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MSc - Master of Science
John Anderson Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
This course was developed in response to the demand for design engineers who can design and assess new ships and offshore structures.You'll be introduced to ultimate strength, fatigue and design concepts for structural components of ships and offshore floating systems. You'll also gain the knowledge of material behaviour together with factors influencing the dynamic behaviour of offshore installations.The Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering (NAOME), a leading institution in Scotland, offers excellent teaching and research facilities, which will expand your career opportunities in naval architecture, marine, offshore oil and gas industries.
This class aims to provide students with a theoretical and practical knowledge of the finite element method and the skills required to analyse marine structures with ANSYS, a commercially available finite element analysis program. Particular emphasis will be given to APDL language.
This class aims to provide you with an understanding into Finite Element Analysis of Linear and Non-Linear problems in structural mechanics.
This class aims to provide knowledge in order to understand the factors influencing the dynamic behaviour floating offshore structures due to environmental forces. It also aims to develop skills in order to predict the dynamic motion response of floating offshore platforms.
This class aims to provide you with a theoretical and practical knowledge of the finite element method and the skills required to analyse floating structures with ANSYS, a commercially available finite element analysis program. Particular emphasis will be given to ANSYS graphical user interface (GUI) and Workbench platform.
This class aims to provide you with an overall knowledge of the ways in which corrosion-related and load-induced failure can occur in marine systems and equipment. This will provide students with the ability to predict and control such problems by means of materials selection, design and other alleviatory strategies.
This class aims to provide you with an insight into the structural reliability based design procedure for structural components and methods are extended to structural systems, inspection modelling and maintenance planning and reliability safety factor selection in code development.
This class aims to provide an overview of the current deepwater oil and gas developments around the world and the technical challenges in terms of riser and mooring line design. It will also demonstrate methods for modelling and analysing risers and mooring lines.
