With this course, you'll get the chance to immerse yourself in major topics, such as maritime administration, ship finance, risk management, maritime economics and trade, maritime law, international marketing, logistics and supply chain management, project mastery, and many more.
The Masters of Business Administration in Shipping and Logistics is offered by Middlesex University Business School in conjunction with Lloyd's Maritime Academy. The course curriculum has been designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to further your maritime leadership and management career.
Online delivery means you can study without having to travel to attend lectures or seminars. Our state-of-the-art learning portal provides access to online written materials, complimented by audio/visual content, group interaction and networking opportunities.
As a student, pursuing an MBA can bring about numerous benefits that can significantly advance your career. Firstly, it can give you the confidence to operate across all areas of your industry. Additionally, it can enhance your capabilities to lead, think and act more strategically. You will also gain awareness of your personal strengths and opportunities for improvement, and the ability to apply knowledge as you learn it in real-time and in the real world.
Pursuing an MBA can also provide you with an understanding of the challenges in other sectors, industries, and locations, and a demonstrable ability to meet the challenges of a senior management role. Furthermore, you will acquire academic skills and intellectual habits to continue personal development after completing the MBA, and networking and support opportunities through lifelong alumni membership.
Pursuing an MBA can also benefit your employer in numerous ways. Firstly, it can significantly enhance your capabilities across a range of areas such as business management, people management, project management, strategic thinking, innovation, and change. Additionally, it can improve your ability to operate at a more strategic level and contribute beyond your own functional specialism.
Pursuing an MBA can also provide an opportunity for a cost-effective management development program, allowing the flexibility to study and participate without being absent from the workplace. Finally, it presents the opportunity to gain value for your organisation through your Business Transformation Project, providing significant research into a relevant business issue.
The MBA can significantly advance your career by giving you:
The MBA can benefit your employer by:
This course has been recently accredited by the Nautical Institute. The Nautical Institute is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
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The design and content of this MBA provides an integrated balance of management theories with their underlying practical application in the maritime sector.
The MBA begins with a compulsory two-week induction providing students with the opportunity to access and familiarise themselves with our state-of-the-art online learning portal and other resources available throughout the course. There are some compulsory short exercises during this period to allow introductions to the subject, the faculty and fellow peers.
The course consists of eight intensive core modules delivered online over two years. You'll get the chance to immerse yourself in major topics such as maritime administration, ship finance, risk management, maritime economics and trade, maritime law, formulating business strategy, human resource management, executive leadership, international marketing, brand establishment, logistics and supply chain management, project mastery and innovative practice.
On this course, all teaching and learning is online. You will meet, work and study with other students and your tutors virtually so you can learn at your own pace, in your own time.
The MBA is the result of exhaustive research and has been developed in conjunction with maritime and logistics industry leaders, shipping executives, well-regarded academics and the next generation of management.
Each module uses a variety of learning tools, combining throughout into a varied and interactive course that offers the perfect synergy between theory and application.
For distance learning courses, you can study from anywhere with an internet connection.
Outside of teaching hours, you’ll learn independently through reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework and presentations.
Our excellent teaching and support teams will help you develop your skills from research and practical skills to critical thinking.
We'll test your understanding and progress with informal and formal tests.
The informal tests usually take place at least once per module, from which you’ll receive feedback from your tutor. The grades from these tests don’t count towards your final marks.
There are formal assessments for each module, usually at the end, which will count towards your module and your final marks.
To successfully complete this course, you must pass each module and the final Business Transformation Project. Module assessments will incorporate coursework, online discussion participation, examinations and individual and group projects.
The final Business Transformation Project will allow you to analyse a current issue affecting your company or the industry, using real-world data and presenting realistic action points. This project is not only integral to the achievement of course outcomes but will prove invaluable to your company or industry sector.
To help you achieve the best results, we will provide regular feedback.
Our library is open 24 hours a day during the term and includes:
We offer lots of support to help you while you're studying including financial advice, wellbeing, mental health and disability support.
We'll support you if you have additional needs such as sensory impairment or dyslexia. And if you want to find out whether Middlesex is the right place for you before you apply, get in touch with our Disability and Dyslexia team.
Our specialist teams will support your mental health. We have free individual counselling sessions, workshops, support groups and useful guides.
Our Middlesex Unitemps branch will help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above. Visit the Middlesex Unitemps page.
You can apply for scholarships and bursaries and our MDX Student Starter Kit to help with up to £1,000 of goods, including a new laptop or iPad.
