Cold Climate Engineering (Nordic Master), Master of Science (Technology)

The Master's Programme in Cold Climate Engineering in Aalto University is the first comprehensive master’s programme in cold climate engineering in Europe and gives the students a unique possibility to do field work and projects in Greenland or Svalbard.

Cold climate engineering has an important, growing role in ensuring a sustainable development of the Arctic areas. The ecosystem in the Arctic is unique and fragile - with its scarce infrastructure and challenging weather conditions the demands are high for the engineers working there. Graduates from the Nordic Master in Cold Climate Engineering will have the skills necessary to meet the demands of the industry as well as to work in the Arctic environment.

Studies in Cold Climate Engineering

The Master's Programme in Cold Climate Engineering focuses in giving the students a profound understanding of how the obtained specializations can be applied in jobs as researchers, consulting or practising engineers in the Arctic.

Students can specialize in land track, sea track or space track. Teaching methods used in the programme vary from lectures and assignments to laboratory and field work.

Career opportunities

As a Cold Climate Engineering graduate, one will typically be employed at consulting, design, surveying and construction companies, mining industry, oil companies, governmental bodies, or at research institutes and universities, which have activities related to the Arctic. Graduate's role may be that of chief executive, development manager, team manager, consultant, specialist, or researcher.

Aalto-yliopiston englanninkielinen kylmän ilmaston insinööriohjelma tarjoaa edistyksellistä ja ainutlaatuista opetusta, joka keskittyy insinöörityöhön arktisissa olosuhteissa. Ohjelmasta valmistunut voi työskennellä erilaisten rakennusprojektien parissa niin kotimaassa kuin ulkomaillakin, etenkin projektien liittyessä kylmiin olosuhteisiin.