Welcome to Njord NTNU!

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Explore the seven seas of innovation!

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Njord NTNU is a student organization at NTNU dedicated to advancing maritime autonomy. Each year, we host Njord – The Autonomous Ship Challenge in Trondheim, an international competition where students design and operate autonomous vessels. This years competitition is being held from the 10th to the 14th of august 2026.

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At the same time, we are developing our own Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV), set to compete in national and international challenges from 2026. Together, these efforts create a unique arena for innovation, collaboration, and hands-on experience in the future of maritime technology.

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Join The Challenge!

The competition will be a great possibility for the teams to explore new ideas and concepts connected to software development and the autonomous shipping industry. The problems you will meet in the competition is created together with the world leading autonomy cluster situated in Trondheim.

Participants in Njord Challenge will meet problems that provides them with the possibility to get hands on experience on state-of-the-art methods used within autonomy at sea. We believe our participants will find participating to be great stepping stone for them towards becoming among the best in their fields.

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JOIN THE CHALLENGE

Registration

To participate, teams can register by submitting a form on our website. As part of the submission, teams should include details about any previous experience working with autonomous systems. Each submission will be carefully reviewed to determine eligibility for the competition. Deadline for registration is set for January 17th. This marks the 4rd physical Njord Challenge, and we encourage all eligible teams to register and take part in this exciting event.

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Why Norway?

In Norway we believe we are in a unique position to push the boundaries of autonomous shipping, further marking ourselves as a world leading maritime country.

Why Trondheim?

Trondheimsfjorden is currently the world’s first technological playground for autonomous vessels, both traveling above, on and under the water surface.