Master's in Marine Engineering

2025/2026

What you learn

  • Skills at management level for the development of professional activity of Chief Engineer.
  • Skills for developing inspection activities both in the field of administration and classification societies.
  • The knowledge necessary to begin the research activity and the preparation of a doctoral thesis.
  • acquire knowledge for the development of activities in the energetic and industrial field .

Professional and academic career

Professional and academic career

  • Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy
  • Maritime Administration.
  • Ship Companies.
  • Inspection and Classification Societies of Ships.
  • Shipyards and energetic and industrial facilities.
  • Management and energy audit.
  • Research and teaching.

Planning for teaching

Lessons in Spanish, Galego and/or English in accordance with the subjet's study guide.

Study structure

The masters are organized by modules. Click on a module for more information.

  Guide Type QTR. credits
Marine Propulsion Electrical Installations Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Advanced Control of Marine Systems Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Resource Management ans SSCC Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Engine Room Operation Management Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Ship Automatation and Communications Compulsory 1st 6 ECTS
Energy and Environmental Resources Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Vessel Maintenance Engineering Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Ship Safety and Stability Management Compulsory 2nd 3 ECTS
Applied Research Methodology Compulsory 2nd 3 ECTS
Master´s Dissertation Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Offshore Technology Optional 2nd 3 ECTS
Applied Artificial Intelligence Optional 2nd 3 ECTS
Computer Applications in Marine Engineering Optional 2nd 3 ECTS
Process Simulation Optional 2nd 3 ECTS

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

Teachers

The study is taught by the following teachers:

The masters are organized by modules. Click on a module for more information.

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.