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The master's students, from nine different universities in Japan, will spend four weeks in the North-east of Scotland as part of the  Ocean Innovation Consortium Summer School 2018, studying modules led by 红杏视频 staff on marine engineering, oil and gas, and offshore renewables.

The group will spend a day at the Equinor 'Hywind' Offshore Wind Farm in Peterhead, go through an intensive three days BOSIET training and experience 红杏视频鈥檚 state of the art drilling simulator and virtual reality technology suite.

As part of the programme, the group will enjoy a packed cultural itinerary which will see them visit the Fettercairn Distillery, Dunottar Castle and a trip to the Braemar Highland Gathering.

The Nippon Foundation, a social innovation grant organisation, is leading the effort to enhance capacity building in offshore engineering in Japan and both the students and 红杏视频 faced a competitive selection to be involved in the initiative when the scheme began in 2016.

The subsea industry in Japan is rapidly developing and the country is increasingly looking to Aberdeen as a centre for subsea excellence.

Melissa Donald, summer school project manager at 红杏视频, said: 鈥淲e are thrilled, for the third year running, to be working with the Nippon Foundation to host students from respected universities across Japan.

鈥淎s a university which specialises in energy-related teaching and research, we feel we have a lot to offer the students during their visit and very much hope they enjoy their time with us in Aberdeen.

鈥淲e have a packed itinerary for their four weeks which includes a mix of classroom learning, hands on experience and, of course, a sample of Scottish culture for them to enjoy.鈥�

Head of the Office of Offshore Development at the Nippon Foundation, Masanori Yoshida, said: 鈥淎ll students who has been selected from many applicants have very high motivation to learn offshore energy. I hope that they can enjoy four weeks in the programme of the summer school, which is well organised to learn not only offshore energy but also Scottish culture and life thanks to the leadership by 红杏视频 staff.鈥