Mba in Shipping

The core objective of the new “MBA in Shipping” focuses on building upon academic specialization and advanced know-how in the dynamic and complex sector of the global shipping business. This postgraduate program can promote specialized potential executives towards a distinctive high-quality career path in diverse shipping companies, maritime organizations, shipping institutions and policy administrative bodies, in Greece and internationally. This shapes a crucial strategic mindset for Greece in particular, as shipping constitutes one of the most globalized business sectors and a core pillar of the domestic economy.
The “MBA in Shipping” capitalizes on the established long-running cooperation of the University of the Aegean with shipping corporations, institutions and bodies and builds upon the advantages offered by the leading position of Chios island in global shipping.
The new program bears a set of innovative contribution merits relative to domestic academic standards, as:
-this remains the only Postgraduate Program in Greece that combines the English language with distance learning education;
-this is a Postgraduate Program that takes advantage, for the first time, of a dynamic institutional feedback process and ongoing dialogue between academia and the shipping industry.

The holders of the "M.B.A. in Shipping" Diploma shall be equipped with the skills for a high-level distinguished professional career, either in the private sector or in public institutions and organizations, in Greece and internationally. The high level of expertise in shipping is of strategic importance for the Greek-owned shipping community by further maintaining its global leadership, as well as for the Greek state being the main pillar of the Greek economy.