<p>Where would you guys say it is best to become a marine engineer? As i said in another tread of mine, Norway is only good at marine engineering as far as I know. But what are the best schools in America in this field?, it would be interesting to compare the norwegian subjects with the american.</p>
<p>How are the job possibilities for a foreigner with a master's in marine structural engineering, marine hydrodynamics or marine cybernetics in America?(There are other marine subjects aswell, but these looks most exciting and has most maths and physics.)</p>
<p>And the last question is, if I get really good and work extremely hard, is there a slight chance of me beeing able to land a job working with your big war ships? Is it even a possibility for non-americans?</p>
<p>There are six state-run Maritime</a> Academies in the US, in the states of California, Michigan, Texas, Massachusetts, Maine, and New York. Most or all of these would offer marine engineering and/or naval architecture. </p>
<p>The Federal Government operates the US Merchant Marine Academny, the US Coast Guard Academy, the US Naval Academy, and the Naval Post-Graduate School. </p>
<p>According to ABET.org, other US schools with accredited programs in this field include the University of Michigan, the University of New Orleans, and the Webb Institute.</p>
<p>The Webb</a> Institute might be the most prestigious non-military school in this field. It is a very small engineering school (enrollment: about 100) that specializes in naval architecture and marine engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input! The department of marine engineering has exchange programs with MiT and Berkeley in the US(but you have to be very good to get to go there.)</p>
<p>Is there a slight chance of me being able to land a job working with your big war ships?
Defense contractors hire US Citizens for defense work requiring a security clearance. You'd probably have to work on commercial ships.</p>
<p>The top naval architecture/marine engineering schools in the United States are Webb Institute in Glen Cove New York, and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. MIT has the best ocean engineering program, but that is slightly different. Virgina Tech also has ocean eng. Berkeley used to have an undergrad program but dropped it. </p>
<p>Webb Institute is a very prestigious and tight-nit learning community, while also being fully endowed (so every student gets a fulls scholarship). The downsides are just minimal student life and college experience. Also, you have to take a straight course schedule, with no electives. You stay in a classroom all day and a different professor comes in one after another to teach. I ended up choosing the University of Michigan over it for a variety of reasons ranging from the professors I met at both places to alumni base. Michigan is also a world renowned university and their program is equally as tight-nit in a campus of 24000 undergrads.</p>
<p>hs-student , about your question, What would you guys say is most challanging of civil/structural engineering, or marine structural engineering?
I think it’s up to you; I mean what do you like. I graduate next year and also would like to get a master degree in marine engineering and/or naval architecture in MIT or Univ of Michigan. As mentioned above, MIT has a lil bit difference but I think it is more prestigious than others.
What I can suggest to you, choose MIT and marine engineering and/or naval architecture. Not civil. After that join to offshore petroleum engineering, there you can find a lot interesting things both in career and salary</p>