Maritime Management (B.A.)
B.A. study programme Maritime Management
The dual study programme Maritime Management at the HSBA offers practically oriented studies in combination with a parallel systematic training course in companies from the sector of maritime management, such as shipping lines, classification companies, brokers, insurers, banks or issuing houses. By alternating the sites of learning between the university and the company they are currently working in, students have the opportunity to apply their theoretically gained knowledge directly and to reflect upon the results. On graduation, students have already become seasoned young executives and can look forward to aboveaverage career opportunities.
In accordance with its dual character, the programme is marked by regularly alternating practical and theoretical phases: the practical part comprising 32 weeks annually, the theoretical part consisting of up to three phases a year with 20 weeks altogether. The three-year course totals some 1,700 hours of tuition.
The dual degree programme Maritime Management is an internationally oriented study programme, aiming at school-leavers from all over the world who want to gain qualifications at the HSBA for work in the international ship and ship finance market. All the tuition is thus in English.
Broad-based skills in business administration are at the core of the first two years of studying. In the study's specialist courses the students are introduced to the fundamental aspects of managing a ship as well as to basic ways of financing ships. Specialist subjects here include Liner Service and Tramp Trade as ways of operating a ship. The students also learn about the risks of ship finance and how they can be evaluated. They can apply and deepen the knowledge gained by studying practically oriented examples and participating in various case studies.
In addition to the acquisition of discipline-specific knowledge, methodological and social competencies are conveyed by various seminars and special projects. With a high-level of professional experience, graduates are thus able to carry out executive tasks in their respective companies.
Each year's student intake is allocated a study group comprising usually 30 participants. Language courses and communication seminars are held in groups of not more than 16 students, thus ensuring personal proximity to the teaching staff and close exchange between the staff and the students. This enables classes to resemble seminars more than lectures, a factor central to the philosophy of the HSBA.
In addition to encouraging students to be highly motivated, it also means that tuition is more effective than at most other universities that adopt more conventional approaches.
The details of the modules are as follows: 
Plan of Study Maritime Management
Dual studies - the company
The companies involved expect that in public, students view themselves as representatives of both their company and the HSBA.
Degree and financingDegree
In addition to the internationally recognised degree Bachelor of Arts (B. A.), other professional qualifications can be acquired. For example, a vocational education examination can be taken before the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce in a profession corresponding to the student’s company or, where necessary, certificates of studies completed at partner universities of the HSBA abroad can be acquired.
Tuition fees currently amount to u 650 per month (u 7,800 p.a.). It is intended that the students contribute at least u 150 per month to these fees. However, both company and student can agree upon a different level of contribution. During their studies, students receive compensation from their companies which is usually in line with an apprentice’s compensation valid for the respective companies. They are thus already financially inde
pendent to a great extent at this time.
With the Bachelor of Arts degree, the graduates of the HSBA are optimally qualified for a professional career in an organisation. With the relevant experience, they are also able to assume management tasks in a company. Furthermore, the HSBA offers a part-time M.A. and a part-time MBA course. However, graduates of the HSBA can also study for a Master’s degree at all private and state universities in Germany and abroad.
Advantages for students
The students of the HSBA have a number of advantages compared with students at other universities:
Optimum learning conditions
Learning must be fun, so students study in the bright, modern and friendly surroundings of the Handelskammer City Campus; not far from the hub of business life but opposite the Hamburg Stock Exchange and near the City Hall, the banks and the many trading and service companies in the city of Hamburg, the gateway to the world.
Practically minded teaching staff
Scientific orientation and hands-on teaching are a challenging combination. The professors and lecturers at the HSBA have professional experience in companies, and are highly qualified specialists and economists. In addition, our staff comprises lawyers and trainers from partner companies.
Student participation
Due to the HSBA’s size and character as a private university of the Hamburg business community, our students are able to actively influence their studies. In addition, they have the opportunity of developing a variety of projects on their own initiative, supported by the university’s executive board.
Admission requirements
As a rule, the candidate must possess a higher education entrance qualification which has to be recognized in Hamburg. Applicants with an advanced technical college entrance qualification can be admitted in principle. However, each individual case requires to be inspected by the HSBA. If necessary, the candidate is required to apply at the board for education and vocational training for granting of an advanced technical college entrance qualification.
In addition, candidates must demonstrate good knowledge of mathematics, German and English. Proof can be provided by achievement of an average score of 10.0 points; two senior high-school certificates are required for this. If a student has taken a subject as a Special Subject, or a course with higher requirements, a bonus of 1.0 points is added to the calculated average score.
If the required score was not achieved in one of the subjects, HSBA offers an opportunity to take admission examinations in English and Mathematics. An examination can be re-taken once in each of these three subjects if necessary.
Proof of the required knowledge of English can alternatively be provided by: TOEFL internet-based, scoring at least 90 points; or International English Testing Service (IELTS) “academic”, scoring an average of at least 6.5 points; or a Cambridge Proficiency Exam, getting Grade A or B. HSBA also holds its own English admission test at TOEFL level.
In addition, a candidate has to sign a study contract with a company
Personal study requirements are:
- Initiative
- Ability to work in teams
- Willingness to perform
- Resilience
- Perseverance
- Ability to give and take criticism
The way to the HSBA
Applicants should be sent directly to the participating companies. A list of available study places can be found on our Study Place Exchange.
However, aüpplicants can also suggest a company on their own initiative, one which has not yet participated in the programme but is willing to conclude a contract with them. The respective contract forms are available on our download webpage.
HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration
Alter Wall 38
D-20457 Hamburg
Telephone ++49(0)40-36 13 8-711/-712
E-mail: info@hsba.de
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