Offshore Wind Doctoral School

NTNU Offshore Wind Doctoral School

NTNU Offshore Wind Doctoral School

Organized by NTNU Faculty of Engineering

28 Sep. - 02 Oct. 2026

Coordinator: Prof. Amir Nejad

Offshore wind turbine outside Karmøy, Norway
Hywind - the world's first offshore floating wind turbine. Located ten kilometres outside Karmøy, Norway. Photo: Amir Nejad

Introduction

The main aim of this offshore wind doctoral training school is to provide a consolidated and organized program tailored for PhD students in offshore wind field. This is the place where students get an introduction to the offshore wind activities at NTNU Faculty of Engineering, find relevant PhD courses, engage with other PhDs from different departments and have a quick start in their course works. The school is hosted at NTNU Department of Marine Technology with support from professors in different departments and disciplines. 

Admission requirement 

The student must be admitted to a relevant PhD program and enrolled in PhD courses at NTNU Engineering Faculty - a non-exhaustive list is given below. 

Sign up form

The student should sign up via this link: Sign up form for NTNU Offshore Wind Doctoral School – Fill out form

The school is limited to a maximum of 25 students.  

Deadline: 01 August 2026

Cost: There is no tuition fee for this school. Students should arrange travel and accommodation on their own. Light lunch will be provided during the school. 

Program: the school starts in September each year with one full week intense program including guest lectures and visits. The plan for 2026 is from 28th Sep. to 2nd Oct. The detailed program will be uploaded here during June.  

After the school, the student will follow the enrolled course(s) throughout the semester according to the respective course plan.

Non exhaustive list of relevant PhD courses:

•BA8404: Advanced CFD for Marine and Coastal Applications 

•BA8607: Design of Offshore Wind Turbines

• MR8402: Reliability-Based Design and Operation of Marine Machinery

• MR8208: Dynamic Analysis of Slender Marine Structures

• MR8503: Stochastic Methods Applied in Nonlinear Analysis of Marine Structures

• KT8228: Signal processing and system identification in structural dynamics

• KT8215: Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis by the Finite Element Method

• BM8401: Topics in Geotechnical Engineering

• BA8402: Ice Mechanics

• AT-811: Sea Ice Mechanics and Physics