Study Details: 1 year; 2 years
LJMU provides training, education and research to the maritime sector. This Port Management MSc reflects almost 125 years of experience and excellence in the sector.
Developed and delivered by our highly qualified and respected academic team, the programme combines specialist knowledge with relevant industrial experience. This combination of academic and professional expertise, as well as our well-established links with the industry, will help to ensure that you are well prepared to meet the opportunities and challenges of this expanding sector.
The programme provides you with a rounded view of the management of ports and port terminals and the wider logistics industry. As part of the programme you gain the tools to be an effective project manager of port operations. The curriculum will cover container and bulk port operations, and you will learn to analyse how national and international governance affect a port's management. You will also have the option to study law, and risk and asset management and broaden your experience with employer visits and lectures from guest speakers.
This programme is also available as a 2 year (240 credit) option. This consists of the standard 120 credits of taught modules plus 60 credits of MSc project, accompanied by an additional 60 credits. This can be taken as either a single semester group design project (a current module) or a sandwich placement year of 30 weeks (a current module).
You will need:
An honours degree or equivalent in Maritime, Transport, Logistics, Business, Management or related studies – Applicants with an unclassified degree and significant relevant industrial experience may be considered orEvidence of experiential learning in the maritime industry, such as a Master Mariner certificate. orOther qualifications considered by the course team to be of similar academic level to the above.ora non-UK equivalent qualification
Additional information:
IELTS English language requirement: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)
RPL is accepted on this programme
If you have any specific queries, please contact fetadmissions@ljmu.ac.uk
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LJMU has an excellent record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.
Recent graduates from this programme have undertaken roles incorporating port management and operations and are working in consultancy, for regulatory bodies and international logistics and supply chain businesses.
For module information for this course please visit https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduates/port-management
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