Maritime Engineering (Nordic Master), Master of Science (Technology)

• A BSc degree corresponding to a minimum of 180 ECTS credits in:
  • Naval Architecture if starting at Aalto University, Chalmers, DTU or NTNU
  • Mechanical engineering if starting at Aalto University, Chalmers.
• A BEng in Mechanical Engineering is accepted for starting Aalto University, Chalmers.
• Applicants with a BEng in Naval Architecture, or a BSc or BEng in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, in Ocean Engineering, in Civil Engineering or in Engineering Physics will be considered on an individual basis.
• The applicant's qualifications must include a strong working knowledge of mathematics and mechanics and applicant must document that they have fulfilled the following minimum requirements:
  • Mathematics: 20-25 ECTS. Including linear algebra, calculus and differential equations.
  • Statistics and probability theory: 5 ECTS. Students without this qualification must be prepared to complete their curriculum during the first year.
  • Statics, mechanical vibrations, and strength of materials: 10–15 ECTS.
  • Fluid mechanics: min. 5 ECTS. Moreover, the applicant must have sufficient qualifications within numerical methods and elementary programming using e.g. MATLAB or a similar programming language.* Applicants with a Polytechnic (FI), Högskoleingeniör (SE) and Diplomingeniør (DK) degree may be expected to do extra course work to qualify for the programme.
  • The applicant’s qualifications must include a strong working knowledge of mathematics and mechanics and applicants must document that they have fulfilled the following minimum requirements (a qualification checklist for this documentation must be attached to your application; it is part of the Application Summary and Motivation Statement form and can be found below):
• A student may apply to the programme with an incomplete degree as long as the degree is completed no later than 31 July 2025. At the application stage, the student must provide documentation of registering or planning to complete the last courses needed for the degree. The diploma must be presented to administration staff before starting the first year of study.

You can apply to the programme with an incomplete bachelor’s degree, provided that you will graduate by 31 July 2025. If you are accepted to the university, you must deliver a certified copy of your degree certificate by 15 August 2025 at 15.00 (3 pm, UTC +3). In case you are not able to graduate or fail to deliver your degree certificate by the deadline, your conditionally granted study right will be cancelled.

If you apply with an incomplete degree, note that it may not be possible to graduate during the summer months. You should look into the graduation schedules and requirements of your own faculty or school in advance.

Only studies included in an official transcript of records submitted with the online application form by the deadline can be taken into consideration in the evaluation. Updated transcripts or any studies completed after the deadline cannot be taken into consideration.

At Aalto University, a student may have only one valid study right towards a given degree. If the student accepts a new study right in a master's programme leading to the same degree (for example, Master of Science in Technology) at Aalto, the old study right will be cancelled.

The application form and links to it are available only during the application period. One applicant can have only one application form, do not fill in several forms.

• The link to the Application form (to Studyinfo.fi)

Once you have submitted your online application form, you will receive an automatic confirmation email with a request to submit the required application documents. Your application is incomplete until the required documents have been uploaded to the application system.

The deadline for the application documents is 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). All documents have to be uploaded to the online application form before the deadline. Documents received after the deadline are not considered. If an obligatory application document is not submitted as required by the deadline, the application will be rejected as incomplete. We recommend uploading all the documents as early as possible.

Obligatory documents to be uploaded to the application form (in PDF format)

1. Scanned colour copy of the original Bachelor’s degree certificate (This document requirement does not apply to applicants with an incomplete degree. If your degree is unfinished at the application phase, leave the upload attachment section for degree certificate blank. The degree must be completed by 31 July 2025.)
2. Scanned colour copy of the original official transcript of study records.
3. If your degree certificate and the official transcript of records are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, scanned colour copies of authorised translations.
4. Copy of a valid passport or an official government-issued identification card with photo and information on citizenship. Upload a copy of the personal information page of the passport only (not all pages).
5. Proof of English language proficiency. See the accepted language tests, other accepted methods of demonstrating English language skills and document instructions below.
6. If you are exempted from the tuition fee of Aalto University based on your residence permit, submit copies of both the front and back sides of your residence permit card in Finland. See the residence permit types that exempt from tuition fees at Scholarships and Tuition Fees page. The fee-exempting residence permit must be valid at the beginning of the academic year i.e., 1 August 2025. Read more about scholarships and fees in European Minining Course below in Scholarship and Fees.
7. Motivation letter. The motivation letter should be written in English. Preferably 1 page, content and design free-form.
8. Curriculum Vitae. Preferably 1 page, content and design free-form.
9. Qualification check list
10. Two Letters of Recommendation. They can be from university or work. Preferably 1 page, content and design free-form.

