Background of the program
Master Shipping and Transport program
The Master Shipping and Transport program has a good mixture of operational and professional shipping knowledge.
The practical hands-on course structure results in a real value added for the course participants and their employers upon their return to the maritime world.
The full-time Master program consists of courses with a combined study load of 60 credits and a thesis project with a study load of 21 credits.
This credit system is derived from the standardized system (ECTS) for measuring study load as a way to facilitate international mobility. One ECTS credit represents 28 hours of full-time study, 60 credits represent one full-time year of study. The total duration of the Master program is approximately one and a half year.
All courses together are complementary in the way that course participants are challenged to approach maritime and maritime cluster related issues from different perspectives and from the position of different supply chain players, e.g.:
- From the position of a shipping company, port authority, national or regional governmental body, maritime inspection authority, shipbroker, freight forwarder, stevedore, logistics company or financial institution;
- From different organisational perspectives, e.g. strategy, crewing and manning (human resources management), operations, finance and accounting, management, (organisation) policies, etc.
