Strategy 2026-2035
Strategy 2026–2035
Vision
The Department of Marine Technology shall contribute to environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ocean industries in Norway and globally.
Societal Mission
Our most important contribution is the candidates we educate, both at master’s and doctoral level. Candidates who can and will contribute! We shall also contribute through research results - both results that advance the research frontier, and results that can have direct utility for industry. The latter type of results shall, to the greatest possible extent, be refined into innovations.
Recruitment is central to achieving our goals.
We shall recruit and retain:
- enough of the best students to fill our study programmes
- the best research talents into our doctoral programme
- the best researchers and lecturers as permanent academic staff
- a professional and forward-looking technical and administrative support system
We shall then develop these people into:
- highly qualified and motivated master’s graduates
- independently thinking, hardworking, and skilled researchers with a PhD
- world-leading researchers and lecturers
Excellent nationally and internationally
Through a strong research culture, outstanding experimental facilities, and world-leading expertise in linking experimental and theoretical methods for marine applications, the Department of Marine Technology maintains its high international ranking.
How we achieve this ambition:
- We attract the best employees and students in marine technology
- We collaborate with the best universities internationally
- We maintain high scientific quality and relevance in our research and publish in the best journals
- BOA projects* finance important research and contribute to the department’s operating income
- Researchers and students actively use Archimedes’ House and Fjordlab; we bridge the gap from idea to verification and testing with opportunities for low-threshold prototyping
- Competent administration and technical support systems with sufficient capacity
- Close collaboration with SINTEF Ocean, other relevant research actors, and Norwegian and international industry ensures funding and relevance
* Externally funded contribution- and commissioned activity
Driving force for innovative and sustainable societal development
IMT is a leading supplier of candidates and expertise to Norwegian ocean industries. Through systematic work, IMT succeeds in contributing to innovation in existing companies and to new creation through the establishment of spin-off companies.
How we achieve this ambition:
- Laboratories are actively used in research, innovation, and teaching by students from day one
- We have succeeded in establishing socially beneficial, relevant, and profitable continuing and further education courses (EVU)
- We maintain close collaboration with Norwegian and international industry
- We facilitate innovation processes in spin-off companies and established firms
- Our research and teaching are directed towards the green transition in ocean industries
- Training and education of staff, including PhD candidates, in innovation and entrepreneurship, combined with an appropriate incentive structure, strengthens the innovation culture at IMT
- Deliver knowledge to enable independent presence in the ocean space in order to safeguard society’s need for security
- Contribute to strengthening the Trondheim region as a marine and maritime knowledge hub
Objectives for 2035
- Leading supplier of candidates and expertise to Norwegian ocean industries
- Leader in integrating experimental, numerical, and theoretical methods for marine applications
- Researchers and students actively use Archimedes’ House and Fjordlab
- IMT has succeeded in establishing popular and socially relevant continuing and further education courses (EVU)
- BOA projects finance important research and contribute to the department’s operations
- IMT maintains its position high in international university rankings