Entry Requirements

1. General Academic Requirements

There is no entrance examination at any level.

• Short courses (60–150 h). No prerequisites. If the subject is relevant to your work, you can enrol.
• Diplomas (300–600 h). Previous study or documented professional experience in the area, read together rather than scored separately.
• Master’s degrees (600–1,500 h). Previous study plus professional experience at a level that lets you follow management-level content.

Qualifications obtained outside your country of residence are assessed case by case, and we do not ask for a formal equivalence procedure. As a guide: for short courses and professional diplomas, completed secondary education or equivalent; for advanced programmes, a university degree or at least two years of relevant experience in the maritime sector, assessed case by case.

2. Professional Experience (by programme)

Some programmes ask for experience because the content assumes it. A programme on terminal management written for someone who has run a shift does not work as a first introduction to a port.

Where experience is required, it is counted from what you can document: sea service, contracts, a company letter or a role description. Rank matters less than what you actually did — an officer, an engineer, a terminal supervisor and a chartering assistant can all meet the same requirement through different work.

If you are moving ashore after years at sea, your sea time counts as professional experience for the shore-based areas: ports and terminals, logistics, shipping business and law.

3. International Language Competence

You study in the language the programme is published in, and support is given in that same language. We do not ask for a language certificate.

What we do say plainly: the industry works in English, and the conventions, codes and contracts you meet at work are written in it. Every programme includes the English terminology of its subject, so the vocabulary you need on a bridge, on a terminal or in a charter party is part of what you study.

4. Statement of Motivation and Career Goals

A short written statement: what you do now, what you want to be doing, and why this programme is the step between the two. A few paragraphs are enough — we are not assessing your writing.

It matters because it is what an advisor reads before recommending a programme. It is also where a mismatch is caught early, when what you have described needs a statutory certificate or a different area altogether.

5. Supporting Documentation

Documents are uploaded as scans or photographs when you apply. Nothing has to be posted, and we do not ask for sworn translations or legalisation.

In general terms: proof of identity, the qualifications you are relying on, and evidence of the experience a programme requires. Short courses: an identity document. Professional diplomas: an identity document and your secondary-education certificate or equivalent. Advanced programmes: an identity document, your degree or proof of at least two years of relevant experience (CV and an employer reference), and any certificates relevant to the programme.

If a document is missing or hard to obtain, say so when you apply rather than waiting — in most cases there is an alternative.

6. The Student We Teach Best

Our students have one thing in common: they are already working. A second officer on a six-month contract, a terminal supervisor on rotating shifts, an engineer studying on leave, a chartering assistant two years into an office.

What that profile needs is a programme that survives a contract, a rotation and a bad connection, and an honest account of what it is worth. What it does not need is a timetable.

If you are starting from outside the industry, say so: some short courses work as an entry point, and we will tell you which.