About Geotechnics and Geohazards

Each year, natural catastrophes due to geological hazards cause countless of deaths and extensive damage to the environment and infrastructure worldwide. Geohazards include landslides, rockslides, avalanches, earthquakes and tsunamis. Many lives could be saved and enormous destruction avoided if people knew more about geohazards forecasting and prevention.

Admission

This programme is open to both international and Norwegian students.

Job Prospects

Within geotechnics, there has been a shortage of new candidates on the market for several years now. Both consulting companies and entrepreneurs are looking for more people with this type of competence.

Study Environment

Information about the Geotechnical Engineering research group and engineering studies at NTNU. 

Programme Components

Geotechnics and Geohazards is a two-year full-time master's degree programme, and constitutes a course load of 120 ECTS credits. The master's degree programme is taught in English. 

Contact

You can contact our student advisers on email: studier@iv.ntnu.no or telephone: (+47) 73 59 37 00 if you have any questions about the programme of study or if you have other academic questions.

UN Sustainable development goals

Geotechnics and geohazards focuses on the following sustainable development goals:

• 7 Affordable and clean energy: Related to hydropower, wind power and geotermal energy
• 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Build sustainable infrastructure - everything is built or partial in the ground and oftentimes of geotechnical materials (roads and subway)
• 11 Sustainable cities and communities: Build sustainable infrastructure - everything is built or partial in the ground and oftentimes of geotechnical materials (roads and subway)