knowledge from all the marine engineering courses of the first year. During the Ship design project you will also study two elective courses chosen from a pool of various relevant courses.

Degrees and Diplomas
The Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering is a double degree programme and as a graduate from the Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering you will receive two MSc diplomas: one from each of the two universities in your study track. The two diplomas will be supplemented with an insert describing the consortium and the programme.

Career Prospects
After graduation you will typically be employed by a ship owner, a consultancy, a classification society, a supplier of marine equipment, a maritime administration or a research institution. Your work will involve a large degree of development, if not entirely directed at research, and it will be done in an entirely international atmosphere and require cooperation with people with different backgrounds, mainly from the maritime world.

Curriculum
The last two semesters (2nd year) must always be done at Chalmers. The first two semesters can be done at either of the following universities:

* Aalto
* DTU
* NTNU

Supervision and Study Plan
Good planning is crucial to ensure a coherent study programme that provides you with the engineering competences that you would like to obtain.

In order for the consortium to ensure that you receive proper counseling you are asked to indicate which of the five study tracks you wish to pursue in your application for the programme. You are asked to do this in the motivation letter. Upon enrolment, the programme co-ordinator will appoint two supervisors, one from each of the universities that you will be attending, who will be your primary academic contacts at the two universities in your study track. Your supervisors will be able to give you advice with regards to selecting courses and ensure coherence in your study track and also on choosing the subject for your thesis.

For the master thesis you will have two supervisors, one from each of the two institutions involved in the study track. Your thesis work will be assessed by both institutions and in some cases also an external examiner.

ETCS and Grading System
All Nordic Five Tech universities use the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), meaning that all courses are measured in terms of work load for the student, including how much time you are expected to use as a student preparing for the course. One full academic year comprises 60 ECTS credits equivalent to a total of 1500-1800 hours (one full semester equals 30 ECTS. Courses mainly come in units of 5 or 10 ECTS credits.

The universities use different grading scales but all the scales can be converted to the ECTS grading scale.

Your performance at exams will be graded according the scale at use in the institution where you are enrolled. For the master thesis you will have two supervisors, one from each of the two universities involved in the study track. Your thesis work will be assessed by both universities and in some cases also an external examiner. You will receive one common grade for your thesis agreed on by both institutions but according to the grading scale of the university where you conducted your thesis work.

In order to apply for the Nordic Master programme in Maritime Engineering (NMME), you have to fulfill a number of requirements. The requirements apply to all applicants for the programme regardless of where you decide put in your application.Degree Requirements: * A BSc degree corresponding to a minimum 180 ECTS credits in: * Naval Architecture for start at Aalto, Chalmers, DTU, KTH and NTNU, * Mechanical engineering for start at Aalto, Chalmers and KTH * A BEng in Mechanical Engineering is accepted for start Aalto, Chalmers and KTH. * Applicants with a BEng in Naval Architecture, or a BSc or BEng in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, in Ocean Engineering, in Civil Engineering or in Engineering Physics will be considered on an individual basis. * The applicants qualifications must include a strong working knowledge of mathematics and mechanics and applicants must document that they have fulfilled the following minimum requirements: * Mathematics: 25 ECTS including linear algebra, calculus and differential equations. * Statistics and probability theory: 5 ECTS. Students without this qualification must be prepared to complete their curriculum during the first year. * Statics, mechanical vibrations, and strength of materials: 10-15 ECTS * Fluid mechanics: min. 5 ECTSMoreover, the applicant must have sufficient qualifications within numerical methods and elementary programming using e.g. MATLAB or a similar programming language. * Applicants with a Polytechnic (FI), Högskoleingeniör (SE) and Diplomingeniør (DK) degree may be expected to do extra course work to qualify for the programme.English language requirements: When applying for admission, you must provide evidence of your academic achievements and proficiency in English. Certified photocopies of relevant documents must be enclosed with the application. * TOEFL: Paper-based: 580 (written section grade 4,5) Computer-based test: 237 (essay writing grade 4,5) Internet-based test: 92 (written section grade 22) * IELTS:6.5, no section lower than 5.5 (only IELTS Academic Training accepted).English language test exemptions: * Applicants who have completed a university degree instructed in English at a university that is physically located in one of the following countries: - USA - Canada - UK - Ireland - Australia - New Zealand * Applicants who have completed at least a 3-year degree instructed in English in an EU/EEA country.Ranking and priorityAll applications are academically evaluated by the consortium partner universities. For applicants fulfilling the above requirements the ranking is done on the basis of the applicants academic achievements. Admission is based on joint decision by the admission board of the consortium. There is a maximum in the number of students admitted to each university and to each study track. The maxima are decided by the admission board. For this reason applicants may apply for more than one study track/university combination and should state their priority in their letter of motivation (see link to homepage). Qualified students who are not admitted to their first priority combination may be offered their second priority combination. The application period for the academic year 2014/15 opens 1 December 2013. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 580 TOEFL iBT® test: 92

