The Program is based on a one (1)-year full-time student attendance schedule and upon completion it awards a Postgraduate MBA Diploma, entitled “Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Shipping”. The aggregate of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) required to successfully obtain the MBA in Shipping sums up at sixty (60) units.
The 1st Semester (30 ECTS) includes four (4) Compulsory Modules (4) and one (1) Seminar.
The 2nd Semester (30 ECTS) includes three (3) Compulsory Modules, four (4) Elective Modules and two (2) Special Seminar Modules. Τhe B’ Semester modules are of shorter duration (six 3-hour lectures each), and is distributed in a balanced time-schedule over the entire Spring Semester.
The Program does not require a Dissertation Thesis.
The Course also includes a 3-days program of Educational and Technical Visits in Athens and Piraeus (e.g. Port of Piraeus and Piraeus Container Terminal, Thriassion Intermodal Freight Village, Shipping Companies, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping etc).
The structure of the program is summarized in the following Table.
1st Semester |
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Modules |
Core/Elective | Lectures per module |
ECTS Credits |
4 |
Core | 10 |
6,5 |
1 Seminar |
Core | 7 |
4 |
Total ECTS (1st Semester) |
30 |
2nd Semester |
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Modules |
Core/Elective | Lectures per module |
ECTS Credits |
3 |
Core | 6 | 4 |
4 |
Elective | 6 |
4 |
2 Seminars |
Elective | 4 |
1 |
Total ECTS (2nd Semester) |
30 |