MSc Sustainable Marine Craft and Superyacht Design at Solent University

Discover latest techniques to develop new, sustainable superyacht and marine craft designs. Benefit from the combined expertise of Solent's yacht engineering team and Centre for Marine Sustainability. The MSc Sustainable Marine Craft and Superyacht Design course focuses on equipping you with the engineering knowledge and the analytical and practical technical design skills a future marine craft designer is expected to have on entering the leisure or commercial craft design and production industry, to design marine craft typically between 24 metres and 120 metres in length.

Faculty: Maritime (Warsash Maritime School)  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Full-time September start (2027 entry)  |  Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Naval Architecture Structures and Systems, Marine Craft Production Management, Powered Craft Design Development, Sustainable Marine Design, Wind Assisted Vessel Design, Marine Craft Dissertation.

Career pathways

This course can lead to exciting worldwide careers as a superyacht or commercial craft designer, specialising in areas of naval architecture, marine craft design, or project management within both the superyacht and commercial craft industry. Roles include: Naval architect, Designer, Production manager, Stylist, Systems engineer.

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