MSc in Mechatronics and Automation

Would you like to explore the most recent advancements in engineering and technology while constructing your own automated intelligent machine in the laboratory?

Dive into the world of intelligent machines

Explore the boundaries of technological innovation and sustainability with a Master's in Mechatronics and Automation. Here, you get to work on real-world challenges and build your own mechatronic systems in our laboratories. These are often fully functional scale models of large cyber-physical systems, of which you will also develop a digital twin.

This hands-on master's program offers you a unique opportunity to collaborate with the industry to develop mechatronic systems.

On Master in Mechatronics and Automation, you will have courses covering topics such as mechatronics, robotics, artificial intelligence, product design, industry 4.0, systems engineering, and digital twins.

Mechatronics and automation in practice

Throughout the master's program, you get to work on real-world challenges and build your own mechatronic systems in the laboratories. These are often fully functional scale models of large cyber-physical systems, for which you will also develop a digital twin.

Such a setup, with both a digital twin and a scale model, is referred to as a digital triplet. This provides you with an excellent opportunity to gain experience with 'hardware-in-the-loop' in addition to simulation using a digital twin.

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 the open coastal landscape, surfing on waves in the open sea, to climbing on spectacular mountain peaks in the majestic Sunnmøre Alps. Summer is like winter, the nature experiences are for everyone all year round.

Ålesund is a beautiful port with several islands that stretch out into the ocean. Located North in the western fjord landscape surrounded by the majestic Sunnmøre Alps, and the famous UNESCO World Heritage Geirangerfjord within short range.

NTNU is a university with an international focus, with headquarters in Trondheim and campuses in Ålesund and Gjøvik.

NTNU has a main profile in science and technology, a variety of programs of professional study, and great academic breadth that also includes the humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational science, architecture, entrepreneurship, art disciplines, and artistic activities.

Studies

• Specialization in technology and the natural sciences. 75 percent of Norway's master candidates in technology
• Educates most teachers (teacher training, lecturer, primary school, vocational), and in health and fine arts in Norway
• Also offers a range of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, educational sciences, architecture, entrepreneurship, and aesthetic disciplines
• Professional degree programs in medicine, psychology, architecture, the fine arts, music, and teacher education, in addition to technology
• Most first-priority applicants of Norwegian universities, 25 400 (2021), of the university that recruits the most nationally
• 356 study programs (2020), as well as further education
• 42 840 registered students, of which about half study technology and the natural sciences (2020)
• 6 percent of the students are international, and they are from 121 countries (2020)
• Just over half of the students are women (2019)
• Almost half of the students are in technical and natural sciences programs (2020)
• 4903 registered students in further education programs, and in experience-based master's (2020)
• 7889 bachelor's and master's degrees awarded (2020)
• Dozens of international student exchange programs and more than 300 cooperative or exchange agreements with 60 universities worldwide
• More than 38 000 alumni worldwide

The history of NTNU

• The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2014 was awarded to the brain researchers May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser at NTNU and John O'Keefe at University College London.
• Two students at former NTH – Norwegian Institute of Technology are awarded the Nobel Prize: Ivar Giæver in Physics 1973 and Lars Onsager in Chemistry 1968
• NTNU was established in 1996 after the merger of six research and higher educational institutions in Trondheim.