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For engineering students ’ intent on designing ships either for passenger transport or for arctic environments , a Finnish university degree is the grade to go for . Aalto University ’ s top-notch Nordic Master program has drawn in motivated and capable students even from distant continents .

Aalto University ’ s Nordic Master program in Maritime Engineering was started more than a decade ago to market the traditional marine technology master program also to other Nordic Universities .

” In addition to Aalto University from Finland , students will study to complete the degree at either Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden , DTU in Denmark , or NTNU in Norway ,” says Mr . Pentti Kujala , Professor of Marine technology . He has also been the head of Marine Technology research group at Aalto University and the Vice Dean of the School of Engineering .
” Nordic cooperation between universities is a long-time tradition , dating back to 1948 .”
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Mr . Kujala has a long experience of working on the safety of ships both in open water and in ice , including full scale meas-
Nordic master students and few teachers in Otaniemi when starting the studies .
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