Increased Maritime Education required in Norway

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There is a need for more study places within techno-maritime education at university and college level in Norway.

The Norwegian People’s Party (FRP) is proposing in the Storting (Parliament) to double the capacity of maritime education at NTNU in Ålesund as early as this autumn. We believe we must now start taking concrete measures now.

– In 2024, there were a total of 245 planned study places within techno-maritime education at university and college level, while there were 2,689 qualified applicants. The high number of qualified applicants shows that the number of study places can be increased significantly, it is pointed out in the representative proposal from Frp.

In addition to the need for more naval officers in the armed forces, there is also a major shortage in civilian shipping. We therefore believe that there is no great risk in increasing educational capacity, says Listhaug.

The model proposed is that NTNU Ålesund will contribute education to the Norwegian Naval Academy.
In addition to NTNU Ålesund, the University College of Western Norway-Haugesund and the University of Southeast Norway-Horten offer maritime education at university level.

The proposal states that educational capacity for techno-maritime subjects should be doubled next year, plus a further escalation plan until 2036.

Source: https://www.smp.no/nyheter/i/KM2q05/ber-stortinget-doble-maritim-utdanning-i-aalesund
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