Maritime Transport

Marine navigation undergraduate courses are conducted by a highly skilled and experienced team of dedicated lecturers, using the latest available technologies to train top-class engineers. Our students have access to well-equipped modern laboratories, training rooms, ship bridge simulators, and a training and research vessel.

Our facilities and courses meet international standards. Our graduates can apply for jobs worldwide, as our diplomas and degrees are internationally recognized.

The navigation courses provided by our University prepare graduates for a wide range of career opportunities in the global maritime economy.

The hands-on experience gained in one of the most heavily funded and fast-growing high-tech sectors allows our students and graduates to acquire and develop a specific set of skills and knowledge, enabling them to respond quickly and adapt to changes in the job market.

Before satellite systems came into widespread use on land, sailors were already using them in their work on ships. The first prototypes of computers were used in science to calculate predictions of astronomical tides, which navigators analyze on a daily basis. Wind farms producing renewable energy are already an everyday part of a navigator’s job. Your colleagues will lay fibre optic cables in urban networks, while you will use them to connect continents. You will experience the powerful forces of the ocean and sea, visit many countries, and become accustomed to working in international teams, among people of different cultures and languages. Spread your wings, take on new challenges, and follow your dreams with us.

Our student testimonial: 

The Navigation course opens the door to an ever-changing international job market with a choice of multiple regions, companies, and the terms of contracts.

Most graduates, within 12 months of completing the course, develop a fast-track career advancement.

By choosing to study Navigation at MUS, you will develop a career at sea or on land, in the maritime economy or any other field - the possibilities are endless.

Your future work will be demanding, but also, it will be a life challenge that will give a lot of satisfaction, and above all, a well-paid job. This kind of work shapes characters, the ability to adapt quickly to change and the need for continuous self-education.

Our graduates gain a valuable diploma from a recognized maritime university that is committed to keeping up to the highest international standards.

Highly skilled and experienced maritime staff among our dedicated lecturers provide a practical approach to the knowledge.

You can study in an exciting, friendly city, at the University with over 75 years of history and live on the best campus in the city - university buildings, dormitories, library, reading rooms, swimming pool, clubs, theatres, cinema, parks and shopping centres - all at your fingertips, within a short – one and a half of kilometre - walking distance.

Aerial view of the Maritime University of Szczecin and its campus

From Szczecin, through Berlin (just 2h away by bus) and the nearby port of Świnoujście, you can easily get to the other European destinations by air or by sea.

Navigation graduates can take up a job not only in the maritime sector but also find employment opportunities in other industries on today's job market.

In particular, they can work as:

• seafarers at the operational and management levels (officers, captains, and master mariners) on merchant ships in international, domestic, and inland navigation
• seafarers and employees in the offshore sector, including mining and renewable energy services (e.g. offshore wind farms)
• professionals in the maritime services sector, including tugboats, waterways, and the construction and maintenance of seaports
• officers, captains, and master mariners in the modern sea fishing fleet, as well as mariculture staff
• officers, captains, and master mariners in the passenger fleet (ferries, sea- and ocean-going passenger ships, cruise ships, as well as all types of commercial yachts), as well as employees of hydrographic services, border guard units, and maritime search and rescue (SAR) services
• maritime pilots, coastal inspection officers, and vessel traffic management personnel
• after gaining relevant maritime experience, as technical consultants and cargo operations experts
• inspectors in insurance companies, and employees of maritime classification and certification bodies
• ship equipment experts
• as well as employees of state and local government administration, shipping company executives, or staff in maritime recruitment agencies.

Our University education programme is in line with The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), as amended. The study plan includes 6 semesters of classes and 2 semesters of onshore (inland) and offshore internship.  Speciality in this course:

Maritime Transport - prepares you for work on different types of transport ships: bulk carriers, container ships, oil tankers, gas carriers, chemical tankers, ferries, car ferries, passenger ships,

Students are obliged to pass the exams in all subjects included in the study plan. They are also required to prepare a report on their mandatory maritime internship, an engineering thesis and to pass a final exam. Graduates receive an engineer's degree. Having completed the requirements specified in the regulation of the Minister for Maritime Economy regarding the training and professional qualifications of seafarers. Graduates are qualified to become officers of the ship at the operational (officer of the watch) and management (chief officer and master mariner) level.

We encourage the graduates to take an opportunity and continue their studies in Navigation on a master's degree course. In such a case, the obligation to complete a maritime internship after the undergraduate course is postponed until the next stage of the studies is completed.

Graduates from The Maritime University of Szczecin, the Navigation Faculty are well prepared both theoretically and practically to work as deck officers on ships, within organizations related to maritime administration, the safety of shipping, shipowner services and other branches of the maritime industry.

Our graduates have:

• excellent professional background,
• modern technical knowledge,
• ability of self-education,
• ability to implement problem-solving solutions
• physical fitness,
• high-stress resistance,
• ability to work in a team,
• high sense of duty and responsibility.

Navigation graduates leave our University with professional knowledge, skills and competencies in line with the requirements of the international STCW Convention. They can pursue careers in a wide range of maritime industry branches, starting from ashore services, highly specialised merchant fleet, through the fishing industry, passenger and industrial fleet.

The development of sea and ocean exploration technologies, together with the globalisation of trade, is providing an overall positive outlook for the world’s maritime economy. Graduates in Navigation have excellent career opportunities across all types of vessels, including offshore service vessels, oil platforms, and the most advanced specialist, hydrographic, and research vessels.

After acquiring maritime experience and the necessary work training, our graduates can easily find employment in land-based operational, technical, maritime administration services, port management, maritime classification and certification services and the maritime SAR (Search and Rescue) service.

The continuous process of implementing more and more autonomous control systems for operating equipment of the vessels will not eliminate the irreplaceable work of navigators – it will make their work easier, but responsibility for safe operations (navigation, loading and unloading) will remain placed on humans.