Master's in Marine Propulsion and High-Power Engines

This master's covers the full propulsion chain of a ship, from the hull resistance that sets the required power to the propeller that delivers it. You will study propulsive efficiency, wake and thrust deduction, and how to select a propulsion system for a given operating profile; two- and four-stroke marine diesel engines, injection, turbocharging, electronic control and torsional vibration; the auxiliary systems that keep an engine running, from cooling and lubrication to fuel treatment, SCR and scrubbers; gas turbines and combined CODAG, CODOG and COGAG plants; gearboxes, shaft lines, fixed and controllable pitch propellers, azimuth thrusters, pods and waterjets; diesel-electric and hybrid architectures with batteries, power management and shore power; LNG, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen and biofuels under the IMO decarbonization roadmap; and predictive maintenance, automation, class rules and engine room management.

What sets this master's apart: it treats propulsion as an integrated plant rather than a single engine, linking thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, electrical systems and controls; it gives equal weight to high-power solutions such as gas turbines and combined plants used in naval vessels and fast ferries and to the alternative fuels and hybrid systems that are reshaping the fleet; it builds hands-on diagnostic skills with vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, borescopy and digital twins; and it closes with a Final Project in which you select and optimize a complete propulsion plant for a real vessel profile.