See Instructions for application documents below.

The documents must be in Finnish, Swedish or English. If the original degree certificate or transcript of records was written in some other language, you must submit an official translation of the document.

The translation is official if it has been done by the higher education institution that awarded the degree or by a certified translator (authorised translator). The translations must have the certified translator’s stamp and signature.

The Finnish National Agency for Education (www.oph.fi/en) maintains a register of authorised translators who are based in Finland.

A Diploma Supplement issued in English can be accepted as a translation of a degree certificate (issued in a language other than Finnish, Swedish or English), if it contains all the same information as the degree certificate (at least the name of the degree, the name of the institution awarding the degree, the date of awarding the degree, and the name of the student.)

A copy of a valid passport or an official government-issued identification card with photo and information on citizenship is an obligatory application document.

Driver’s license does not have information on citizenship and is therefore not accepted.

If passport or identification card has expired

If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, a valid passport or an official government-issued identification card is required.

If you have a Finnish personal identity code, but do not have a valid passport/ID card, you can upload a copy of an expired passport/ID card or driver’s license to the application form. Your information can be checked from the Finnish Population Register with your Finnish personal ID number.

If name details are different in study documents and passport

If your name has changed after your studies and your name in the passport does not match your study documents, an official proof of name change is required. Submit a copy of an official document of your name change issued by a governing body. This can be, for example, a marriage certificate if your family name has changed in marriage.

If you have a Finnish personal identity code, it is sufficient to have the same code on the study documents and your passport. If your personal identity code has changed or it does not show for example on your transcript of study records, you need to submit a copy of an official document of your name change issued by a governing body.

If official identification card is issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish

If your official identification card is issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish, you must submit a translation of the document. You can translate the document yourself. The translation must be accurate.

Minimum score requirements

• IELTS Academic: overall score 6.5, and writing 6.0.

Aalto University accepts also IELTS Indicator (Academic), IELTS Online (Academic) and IELTS UKVI Academic test.
Only IELTS Academic tests are accepted. General-level tests are not accepted.

If you have taken several tests, the best official score that is still valid and received by Aalto University by the deadline will be considered in the admissions. You cannot combine scores from different test dates.

Period of validity of test results

IELTS test results are valid for two years from the date of the test. For 2025 admissions, test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 December 2022.

Submitting the IELTS scores

The official language test scores must be received by Aalto University Admission Services by 10 March 2025 15.00 (UTC +2).

1. Upload a PDF copy of your IELTS test report to your application form, if you have received the report already. Name the file according to the format: IELTS-lastname-firstname.
2. Mark your Test Report Form (TRF) number carefully to your application form. Make sure to type the number correctly. Your TRF number is required for verifying the scores. If you have taken the IELTS Indicator test, mark your IELTS Indicator Score ID to the application form.*
3. Share your electronic test report to Aalto University via the test administrator's IELTS Results Service e-delivery.
   - When booking the test, you can choose Aalto University as the Recognising Organisation to make your score available to Aalto University. The department is "Admission Services".
   - If you have already taken the test, contact your test centre and request the test administrator to send your electronic test report to Aalto University. See the instructions for sharing your IELTS test report form electronically on the test administrator website.

Your scores will be verified electronically.

* You can edit your application form only during the application period from 16 December 2024 to 3 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). If you receive your TRF number after 3 March 2025, send it by email to [email protected] and request that the TRF number be added to your application form. Your email must be received by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). Use "Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering admissions IELTS TRF number" as the subject line.