We have also reduced the costs of studying with free laptop loans, free learning resources and discounts to save money on everyday things. Check out our guide to student life on a budget.
The MBA not only benefits you as an individual, thus enhancing career prospects, it also proves invaluable to employers and their development.
Our postgraduate courses have been recognised for their ability to support your career.
Our graduates usually occupy top-management and senior-management level positions in the maritime and logistics industries around the world.
Our employability service, MDXworks will launch you into the world of work from the beginning of your course, with placements, projects and networking opportunities through our 1000+ links with industry and big-name employers in London and globally.
Our dedicated lifetime career support, like our business start-up support programme and funding for entrepreneurs, has been recognized with the following awards:
Our London location helps us connect with over 1,000 industry partners to develop our students’ future employment prospects.
And we have unique work and study opportunities at our campuses in Dubai and Mauritius.
At Middlesex, you’ll study with students from 122 countries who’ll hopefully become part of your global network. After you graduate, we'll support you through our alumni network to help you progress in your chosen career.
The fees below are for the 2024/25 academic year:
Part-time students: £17,700
Part-time students: £20,900
The following study tools are included in your fees:
We offer lots of support to help you with fees and living costs. Check out our guide to student life on a budget and find out more about postgraduate funding.
You may be eligible for one of our scholarships including:
For international students, we also have a limited number of other awards specific to certain regions, and work in partnership with funding providers in your country to help support you financially with your study.
Find out more about our postgraduate scholarships.
Your employer can contribute towards the cost of your postgraduate study as part of their staff development programme.
1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase postgraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
2. International fees: Tuition fees are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
Any annual increase in tuition fees as provided for above will be notified to students at the earliest opportunity in advance of the academic year to which any applicable inflationary rise may apply.
Dr Efthimios Poulis is Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and the Programme co-Leader for the MBA in Shipping and Logistics. He has published his research in top academic journals, such as the Academy of Management Review, and presented in international conferences. He has taught Strategy and Management-related modules for several Universities in the UK, Greece, Ireland and Russia.
His professional experience includes working for corporations such as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson and shipping multinationals in Greece and The Philippines. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Epsilon Hellas, a shipping multinational specialising in Crew Management and Training services.
Dr Poulis is a Senior Lecturer in the Business School and the former Director of our MBA in Shipping & Logistics. He is also the General Manager of Epsilon Hellas, a leading multinational firm that is active in managing the human resource side of the shipping sector. He currently serves as Director at the Executive Committee of the International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), the world's only international organization dedicated to maritime industrial relations. In the past, he has also served as the Chairman of IMEC's Recruitment & Training Committee, in which he still sits as an active member.
He has held full-time or visiting posts at Manchester Business School, Queen Mary, University of London, the University of Essex, the National University of Ireland, and ESCP Europe teaching and supervising across Doctoral, MBA, MSc and UG levels. He has also acted as evaluator or validator in several universities, as Track Chair in the European Academy of Management and the British Academy of Management, as an Editorial Board Member and as Director of Postgraduate Programmes at the University of Essex.
Jyoti is Associate Professor at Middlesex University Business School. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (Risk Management) from Southampton University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Governance Institute.
She has a number of years of experience as an International Risk Manager and Underwriter based in London and Sweden and working closely with Financial Services organisations and governments internationally.
She has also been consultant to a number of financial services and manufacturing companies internationally ( UK, Middle East and Israel, Africa, Latin America , Caribbean, Europe and India). She had been trainer/consultant on executive leadership and management programmes in the UK, Europe and internationally.
Dr Van Meurs has a BA (Hons) Applied Psychology University of Susse, a PGCert HE Middlesex University and a D.Phil Social Psychology University of Sussex.
The core focus of her research is on the (predictive validity of) cultural values in relation to identity. She enjoys exploring systemic thinking and 'wicked problems', transdisciplinarity, Queer Ecology and Eco Psychology.
Publications covered culture and journalism, organisational justice perception, Cultural Intelligence, power relations in aid & development, negotiations and the impact of education & training.
We’ll carefully manage any future changes to courses, or the support and other services available to you, if these are necessary because of things like changes to government health and safety advice, or any changes to the law.
Any decisions will be taken in line with both external advice and the University’s Regulations which include information on this.
Our priority will always be to maintain academic standards and quality so that your learning outcomes are not affected by any adjustments that we may have to make.
At all times we’ll aim to keep you well informed of how we may need to respond to changing circumstances, and about support that we’ll provide to you.
Start: September 2024
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Code: PGN399