Advanced Design of Sustainable Ships and Offshore Structures The purpose of this application is to propose an advanced education program in design and optimization of sustainable ships and offshore structures dedicated to sustainable maritime transportation, ships and offshore/renewable structures. Thanks to strong background and expertise, the EMSHIP Consortium addresses the following major issues: fast technological evolution in the field of naval architecture, marine technology and offshore engineering, growing demand from companies for graduates combining up-to-date competencies and beyond this, societal challenges related to the global warming (necessity of energy savings, renewable energies, need for more efficient and less polluting transport modes…). There are 7 Core Partners involved and propose a global join degree: Ghent University (UGent, coordinator, Belgium), Dunarea de Jos University of Galati (UGAL, Romania), Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN, France), University of Rostock (URO, Germany), University Polytechnic of Madrid (UPM, Spain), University of Liege (ULiège, Belgium) and University of Lisbon (IST, Portugal).