More information about language test

• test administrator: IELTS (ielts.org)

Minimum score requirements

• TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test): 92, and 22 for Writing

Aalto University accepts also TOEFL iBT® Home Edition test.
Only TOEFL iBT tests are accepted. For example TOEFL Essentials or TOEFL ITP tests are not accepted.

If you have taken several tests, the best official score that is still valid and received by Aalto University by the deadline will be considered in the admissions. You cannot combine scores from different test dates, e.g. TOEFL MyBest scores is not accepted.

Period of validity of test results

TOEFL test results are valid for two years from the date of the test.
For 2025 admissions, test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 December 2022. Note that the test administrator ETS does not send expired TOEFL results.

Submitting the TOEFL scores

The official language test scores must be received by Aalto University Admission Services by 10 March 2025 15.00 (UTC +2) directly from the test administrator. Only official test scores sent by the test administrator are accepted.

1. Request your official score report to be sent from the test administrator to Aalto University reporting code 7364 (Score Report Recipient). A department code is not required (or you can choose any department). Aalto University will receive all results sent with the reporting code 7364. Make the reporting request early enough.
2. Type your TOEFL iBT Appointment number to your application form (to "Language proficiency" section of the form). The number has 16 digits (e.g. 0000 0000 xxxx xxxx).*
3. Upload a PDF copy of your TOEFL test report to your application form, if you have already received the report. Name the file according to the format: TOEFL-lastname-firstname.

The scores must be received electronically directly from the test administrator by the deadline. Score reports sent by applicants will not be accepted. It takes about 1 to 2 weeks from sending the score report request for the scores to be received by the University. Aalto University receives the scores via ETS® Data Manager service. Contact the test administrator if you have questions about score delivery times.

* You can edit your application form only during the application period from 16 December 2024 to 3 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). If you receive your TOEFL iBT Appointment number after 3 March 2025, send it by email to [email protected] and request that the number be added to your application form. Your email must be received by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). Use "Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering admissions TOEFL iBT Appointment number" as the subject line.

More information about language test

• test administrator: TOEFL (ets.org)

Minimum score requirements

• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A): 62, and 54 for Writing

Aalto University also accepts Pearson Test of English Academic Online (PTE Academic Online) and Pearson Test of English Academic UKVI tests.

Period of validity of test results

PTE test results are valid for two years from the date of the test.
For 2025 admissions, these test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 December 2022.

If you have taken several tests, the best official score that is still valid and received by Aalto University by the deadline will be considered in the admissions. You cannot combine scores from different test dates.

Submitting the PTE scores

The official language test scores must be received by Aalto University Admission Services by 10 March 2025 15.00 (UTC +2) directly from the test administrator. Only official test scores sent through the test administrator's electronic service are accepted.

1. Log in to your PTE account and send your results to Aalto University in the test administrator’s service.
2. Mark your Score Report Code to your application form (to "Language proficiency" section of the form).* 
   The Score Report Code contains 10 characters that are letters and numbers. The code can be found at the top of the report under your name.
3. Upload a PDF copy of your PTE A test report to your application form, if you have already received the report. Name the file according to the format: PTE A-lastname-firstname.

* You can edit your application form only during the application period from 16 December 2024 to 3 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). If you receive your Score Report Code after 3 March 2025, send it by email to [email protected] and request that the code be added to your application form. Your email must be received by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). Use "Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering admissions PTE Score Report Code" as the subject line.

More information about language test

• test administrator: PTE Academic (pearsonpte.com)

Minimum score requirements

• C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, CAE): A,B or C
• C2 Proficiency (formerly known as Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, CPE): A,B,C or Level C1

No Cambridge language tests other than C1 Advanced (or CAE) and C2 Proficiency (or CPE) are accepted.

Period of validity of test results

For C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency tests, only electronically verifiable tests taken after 2005 are accepted.

Submitting the C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency scores

The official language test scores must be received by Aalto University Admission Services by 10 March 2025 15.00 (UTC +2).

