PhD in Nautical Operations – Joint Degree

About the programme

The National Joint PhD Programme in Nautical Operations is organised as a joint degree between the following four national higher education institutions offering professional maritime education:

• Universtity of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)
• University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

The National Joint PhD Programme in Nautical Operations will educate qualified candidates for research, teaching, dissemination and innovation work, and other activities requiring scientific insight and an operational maritime focus.

Implementation of complex nautical operations today requires interdisciplinarity and differentiated competence, including research expertise, for the safe and efficient planning, implementation and evaluation of nautical operations.

The programme has the following vision: to create an internationally recognized national PhD degree in nautical operations.

This vision will be achieved through the following overall objectives:

1. Strengthen the multidisciplinary national expertise in nautical operations through collaboration between the four higher education institutions in Norway with professional maritime education.
2. The PhD Programme in Nautical Operations is the preferred Programme in the field and attracts good applicants nationally and internationally from major maritime nations.
3. Individuals graduating from the Programme are in demand both nationally and internationally because they have a strong and relevant research-based expertise and the ability to innovate and adapt.
4. Increase value creation and innovation through close cooperation between academia, maritime industry and public sector.
5. The multidisciplinary national competence related to nautical operations constitutes an internationally recognised professional environment that sets the terms for the development of knowledge in the field.