Recent Updates

Blue Friday - Maritime Tech Talk

At December 5 the next presentation in our Blue Friday talk series takes place. Participation is possible both online and in live (room 222).

Germany's small-scale coastal fishing fleet is facing a structural challenge: Many vessels are more than 40 years old and difficult to upgrade to today's operational, environmental and safety requirements. Modernizing the fleet involves addressing several key challenges, includi low-emission propulsion, flexible deck arrangements and improved safety, food quality as well as animal welfare. This presentation provides an introduction to the idea of engineering two multifunctional fishing vessels for the North and Baltic Sea. Holistic ship design and technological innovation aim to contribute to an economically resilient, and socially responsible foundation for the sustainable coastal fishery.

Download the flyer here.

Study trip to SVA Potsdam

We have just returned from our study trip to SVA Potsdam. Accompanying us were 30 students from the Sustainable Maritime Engineering and EMship programs.

The team running the ship model basin offered us an exciting program:

  • Presentation of SVA and tour of the entire model manufacturing workshop and all test facilities
  • All students were able to ride along during an ongoing experiment on the towing carriage
  • Experiment on the sea behavior of ship models with a special nozzle
  • Live demonstration of propeller cavitation
  • Ongoing milling process for of a model propeller

The highlight was definitely the direct participation in the model tests. Thank you to the SVA team for these great insights into their work and research!

New Master Course in Rostock: Sustainable Maritime Engineering

Our brand new master course “Sustainable Maritime Engineering” is featured in the latest episode of Bärbel Fenings podcast “Technik und Meer”. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Sprenger and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sascha Kosleck talk about the contents of the new course and their passion about naval architecture and ocean engineering. You're warmly invited to listen in on a podcast app of your choice or to follow the link below!

Technik und Meer - Sustainable Maritime Engineering

The podcast is available in German and English.

Talents for Maritime

New release with insight into the maritime industry and career opportunities
from Schiff und Hafen:

The career magazine "Talents for Maritime" presents the maritime sector with the areas of shipbuilding, supply industry, shipping, ports and offshore technology and introduces the associated job profiles and career opportunities. The focal points include detailed information on the wide range of study and training opportunities as well as selected company and university portraits in which potential employers and institutions introduce themselves to the talents of tomorrow.
"Talents for Maritime" supports teenagers and young employees in their choice of career as well as in further education and is distributed to career information centers, universities and further education institutions, among others. In addition, readers of the maritime trade magazine Schiff&Hafen and the weekday German shipping newspaper THB - Täglicher Hafenbericht receive the latest issue of the publication.

Download for free:
https://www.schiffundhafen.de/publikationen/specials/talents-for-maritime.html

Study

The chair of ship design offers the following courses in the winter semester 2025/2026:

Master:

Information regarding dates and venues can be found in the course catalogue.

Successful participation at the Worldwide Ferry Design Competition

International students have designed a ferry for the Pasig River as part of the module Team Project EMship at our chair. With this design they achieved an excellent 2nd place at the Worldwide Ferry Design Competition! Be amazed by the teaser video created by the group:

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Thesis Topics

There are open thesis topics at our chair. Have a look here.

About the Chair

Shipbuilding can look back on a long history at the University of Rostock: the Technical Faculty of Shipbuilding was founded in 1951 as the first engineering faculty at a 'non-technical' university in Germany in order to educate the necessary specialists for the regional shipyards. The education began in the summer semester of 1951 for 97 students.

70 years later, our courses in the bachelor's degree program of Mechanical Engineering and the master's degree program of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering as well as the international master's degree program in Advanced Ship and Offshore Design (EMShip) support our students and equip them with the fundamental skills to face the current and upcoming challenges in the industry as future specialists.

As a partner in national and international research networks, we work together closely with companies and other research institutions on solutions for the maritime future. The portfolio of our research topics includes:

  • Efficient tools for the design phase
  • Innovative concepts for ships and maritime systems
  • Safe, sustainable shipping and marine operations
  • Digitalization and decision making support
  • Technologies to avoid, prevent and resolve maritime pollution (oil, marine litter, munitions waste)