Do you want to improve your knowledge and understanding of the shipping & transport industry? Want to strengthen your managerial skills and take the next step in your career?

Do you have a background in shipping, logistics or business administration and do you want to apply your knowledge in the maritime work field? The master, Shipping and Transport will offer you an opportunity to broaden your perspective. You’ll learn about the ins and outs of international harbours and shipping companies and you’ll learn about and implement the considerations that are part of the logistics process. Alongside that, you’ll keep developing your management skills, which will be extremely valuable throughout your international career.

Learning to see connections

The Shipping and Transport master will provide you with a complete overview of the workfield. You’ll unravel how manufacturers and consumers are connected via harbours and shipping companies, and which factors are contributing. By being aware of these factors, you will be able to make smarter decisions. For example, how can you make sure that transport is both affordable and sustainable? How do you choose a ship for a certain trip? And how do you make sure that a harbour will stay appealing for international trading? In this programme, critical thinking and finding innovative solutions will become your second nature. The typical Rotterdam 'hands-on and make things happen’-approach, is a mentality every harbour in the world wants to experience!

Personal development

During this year you haven’t only focused on your knowledge of the maritime and logistic world, but also of yourself. What type of manager are you? Do you prioritise sustainability, staff or something else? Which topics and areas of work do you think are interesting? And where can you contribute the most using your unique talents? Alongside analytics abilities, you will develop your presentation and communication skills. Everything will be in English!

Research in the work field

Your learning activities will be divided into lectures, assignments and practice-oriented research. Because this master is part of a university of applied science, the results of your research will be immediately linked to the workfield. This will directly reflect on your ideas and whether or not they work. During your thesis process, you will work on a solution for a problem which is related to the maritime workfield. The assignment is given by a company or one of the knowledge centres, which are part of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. For example knowledge centre Sustainable Harbour city.

Full-time or part-time?

Note: you can do this master full-time or part-time. Do you prefer to study part-time? The programme will then take you two years instead of one. In the curriculum we are taking longer periods of absence into account, so you will be able to work during this master's, for example in shipping.