Hydropower Development Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Overview

Norway has developed competence at the highest international level within environmentally-friendly development and operation of hydropower plants. Old plants will be upgraded and made more efficient, and in years ahead investments will be made in the development of minor power plants.

What will you learn? 

As a student on Hydropower Development programme at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), you will get a broad engineering- and research based knowledge in Hydropower Development. You get an in-depth knowledge within a more limited area connected to active research, including professional insight to make use of new research results. 

Digital competency is an important part in Hydropower Development. Increasingly, the planning of plants is conducted in digital twins and Basic Building Information Modelling (BIM), and you will therefore be introduced to this.

Digital source for information relevant for the planning will be extensively used in cases and in assignments. Complex simulation models are used to optimise the hydropower schemes and test hydrological and hydraulic conditions.

Norway is in the forefront of using digital knowledge in the hydropower planning process. By bringing the “Norwegian way” to developing countries, where the hydropower potential is high, you as a student on the Hydropower Development program will increase the use of digital tools internationally.

What can you become? 

With a master’s degree in Hydropower Development you will have interesting engineering career prospects both in Norway and abroad.

The hydropower industry and the authorities in Norway have an active recruitment policy towards new hydropower engineers as it is predicted that there will be a deficit of qualified engineers.