Coastal and Marine Engineering and Managementet (mscomem)

The focus of the 'Erasmus Mundus MSc - Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management', is to educate the students (approx.10 non-EU and 10 EU) from a coastal and marine engineering background across the technical, managerial and financial skills that are essential to address coastal and marine engineering and management challenges.

To provide:

• familiarity with key issues concerning sustainable, environmentally friendly, legal and economically acceptable solutions to challenges in Coastal and Marine Engineering
• understanding of relevant ethical and integral issues
• specific specialisation within the overall programme, including the MSc dissertation
• research skills for further study (e.g., doctorates, specialised topics required by industry and continuous professional development)
• a European perspective on Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management, by learning in three European countries
• a coherent and integrated global perspective on coastal and marine issues and problems
• significant employment opportunities that encompass the private and public sectors.

The Masters' course is a two year 120 ECTS programme and the language of instruction is English. Also, other European language courses are offered in addition to the programme. The consortium provides a unique curriculum offering coastal and marine courses in a combination not found in a single EU member state. In the first year the professor / CoMEM student ratio is approximately 1 : 4 per location and in the second year approximately 1 : 2 per location.

Study tracks
The study plan comprises four semesters:

• Semester 1 will be spent at NTNU in Trondheim
• Semester 2 in Delft, establishing a common foundation.
• Semester 3 will allow specialisation in one of the other three participating Universities, followed by semester 4 when the Master Thesis will be completed.
• Semester 4 wil be done at one of the univerisities of the track.

The three main specialization areas offered by the program emphasise:
i) environment and engineering,
ii) environment and management, or
iii) business and management.

List of participating institutions:

• Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, Trondheim, Norway
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Department of Hydraulic, Maritime and Environmental Engineering, Barcelona, Spain
• University of Southampton, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment and the School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom
• City University, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, London, United Kingdom

Admission
Entry will require a bachelors' or equivalent degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent discipline. You apply directly to the concortium. Instructions are found on CoMEM Consortium homepage.

Successful students will be awarded a multiple degree. The degree will include a Diploma Supplement describing the itinerary and expertise achieved.

Career prospect
Given the growing worldwide demand for professionals in Coastal and Marine Engineering and management, graduates are assured a promising career opportunities in all fields within the dicipline. CoMEM grauates are employed in industry, government organizations, knowledge institutoins and research institutes, holding positions ranging from research, teaching and consultancy, to management, design, project engineering and project management and control.