International Maritime Management (M.Sc.) - distance education

You can start to prepare yourself to study International Maritime Management. Contact us any time in order to prepare your application.

Admission requirements

The requirements for the application are as follows: You have…

… a bachelor's degree or equivalent

… professional experience of at least one year

… acquired the bachelor's degree or the practical experience in a maritime/logistics context

… appropriate English skills

Application

Our semesters begin in March and in September, but you can contact us or apply when it suits you best.

• The application period for the summer semester (starting in March) is from 1 December until 15 January.
• The application period for the winter semester (starting in September) is from 1 June until 15 July.

If you have acquired your Bachelor’s degree in Germany, then apply via the eCampus of the Jade University.

If you have acquired your Bachelor’s degree outside of Germany, then apply via uni-assist. (uni-assist is a German association that evaluates international student applications for many German universities.)

To prepare your application, please see also the list of required documents.

Testsemester

Would you like to test the study course for one semester?

Apply as a guest student and study any module you like. Contact us for further information.

Preparation of your studies

Start your studies by reading the guideline how to study IMM successfully.

Regulations

• Regulations for eligibility and admission 
• Examination regulations (section A) (covering all Master's degree courses)
• Examination regulations (section B 2017) (covering IMM)
• Examination regulations (section B 2021) (covering IMM)
• Fee regulations

Modules

The given structure of the module order is a recommendation and can be varied as needed.

You can find detailed information about all modules in the module handbook.

Recognition of competencies

Do you work in a junior management position in the maritime industry at sea or ashore and have you already gained professional experience and individual key qualifications?

Have you already passed examinations and gained credits at another university on an equal level?

Jade University recognizes existing skills and prior learning so that you do not have to re-study the same things. Duration and costs of your studies can be reduced accordingly.

What can be recognized?

1. Achievements acquired at other universities on post-graduate level.

2. Competences acquired outside higher education institutions, especially in the context of your professional career.

• General recognition: The Human Factors learning module will be credited by proving a one year working experience as Chief Mate or Second Engineer and on submission of the Certificate of Competency unlimited according to the STCW.
• Individual recognition: Modules can be credited based on the individual biography. The basis is a documentation or comparison of the intended and already acquired learning outcomes according to the module descriptions.

Please find further information in our Guidelines for the Recognition of Competences Acquired at or Outside Universities on the Continuing Education Programme International Maritime Management (M.Sc.)

International Maritime Management …

… qualifies you to work your way up on the ‘job ladder‘. You will be qualified to be promoted to an upper management level in maritime companies (e.g. shipping companies, terminal operators, consultancies, maritime banks and insurers, etc.) or in the public administration sector.

… enables you to carry your personal interests into effect, e.g. a change from a ship-based to a shore-based workplace. Others include obtaining the M.Sc. degree in order to work in the public administration sector or to proceed with doctoral research studies.

… ensures you to improve your key skills in terms of self-management, decision making, analysing and presenting key information with words and in writing. This is achieved as IMM is based upon problem-based learning and includes your business-related issues as well as your professional experience into your studies to achieve practical value and mutual benefits. Moreover, it is offered completely in English language.

Your Qualifications after Graduation

Upon completion of the co-operative work and study programme of International Maritime Management M.Sc., you will possess …

… ample and up-to-date knowledge about the maritime economy and international maritime law. The knowledge acquired during your under-graduate studies will be enhanced and extended,

… competencies which allow you to manage maritime projects. These competencies will be a major focus of the Case Studies learning units whereby you will autonomously develop problem-solution skills under consideration of societal, economic and ethical aspects,

… skills to interpret, assess and present results, key indicators and models. In presentations, you will demonstrate your ability to draw conclusions from current research and applied solutions and to communicate your conclusions and the pertinent information basis to an expert and lay audience,

… the capability to reflect on experience acquired in your professional environment in a thoroughly academic manner. Upon completion of your studies, you will be able to relate academic findings with issues that arise from your own professional area in an inter-disciplinary manner,

… skills to organise your own life-long learning process. Upon completion of your studies, you will be able to acquire knowledge and skills autonomously and to apply these to your own professional environment, and

… a comprehension of the demands and possibilities of inter-cultural relations and international co-operation. You will study in heterogeneous teams and demonstrate your ability to assume responsibility in an inter-cultural work environment.

Would you like to qualify yourself further according to your individual needs and adapted to your professional context?

Or would you like to educate your staff in a specific area?

Jade University offers Certificates of Academic Achievement as individual further education for participants who are not interested in studying the entire Master study course of “International Maritime Management”.

Certificates of Academic Achievement

All modules of the IMM programme are self-contained units and can be studied individually. The scope is 6 credit points or 12 credit points according to ECTS; the Master’s Thesis learning module is excluded.

The modules you have studied can be credited to IMM later and cumulated to a degree (M.Sc.), if required.

For further information on the offered certificates, please contact us or send us the filled application form for admission as a guest student.