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Overview

Info 2024/2025

Degree type MASTER'S DEGREE
Duration 2 years
CFU 120
Class LM-12
DESIGN
Access Admission test
Available places EU Students 20
EU Students 16
Non-EU Students 4
Locations LA SPEZIA
Language Italian
Teaching mode In-person
Head of programme MARIA MOROZZO DELLA ROCCA E DI BIANZE'
Department DIPARTIMENTO ARCHITETTURA E DESIGN
Taxes and fees From 0 to 3,000 a year. Find out if you qualify for grants ed exemptions
Student exchange International destinations and partners
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The Course in Brief

Presentation

The course offers multidisciplinary training. The communication skills combined with the ability to build and control innovative scenarios allow the yacht-designer to work also in the world of interior design and cruise ships. The employment rate is very high both nationally and internationally.

Learning by doing

Design experience application labs and workshops are the basis of the 'learning by doing' principle. During these activities, in addition to getting involved, you will be able to collaborate and share your ideas with the lecturers and with professionals or companies in the sector, model, 3D print and prototype your projects.

You will also be able to participate in university regattas, educational cruises, carry out a training period in shipyards or professional studios and start the exchange programme for a double degree with ISD Rubika-Valenciennes.

Professional outlets

Freelance, employment with public and private organisations, design studios and companies operating in the area of Naval and Nautical Design, but also Communication Design (visual and multimedia). Employed in various roles at Nautical and Naval Shipyards, companies in the nautical and naval subcontracting sector and related induced activities.

What you will learn

design workshops

Yacht and superyacht design, trends for the future but also restoration, refitting, construction techniques, sustainability and production processes

intensive design

You will work with the largest boatyards in the area, putting yourself out there and trying to meet their demands with a short full immersion project

tools and cultural disciplines for design

History of ship science and construction from antiquity to the present day and history of contemporary art and graphics in relation to the nautical sector

tools and technical disciplines for design

Executive design, sustainability and LCA of pleasure boats

interiors

interior design superyachts and cruise ships

Did you know that...

unique on the national and European scene

90% of graduates find employment within a year of graduating

You can work closely with the world of nautical professions already during design workshops and intensive design

You can obtain a double degree thanks to an agreement with the Rubika-Valenciennes ISD Institute

You can 3D print models of your designs

Many students have distinguished themselves in national and international design awards and competitions

With the '1000 and 1 sail' project you can team-build a boat to participate in university regattas

Contents

Design

The design of a boat, whatever its size, involves diverse and articulated knowledge. A boat is both a means of transport and a living environment, living on the water and yet referring to the coast. The range of objects of study and design presents a great variety: from the luxury yacht to the interiors of ships destined for tourism, but also schools or hospitals; from the performance boat to the design of the accessory, the component or of new modes of transport on water.

Contexts

The study of the context, the construction of scenarios, the ability to represent and communicate are part of the graduate's preparation, without forgetting the cultural roots and historical knowledge that characterise the sector. 
The student learns to understand contexts of use, to outline trends, to imagine modes of use, to create new services and products.

Skills

The graduate acquires the necessary skills to conceive, design and realise interior and exterior design of yachts and pleasure boats, manage the evolution of the project considering the production processes and the numerous dynamics involved in its realisation, develop an ability to effectively communicate project and product contents.

Coordinator

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Maria Carola Morozzo al Salone Nautico di Genova

Welcome to the Master's Degree Course in Naval and Nautical Design. In recent years we have introduced professional figures into the sector who have been the protagonists of a cultural enrichment and bearers of innovation in an industrial sector in which Italy is a world leader. If you want to turn your passion for yachts into a profession, this course will provide you with the methodological and technical tools to do so. It won't be a walk in the park, but it will certainly be a rich experience and an opportunity for growth in a privileged training context.

Maria Carola Morozzo

Where we are

La Spezia University Campus
Viale Nicolò Fieschi 16/18
19123 La Spezia
+39 0187 751265
https://campus-laspezia.unige.it/

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19123 La Spezia
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