Dual Bachelor's programme in business administration with special focus on the shipping industry
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The dual Maritime Management degree offers a practice-based business administration degree with a special focus on the maritime industry alongside organised company training. In addition to the fundamentals of business administration, the course teaches selected industry-specific contents and covers specific shipping-related topics such as Maritime Law and Ship Management. The partner companies are generally companies from the maritime industry.
Dual Bachelor's programme in business administration with alternating theoretical and practical phases with special focus on the shipping industry
Extensive financial independence through monthly remuneration
Extensive range of options
Lecturers with extensive practical experience
Attractive career prospects after graduation
Stays abroad possible
Campus in the heart of Hamburg
| Degree: | Bachelor of Science (BSc) with 180 ECTS |
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| Language: | 100 % English |
| Accreditation: | FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) |
| Programme start: | The programme starts on 1 October each year. In 2020 it starts with a practice phase. |
| Study duration: | 3 years |
Jennifer WieckhorstAt BAT I support the department Corporate Affairs for example with organising company events or writing press releases. This teaches me how to represent the values and principles of the company to employees and the public.
Julia-Mara RückertI started to work in the internal audit department and during the audits learned more about the many different national and international subsidiaries and areas of the Otto Group. I find the way that HSBA and Otto support the further development of their students outstanding.
Sara BienasIn my current position as a Financial Controller in Singapore, I prepare financial and annual reports and analyse them. A fundamental understanding of all business areas of the Schulte Group such as Ship Management and Ship Operations is imperative.
Jacob IsenbergAfter completing the study course Shipping & Ship Finance (today: Maritime Management), I now work in Financial Risk Controlling at Hapag-Lloyd. This was an unexpected path for me to take and was made possible by the dual study course at HSBA.
The dual programme integrates phases of theory at the university (on average 32 weeks a year) and practical phases of training in their training company (on average 20 weeks a year).
Students gain practical business administration know-how and acquire fundamental knowledge in maritime and logistics. Special attention is given to method skills. The foundations of business administration knowledge are laid in the first two years of the programme, together with an introduction to (maritime) logistics, plus method modules, languages and law. As the programme progresses, there is increasing emphasis on maritime-specific modules, and the third year concentrates fully on maritime and logistics modules.
The course teaches certain business administration contents that are adjusted specifically to the maritime industry, such as Strategic Management, Maritime Law and Taxation Issues, IT, Risk Management and Controlling, Insurance Principles, Technical Reliability and Financial Derivatives. The course also specifically covers logistics topics as part of the maritime industry. After an introduction to logistics, transport planning problems are dealt with in the second year of the course. As part of the maritime core modules, Ship Finance provides more in-depth knowledge on risk management, investment and financing as well as maritime law aspects of ship financing. Shipping & Ship Management deals with topics that include Liner Shipping, Maritime Economics & Policy, Environmental Issues and Green Shipping, Newbuilding Contracts, Acquisition of Second Hand Tonnage and Chartering.
The electives provide more in-depth, broader coverage of know-how and methods. They comprise relatively short seminars (16 hours) on subjects such as Port Management, Container Logistics or Intermodal Transport. Students also have the opportunity to participate in study trips, at international locations or in Hamburg.
The general electives give students the opportunity to develop their individual knowledge and skills further. The offering ranges from social skills and IT seminars to studium generale events and smaller electives where students can tackle selected business administration content in a more in-depth manner. Foreign language courses are also on offer on an extracurricular basis.
The tuition fees are EUR 665 per month. The companies generally pay most of the course fees, at least if the student remains with the company after finishing his/her degree. In addition, students generally receive traineeship remuneration, the amount of which depends on the industry and company in question.
