A WMU/SMU Joint Program in
“International Transport and Logistics”
● It is a specialized MSc Program in maritime transport delivered by Sweden-based World Maritime University ● It is a full-time course taught in English by an world-class international faculty. ● It’s carefully designed teaching structure integrating classroom learning, enterprise ● practice and overseas study. ● Seminars and field visits are organized to places , including the port of Shanghai , which is the largest po rt in the world. ● It is delivered in Shanghai , a fast growing center of global shipping and one of the most dynamic and culturally diversified cities in the world. ● Students from China and other countries around the world live and study to start a professional networking in the heart of maritime center in the future. ● The program has attracted each year about 40 students from both China (about 2/3) and other countries in Europe , North America and South-East Asia (1/3). ● The graduates of the program are welcomed in industry. Graduates take important positions as administrators and managers in well-known shipping logistics enterprises home and abroad like China COSCO shipping, Maersk etc. ● Applicants should have 1) a BSc. Degree or the highest grade certificate of competency for unrestricted service as master mariner or chief engineer; 2) a certificate of English test (minimum English proficiency is IELTS 6.0 or equivalent TOEFL 80). ● The program will start in March and finish by the end of August next year. ● The tuition fee is RMB 89 , 900 , the fee for teaching materials is RMB 5 , 000 and the annual living costs are around RMB 48 , 000. Visit: wmu.se/msc-shanghai Contact: Ms. Daisy Zhang, Ms. GU Weihong, Ms. HU Fangfang Tel: +86 21 58605519 Email: jiezhang@shmtu.edu.cn; whgu@shmtu.edu.cn; ffhu@shmtu.edu.cn
(WMU) in collaboration with Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) since 2005.
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Programme structure*
Six Units(18 subjects, 1 project paper) | Number of Credits |
UNIT-1 | 22 |
Foundation studies | |
ITL01ECO – International Economy and Globalization | 4 |
ITL01SOB 2– Management Strategy and Organizational Behaviour | 4 |
ITL01DMT – Decision Making Techniques (Quantitative methods & statistics) | 6 |
ITL01ACT – Accounting | 4 |
ITL01MKTS – Marketing and Service Marketing | 4 |
UNIT-2 | 16 |
International transport I – the structure | |
ITL02MEC – Maritime Economics | 4 |
ITL02KPI – Shipping Key Performance Indicators | 4 |
ITL02LAW – Legal Framework of Shipping | 4 |
ITL02FIA – Finance & Investment Appraisal | 4 |
UNIT-3 | 16 |
Logistics I – the system | |
ITL03ISC – Integrated Supply Chain Management | 4 |
ITL03PLO – Port Logistics | 4 |
ITL03IDF– Investor’s Decision on Ship Finance | 4 |
ITL03SMA- Shipping Market Analysis | 4 |
UNIT-4 | 12 |
International transport II – the market | |
ITL04BRO – Chartering Practice and Shipbrokering | 4 |
ITL04CLI – Commercial Law and Marine Insurance | 4 |
ITL04RSK – Risk Management and Derivatives in Shipping | 4 |
UNIT-5 | 8 |
Logistics II – tools and application | |
ITL05MAL – Maritime Logistics | 4 |
ITL05SFM – Ship and Fleet Management | 4 |
ITL06PRJ – UNIT-6 / Integrative paper | 14 |
Total | 88 |
* 4 taught credit is equivalent to 30 class contact hours (30x45 minutes). A 4-credit subject, for example, is typically taught by a WMU professor within 5 days with 6 teaching hours per day (3 x 90’). Units have to be delivered in sequence though subjects within each unit can be taught in any order.
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