1. Upload a PDF copy of your C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency results report to your application form ("Language proficiency" section on the application form). Name the file according to the format: Nameofthetest-lastname-firstname.
2. Mark your test taker's ID number (e.g. ABC1234567), and Reference number (e.g. 173YU0034522) or Statement of results number or Verification Number to your application form. The name of the number varies depending on the year the test was taken.* 
3. Log into the language test administrator's service and share your test results to Aalto University.

Your scores will be verified electronically.

* You can edit your application form only during the application period from 16 December 2024 to 3 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). If you receive your Score Report Code after 3 March 2025, send it by email to [email protected] and request that the code be added to your application form. Your email must be received by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2). Use "Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering admissions Cambridge ID number" as the subject line.

More information about language test

• C1 Advanced (cambridgeesol.org)
• C2 Proficiency (cambridgeesol.org)

Minimum score requirements

The National Certificate of Language Proficiency YKI (English) issued by the Finnish National Agency for Education at the minimum proficiency level of 5 in all subtests: reading comprehension, writing, listening comprehension, and speaking. Subtests from different test sittings may be combined.

Submitting the YKI-test results

Upload a PDF copy of your official YKI test report to your application form  (to "Language proficiency" section). Name the file according to the format: YKI-english-lastname-firstname.

The document must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).

More information about language test

• test administrator: Finnish National Agency for Education (oph.fi)

English proficiency can be demonstrated with a higher education degree in an Finnish/Norwegian/Swedish/Danish/English-medium programme completed at a university or university of applied sciences in:

Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark while residing in that country while studying.

A minimum of one half of the degree must be completed in a country and higher education institution that meets the requirements for exempting the student from taking an English language test. Note this requirement if your degree includes many transfer credits or you have an international double or joint degree.

The language of the degree must be stated unambiguously in the degree certificate or its appendix, or in the transcript of records or other official document issued by the awarding institution.

If there are several instruction languages, the document must clearly indicate the amount of studies taken in Finnish/Norwegian/Swedish/Danish/English. It is not sufficient, if the document states, for example, that the language of instruction is English and French.

Note the requirement of residing in the country while studying. A degree completed at an offshore campus outside the listed countries is not sufficient for proving your language skills even in case the degree is awarded in one of the listed countries.

Documents

If the proof of proficiency in English is the same higher education degree granting you eligibility to master level education, do not upload any documents to the "Language proficiency" section of the application form. The degree documents are uploaded to the section "Degree granting eligibility to apply". The same study documents do not need to be uploaded twice. On the application form, tick "Completed a higher education degree instructed in Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English at a higher education institution in Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark while residing in that country" to "Language proficiency".

Required documents if your degree is complete 

Please note that these documents are only required if the degree demonstrating your English proficiency is different from your degree granting eligibility to apply.

Upload to the application form:

1. A scanned colour copy of the original degree certificate in PDF format.
   Name the file according to the format: Degree-certificate-lastname-firstname.
2. A scanned colour copy of the original official transcript of study records in PDF format.
   Name the file according to the format: Transcript-lastname-firstname.
3. If the language of the degree is not stated unambiguously on the degree certificate or transcript of records, an official document of the language of instruction issued by the awarding institution. 

The documents must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).

Required documents if your degree is incomplete 

Please note that these documents are only required if the degree demonstrating your English proficiency is different from your degree granting eligibility to apply.

If your degree is still incomplete during the application period, upload to the application form:

1. A scanned colour copy of the original official transcript of study records in PDF format.
   Name the file according to format: Transcript-lastname-firstname.
2. If the language of the degree is not stated unambiguously on the transcript of records, an official document of the language of instruction issued by the awarding institution.

The documents must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).

The degree must be completed and you must graduate by 31 July 2025. A certified copy of the degree certificate must be submitted by 15 August 2025 at 15.00 (3 pm, UTC +3).

Certified hard copy documents after admission results

After the publication of admission results, admitted applicants must submit certified (attested) hard copy documents by the given deadline.

English proficiency can be demonstrated with an English-medium bachelor’s, master’s, licentiate or doctoral degree in one of the following countries through studies that require residence in the country in question: 

a European Union (EU) / European Economic Area (EEA) country, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States, Zambia, or Zimbabwe.

