Study environment - Mechatronics and Automation
Student life
Student mentor
As a new student on Mechatronics and Anutomation you will get a student mentor the first semester of your studies. The mentor is a student from your study programme who will share their experience and assist you if you have any queries.
The student mentor will arrange social gatherings and give practical information in smaller groups that you are part of automatically.
Student organisation - Sigma
In the buddy week you will be welcomed by the student organisation Sigma.
Throughout the academic year you will be invited to social and professional events such as cabin trips, climbing, hikes, skiing trips, quiz and professional days. All members of the student organisation have access to Sigma’s sailboat located not far from campus. Sigma is also the student organisation of other study programmes at NTNU in Ålesund, so you get to know students outside the study programme that you’re enrolled to.
Learning environment
As a student on Mechatronics and Automation you will have lectures, project work and practical training in laboratories as teaching methods. You work closely with your fellow students in teams.
You get close contact with lecturers and the academic environment, and the master's programme is closely linked to the region's relevant idustries. The master's programme collaborates with local businesses, ensuring that you get both theoretical and practical competence.
Laboratories
You get access to laboratory facilities and workrooms such as prototypelab, MANULAB, energylab, ocean lab, Mechatronics Lab and more.
In the laboratories you will learn both how individual subsystems and modules function independently and how they can be integrated. This inlcudes elements such as sensors, actuators, electronics, mechanical systems and structures, design, intelligent control, programming, testing and documentation.
You will also get your own work space in laboratories and office buildings.
Student community at NTNU in Ålesund
With its 2500 students, the student community in Ålesund is tight-knit and welcoming. There are various organisations and activity groups that students engage in. The student organisations are based on volunteering and provides valuable experience in management, event planning, and marketing. The students have their own meeting place at Banken studenthus located at campus, were you’ll find pub/café, concert scene and can take part in events like quiz and movie nights.
Why Ålesund?
NTNU in Ålesund is located between fjord, mountain, and ocean. Here you get the perfect combination of city life and outdoor life. The region has fantastic nature and close access to everything from strolls in open coastal landscape, surfing on waves in open sea, to climbing on spectacular mountain peaks in the majestic Sunnmøre Alps. Summer like winter, the nature experiences are for everyone all year around.
Ålesund in a beautiful port with several islands that stretch out in the ocean. Located North in the western fjord landscape surrounded by the majestic Sunnmøre Alps.