Training and sponsorship
Undergraduate Officer Trainee - Deck and Engineering Sponsored degree course
This programme is designed for those who want a degree-based education and who have an
interest in a seafaring or shipping industry career. You could take a degree in Merchant
Ship Operations, Nautical Science or Nautical Studies linked to seafarer training for the
deck department , and in Marine Engineering degrees for the engineer department. A number
of shipping companies are offering sponsorship for the degree course, which covers fees
and provides an allowance for day-to-day expenses.
Your training will last approximately four years, of which three are spent at
university/college. The other year will enable you top develop your seafaring skills, to
complete the sea-service needed for the initial professional Certificate of Competency,
and to provide ship board experience. It can be undertaken at various stages throughout
your programme, depending on your sponsoring company and University/college, and will
either be as a sandwich-based model or as the final year.
In the first instance you will need to apply for the course of your choice through the
Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) www.ucas.com.
Entry will be in accordance with the admission requirements of the universities/colleges
concerned and typically will include mathematics and/or physics at A/H Level. Courses
currently on offer are:
BSc Merchant Ship Operations
Southampton Solent University (in conjunction with Warsash Maritime Centre) www.solent.ac.uk
BSc Nautical Science
University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde (in partnership with Glasgow College
of Nautical Studies) www.na-me.ac.uk
BSc Nautical Science
Liverpool John Moores University (in conjunction with Blackpool and the Fylde College,
Fleetwood Nautical Campus) www.livjm.ac.uk
BSc (Hons) Marine Studies (Merchant Shipping)
(in conjunction with Maritime Training (Plymouth) Ltd) www.plymouth.ac.uk.
Marine engineering degrees are widely available
from many universities.To search for a course please click on www.ucas.com
Shipping companies, training organisations and Trusts currently providing sponsorship:
You will need to apply directly to shipping companies and organisations to enquire if
they sponsor under-graduate programmes - many do.
The level of sponsorship available will vary from company to company, as will the types
of ships that the company operates and the areas of the world in which the ships trade.
For contact details please click
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