Educational support
DOT supports students with their studies by evaluating lecture periods with the Offshore Engineering staff and providing old exams for practising purposes.
Offshore Curriculum
The overall objective of the Delft University of Technology Offshore Engineering MSc Degree curriculum is to prepare its participants to work in and later lead teams of engineers designing all sorts of man-made objects to be used in localized areas of the (deeper) sea.
The entire MSc curriculum lasts two academic years (120 ECTS). The courses which make up the offshore engineering MSc curriculum are divided into the core curriculum and a specialisation of choice.
Generally speaking, each participant is expected to include the following in his or her own study programme:
– The common core curriculum
– One specialisation as a major
– Internship
– Graduation Project
Core Curriculum of the Offshore and Dredging master
This section outlines course requirements that are more or less universal – independent of one’s further choices. The knowledge and skill conveyed by these activities forms the ‘heart’ of the offshore engineering curriculum; nearly all of the subsequent offshore engineering courses build upon these.
This year the curriculum is going through some changes, therefor it is unclear how it’s going to look like in 2019-2020. We will publish this as soon as possible. For you to understand what kind of courses are in the Offshore & Dredging master the current curriculum will be explained below.
[Click here to view the curriculum] (posted: April 2018)
Specialisations
Offshore Engineering includes four specialisations. These are: Bottom Founded Structures, Floating Structures, Dredging Engineering and Subsea Engineering:
Bottom Founded Offshore Structures, Arctic & Wind
Fixed, Bottom-Founded Structures include the fixed tower structures with a piled foundation, but also other structures such as jack-up structures in their elevated operating position or even monopile structures now being used for offshore wind energy applications. Of the roughly 9000 offshore structures in place around the world, a majority is of the fixed type, and even today the majority of new offshore structures being built is of this type.
Floating Offshore Structures
There are many types of floating offshore structures. Ship-type vessels are used commonly to support drilling rigs in deeper water – often at more remote locations. Semi-submersible platforms are used for this purpose as well and to support many other activities for which a relatively stable operating base is needed. More recent developments include tension leg platforms – a sort of tethered semi-submersible – and spar platforms.
Dredging Engineering, Trenching and Deepsea Mining
The dredging engineering specialisation involves the design of equipment for moving solids from, to, or over the bottom of the sea in water depths where offshore engineers normally work. The design of more conventional dredging equipment is discussed more or less along the way. This specialization will always be included in any programme focused on deep seadredging.
Structural Analysis & Design
Think here about floating wind structures, tidal energy structures, “Pioneering Spirit” of Allseas, “Prelude” an FLNG of Shell, or the “Sleipnir” a new generation semi-submersible largest crane vessel in the world which is designed for worldwide offshore heavy lifting by HMC. But before these structures can be designed and analysed a lot of new knowledge is needed. In this specialization you will advance your knowledge for design and analysis of steel and composite floating structures used by the maritime, offshore, dredging and renewable energy industries.
Renewable Energy / Ocean Energy
Offshore renewable energy plays a significant role in contributing to the energy transition. The ocean offers a vast and untapped potential for energy generation from the marine environment – including offshore wind, tidal, wave, floating solar and ocean thermal energy. Technological advances and innovation are required to reduce lifetime costs of the energy generated and raise the competitiveness of ocean energy technologies with respect to traditional fossil fuel solutions. The offshore renewable energy specialization includes courses in Offshore Wind Farm Design, Offshore Wind Support Structures and Drive & Energy Systems
Graduation Projects
The students are expected to pay attention to arranging his/her graduation in time. Most of these projects will be made possible with the help of the many companies within the Offshore sector.
Vacancies on these projects will be announced on the site under Vacancies, Facebook or via email.
More information about the Offshore Engineering curriculum can be found here.
OCODE Evaluation
Every quarter an evaluation session is held a group existing of 5 students and 5 professors. These meetings are called OCODE (Opleidings Commissie Offshore & Dredging Engineering), here they discuss the previous lectures and exam period, If you have any comments about the course lectures or exams, or if you want to join us at the meeting, please send an email to dot@tudelft.nl.
Student Response Group
The Student Response Group is formed by four students who critically assess the curriculum, professors, lecturers, and course programs. In order to do this in the best possible manner, they need your help and advice! Mail to dot@tudelft.nl if you want to take part in this Student Response Group.