A minimum of one half of the degree must be completed in English in a country listed above and in a higher education institution that meets the requirements for exemption from taking an English language test. Take good note of this requirement if your degree includes many transfer credits or you have an international double or joint degree.

The degree demonstrating language skills must be at least a three-year bachelor’s degree, at least a one-year master’s degree, or a licentiate or doctoral degree.

The awarding higher education institution must be a recognised part of the official national education system of the country listed above. That is, it must be accredited as a degree-granting higher education institution by the country where it is located or by a relevant international organisation (such as UNESCO).

Note the requirement of residing in the country while studying. A degree completed at an offshore campus outside the countries listed above is not sufficient to demonstrate your language skills even if the degree is awarded by a university which has their main location in one of the listed countries.

The language of the degree must be stated unambiguously on the degree certificate or its appendix, or on the transcript of records or other official document issued by the awarding institution (excluding Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States).

If the studies include several instruction languages, the document must clearly indicate the amount of studies taken in English. For example, it is not sufficient if the document only states that the language of instruction is English and French.

Documents

If the proof of proficiency in English is the same higher education degree granting you eligibility to master level education, do not upload any documents to the "Language proficiency" section of the application form. The degree documents are uploaded to the section "Degree granting eligibility to apply". The same study documents do not need to be uploaded twice. On the application form, tick "university degree completed in English" in a listed country to "Language proficiency".

Required documents if your degree is complete 

Please note that these documents are only required if the degree demonstrating your English proficiency is different from your degree granting eligibility to apply.

Upload to the application form:

1. A scanned colour copy of the original degree certificate in PDF format.
   Name the file according to the format: Degree-certificate-lastname-firstname.
2. A scanned colour copy of the original official transcript of study records in PDF format.
   Name the file according to the format: Transcript-lastname-firstname.
3. If the language of the degree is not stated unambiguously on the degree certificate or transcript of records, an official document of the language of instruction issued by the awarding institution (excluding Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States). 

The documents must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).

Required documents if your degree is incomplete 

Please note that these documents are only required if the degree demonstrating your English proficiency is different from your degree granting eligibility to apply.

If your degree is still incomplete during the application period, upload to the application form:

1. A scanned colour copy of the original official transcript of study records in PDF format.
   Name the file according to format: Transcript-lastname-firstname.
2. If the language of the degree is not stated unambiguously on the transcript of records, an official document of the language of instruction issued by the awarding institution (excluding Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States). 

The documents must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).

The degree must be completed and you must graduate by 31 July 2025. A certified copy of the degree certificate must be submitted by 15 August 2025 at 15.00 (3 pm, UTC +3).

Certified hard copy documents after admission results

After the publication of admission results, admitted applicants must submit certified (attested) hard copy documents by the given deadline.

English proficiency can be demonstrated with secondary education degree completed in English in:
an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States while residing in that country.

A minimum of one half of the degree must have been completed in English in a country listed above to be exempted from taking an English language test.

Required documents

1. Upload to the application form (to "Language proficiency" section) a scanned colour copy of your secondary-school final certificate in PDF format. Name the file according to the format: Secondary education-lastname-firstname.
2. If the degree is completed in an EU/EEA country, Switzerland or South Africa, English as the language of instruction must be stated unambiguously on the certificate. For those countries, if the language of instruction is not indicated on the certificate, upload an official document issued by the institution clearly stating the language of instruction.

The documents must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).

Certified hard copy documents after admission results

After the publication of admission results, admitted applicants must submit certified (attested) hard copy documents by the given deadline.

English proficiency can be demonstrated with exchange studies at Aalto University.

Required document

Upload to the application form (to "Language proficiency" section):

1. a copy of Aalto University transcript of records or certificate of student status in PDF format.
   Name the file according to the format: Exchange studies-lastname-firstname.

The program must be an official student exchange program of Aalto University in which exchange studies are full-time and last for at least one autumn or spring term.

The document must be uploaded to the application form by 10 March 2025 at 15.00 (UTC +2).