Type of course

Admission requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (180 credits), or other relevant technological degree on Bachelor level.

The bachelor’s degree must contain minimum 25 credits mathematics, 5 credits statistics and 7.5 credits in physics. Some of the courses in the bachelor program have a certain amount of statistics included and can be accepted.

Relevant field of study may be automation, process and gas technology, nautical science, mechanical, processing, safety, civil engineering. Other fields of study may be considered upon individual assessment.

Applicants must have a minimum grade average comparable to a Norwegian C (2.5) in the ECTS scale, see the UiT webpage for International admissions for more information on how the point average is calculated.

Applicants with education from non-Nordic countries must document English language proficiency. You will find more information on English language requirements on the UiT webpage for International admissions.

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Application code:

• Nordic applicants: 4021
• EU / EEA / Switzerland applicants: 7105
• Non-EU/EAA applicants: 2037

Course content

The course provides the general concepts and analysis methods for technology and safety in engineering systems. It contains four major modules:

• Safety Concepts for complex technical system. Including safety definition, safety measure, safety issues in modern technical and industrial system.
• Technical safety: Safety Analysis. It covers reliability analysis, uncertainty analysis for technical and industrial system.
• Technical safety: Hazard Analysis. It covers hazard identification, risk assessment, safety barriers and control.
• Safety Management. It covers the general approach to analyse safety from safety goal definition to safety verification and validation.

Objectives of the course

Knowledge

The student ...

• has advanced knowledge of the issues and challenges of safety in technical and complex engineering systems.
• has thorough knowledge of safety analysis methods for modern technical systems.
• has deep knowledge of principles and methodologies of safety management.

Skills

The student ...

• can quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the safety data for technical systems.
• can analyze and optimize the operation of technical system in a systematic way.

General Competence

The student ...

• can work independently and in groups.
• can understand the technical and engineering system in a whole and systematic way.
• can analyze safety data using mathematical methods.
• can propose mitigation measurements for safety challenge.

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