Structural and Mechanical Engineering University of Stavanger

Overview

This programme offers two specialisations, structural engineering and mechanical engineering. These two specialisations share a common interest in the understanding of how materials and structures react to forces. This is reflected in common courses like mechanics, dynamics, and simulation methods. 

Mechanical Engineering:

The mechanical engineering specialisation, will teach you the design and manufacturing of mechanical equipment. This includes CAD/CAM, additive manufacturing, welding, inspection, as well as fluid dynamics and materials science. This specialisation prepares you for working in a wide range of fields, such as production and manufacturing industries, renewable energy projects and offshore industries.

Structural Engineering: 

If your background is in civil engineering, the structural engineering specialisation will give you competence in the analysis, design, construction, and maintenance of civil and offshore structures. The learning outcomes provide core competences and skills to work with engineering aspects of buildings, bridges, offshore platforms, wind turbines and other structures.    

Career:

The programme qualifies the graduates for a broad range of positions in private industry and public organisations. Since the core of the master's programme consists of commonly applicable principles and methods, graduate students can qualify for many attractive job positions in the area of mechanical and structural engineering and materials technology in offshore and civil engineering industries, renewable energy projects, production and manufacturing industries and a diverse range of mechanical operations.

There will always be a need of buildings, roads, bridges, materials, machinery, production and manufacturing processes wind/wave and solar energy systems. Graduates will therefore be attractive in the industry and in the international job market.

Many will also have interesting job opportunities within research, education, or in public sector devoted to control, regulation and law enforcement of industrial sectors.