Scholarships
Scholarships administered by Chalmers University of Technology for Master's Studies in 2013

* The Avancez Scholarships are 75% tuition fee waivers awarded by Chalmers University of Technology and are funded by the Chalmers Foundation. These scholarships are available to all students who are liable to pay tuition fees i.e., students with non-EU/EEA nationality.
* The iPOET (International Programme Office for Education and Training) Scholarships are 75% tuition fee waivers funded by the Government of Sweden. They are allocated and awarded by Chalmers University of Technology. These scholarships are available to all students who are liable to pay tuition fees i.e., students with non-EU/EEA nationality.
* The Chalmers Mastercard Scholarship for a Master's Student from Central America, South America or Mexico is a 280 000 SEK reduction of the tuition fee (70 000 SEK reduction/ semester).
* The FlexLink Scholarship for a Master's Student from China is a 100% tuition fee waiver along with possibilities for internship and a final master thesis project.
* The Mölnlycke Health Care Scholarships for Master's Students from China and the US are 100% fee tuition waivers with possibilities for summer internships and a final master thesis project.
* The Sievert Larsson Scholarship Fund (within Friends of Chalmers) offers a 100% tuition fee waiver and living expenses to students of Thai nationality who aim to study on a Masters programme at Chalmers University of Technology.
* The Volvo Cars scholarships are a 100% tuition fee waiver awarded to 2 Chinese students with the guarantee of participation in the VESC (Volvo Engineering Student Concept) programme which includes a summer job, master thesis project, mentorship and possible employment at Volvo Cars Corporation.
* The US Friends of Chalmers Scholarship is a fund scholarship comprising USD 35 000 (i.e. a reduction of the tuition fee by USD 8750 per semester) and is awarded to one student of US citizenship.
* The Volvo Group Scholarship Programme is a 100% fee tuition fee waiver awarded to students of Indian nationality and Chinese nationality. The Scholarship includes possibilities for internships during the summer, a final Master thesis project and mentorship.

Note: Being granted alternative funding from external patrons does not affect the possibility of obtaining scholarships from Chalmers, as an applicants financial status is not taken into account during the nomination process.

Adlerbert Foreign Student Hospitality Fund - Only open for international students who have been admitted to, and enrolled on, a Master's Programme at Chalmers. Thus, prospective students cannot apply. Students can be awarded the scholarship a maximum of two times. The application period opens in late January and closes in late February. Consequently, it is only possible to apply during this period of a student's first and second year.

Accreditation

Higher education in Europe is not accredited in the same way as at e.g. American universities.

The NMME consortium represents four Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) and each university follows the national accreditation rules of the home country.

In Finland, Norway, and Sweden, programmes are accredited through institutional accreditation, which means that the university has the competence to start new programmes according to:

* the national legal framework pertaining to the type of programme offered (MA, MSc, Bsc, MSc Eng. etc.)
* the university's internal regulations and procedures.

In Denmark, the situation is slightly different as Denmark hase programme accreditation. Programmes offered by DTU are thus accredited through ACE Denmark: Existing study programmes are assessed on the basis of ten predefined criteria, whereas new programmes are assessed on the basis of nine predefined criteria. Both sets of criteria are based on four pillars:

* labour markets demand for the study programme.

* research quality and importance of the underlying research environment.
* study programmes depth (structure and organisation of the study programme).
* results of the study programme.

The NMME programme has been established on the basis of the following laws and related ministerial orders:

Aalto:

Joint international master programmes can be established either as part of the universitys normal educational degree offerings or as separate master programmes in accordance with the Government Decree (Opetusministeriön asetus yliopistojen maisteriohjelmista, 1665/2009, and Decree of the Council of State on University Degrees (1136/2009).

Chalmers:

Being a private foundation, Chalmers has the liberty to create new academic programmes, although they shall comply with general rules stated by the Government in the contract that is signed every year between the two parties (Avtal mellan svenska staten och Chalmers tekniska högskola aktiebolag om utbildnings- och forskningsuppdrag för 2010 and Higher Education Ordinance (SFS), 1993: 792 in § 2).

DTU:

Joint international master programmes that are not Erasmus Mundus programmes must be established within the framework of the executive order on parallelforløb og fællesuddannelser (BEK nr. 931 af 05/10/2005 and Act on Universities, Act.403 of 28 May 2003).

KTH:

In accordance with the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance (Svenska Högskoleförordningen 1993:100, chapter 6, paragraph 11a and 11b (alt by ordinance 2009:1068 and 2000:1057).

NTNU:

As an accredited higher institution in Norway NTNU has the rights and liberty to develop new academic programmes without further applications on a national level. NTNU must however follow the act relating to universities and university colleges given by the Ministry of Education and Research (Act relating to University and University Colleges 2005).