Petroleum-related study programs in Norway experience a dramatic fall in applicants, in some cases a 90% decline has been reported since 2014. The Mechatronics program at UiA holds steady. Applications to Bachelor Mechatronics is only down 19%, while applications to Master Mechatronics is up 42%. At NTNU Trondheim, the 5-year program Product and Development and Production also holds steady with a decline of only 22% from 2015 to 2016.

At NTNU Aalesund there is no separate educational program in Mechatronics. The application numbers for related programs are (at Master level): Product and system design (-27%), Ship design (+17%), Simulation and visualization (-45%). At NTNU Aalesund Bachelor level the numbers are: Automation (+22%); data (+44%); electric power systems(+100%), product and system design (-28%), ship design (-8%), nautical (-8%).