Diploma (Conversion) in Maritime Business Management

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Diploma (Conversion) in Maritime Business Management

Overview

Course Date:
21 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
Registration Period:
01 Dec 2024 to 02 Mar 2025
Duration/Frequency:
3 Evenings per week, 06:30 - 09:30 pm
Mode of Training:
Classroom
Venue:
Singapore Polytechnic
Funding:
-

Please note that once the maximum class size is reached, the online registration will be closed. You may register your interest and be notified when there is a new run.

Class schedule:
PDC1: Mon, Wed & Fri (6.30pm - 9.30pm)
PDC2: Mon, Tue & Thu (6.30pm - 9.30pm)

Course Duration:
270 hours (1 year)

Please refer to Academic Calendar.

Enquiries

For specific course details, please contact the Course Manager:
Name: Capt Agus Kassim
Email: Agus_KASSIM@sp.edu.sg

For other enquiries, please email to ptenquiry@sp.edu.sg

Course Objective

Singapore has claimed the top spot, in a survey as the world’s leading maritime city for the 3rd consecutive time (The Straits Times, 2017). Singapore was also ranked first in the report's 2015 and 2012 surveys, conducted by Norwegian consultancy firm Menon Economics. This year, Singapore was ranked number one in three categories: Shipping, Ports and Logistics, as well as attractiveness and competitiveness

Furthermore, Work at the developing Tuas Mega Port (twice the size of Ang Mo Kio Town), fully completed by 2040, will handle up to 65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo a year. This rate is more than double what the port handled in 2016.

Hence, a highly skilled and specialised workforce needs to be established to continue maintaining Singapore’s position as a global port hub and a premier international Maritime centre. Our Diploma (Conversion) in Maritime Business Management course meets this demand, equipping participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to meet this demand.

Participants are required to bring computer notebooks when attending lessons, for accessing e-learning materials, writing reports, etc.

Graduates, previously having no Maritime experience, will be trained in shipping operations and logistics/offshore management to join the industry as Senior Executives/Junior Managers and perform their jobs with a greater level of competence and understanding.

Course Outline

The course is a One-Year Part-Time programme. The classes are conducted in the evening. There are 3 modules in each part at 45 hours per module, which make up a total of 135 hours for each part and 270 hours for the whole course.

This course consists of 2 post diploma certificates (PDCs) conducted over 2 semesters, 1 PDC per semester. The first PDC to start with is PDC1. Each PDC comprises three modules and the details are as follows:

Please click here for Module Synopsis

This course consists of 2 post diploma certificates (PDC1 and PDC2). Each PDC consists of three modules.

PDC 1 Certificate in Shipping Business and Operations
Maritime Economics and Shipbroking
Maritime Law and Insurance
Port and Cargo Management

PDC 2 Certificate in Ship Management and Offshore
Marketing and Financial Management
Ship Management and Surveying
Marine Offshore Operations

Minimum Requirements

Applicants with the following qualifications from a recognized Institution may be considered:

Polytechnic Diploma in any discipline, or
Degree in any discipline, or
Deck/Marine Engineer Officer Class 2 Certificate of Competency

Non-Singaporeans must be working in Singapore and possess a valid Employment Pass / Work Permit / Dependant’s Pass throughout the course duration. They would need to bear the full risk of non-completion, should their pass expire within the duration of the course.

* Foreign qualifications will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Applicants, not meeting the entry requirements, may be considered for admission to the course, based on evidence of at least 5 years of relevant working experience or supporting evidence showing competency readiness. Shortlisted applicants will have to go through an interview and/or entrance test. The Polytechnic reserves the right to shortlist and admit applicants.

Certification / Accreditation

Upon completion of two Certificates within a two-year validity period, the participant will be conferred a Diploma (Conversion) qualification from Singapore Polytechnic.

Graduates from the NVMBM course that have passed all the modules with a minimum GPA 3.0 can be accepted into the final year phase of the Bachelor Degree programmes offered by both the University of Plymouth and Solent University in U.K.

Suitable for

This course is suitable for Shipping, Logistics and Offshore Executives and higher, currently working in the Maritime industry but do not possess Maritime qualifications or relevant sea-going experience. This course is also suitable for professionals in other relevant fields, keen switching to a career in the industry, as well as Nautical/Engineering sea going Junior Officers keen supplementing their technical skills with commercial and shore based operational knowledge, preparing them for a shore-based career