The Master in Maritime Logistics (MML) is a 1-year innovative international joint master’s degree program delivered by NOVA FCT and the Portuguese Naval Academy.
This program represents a chance to become the professional in maritime logistics the industry is looking for. The program fosters optimal technical and managerial preparation, oriented towards current and future challenges faced by the industry, such as digitalization and multicultural interconnectedness, combined with valuable on-field experience.
In Partnership with the Portuguese Naval Academy
Objectives
This degree program assembles a fundamental set of knowledge in Logistics, with additional domains in Industrial Engineering and Management, which allows professionals of the maritime-port industry to develop the relevant research, innovation, technical, digital, and soft skills within the framework of sector related needs, including critical reasoning and a proactive predisposition.
The demand for Blue Skills is expected to increase in the next year’s most significantly in the areas of maritime transport, shipbuilding and shipping services. Especially, young professionals without prior specific education will have the opportunity to join the maritime industry that is expected to be in high demand of skilled specialists.
To whom it is intended
The Master in Maritime Logistics is intended for professionals with at least 5 years of experience that aim to obtain new skills in maritime operations and logistics, or to requalify their job-related skills in the maritime logistics domain, by acquiring a master’s degree.
Career opportunities
The Master in Maritime Logistics will train specialists able to:
Understand, optimize and operate intermodal logistics schemes, value and supply chains.
Create strategies to face the complexity of the sector and forecast the changes in the demand.
Gain an integrated and systemic vision of the various aspects of port’s operation and logistics;
Research, propose innovative solutions and organize teams, in different contexts of maritime logistics.
In particular the programme will give some qualification profiles that are not easily available on the market, which are:
Integrated logistics Managers.
Maritime Supply Chain Specialists.
Port Managers.
Shipping/Transport Technicians and Managers.
Curriculum
The programme starts in January 2023. It lasts for 1 academic year with a total of 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System).
The first semester is the curricular part of the program. The courses are configured as weekly-based modules. This structure enables intensive learning approaches with a blend of learning methodologies to develop a critical and a proactive attitude in the analysis and diagnosis of problems, and in the search for innovative solutions.
The modules will be delivered face-to-face at NOVA FCT campus and in the Naval Academy facilities. Working students may join the classes in a hybrid format.
External professors from other universities and industry experts will be giving lectures in the form of seminars/workshops/case studies.
In the second semester, the students can implement a project or engage in a professional internship.
The Master in Maritime Logistics is a main outcome of the MarLEM project.
This project aims to fill the existing higher education gaps and needs in Maritime-related Education and Training in order to increase the number of skilled professionals in Maritime Logistics, which is one of the most promising developing clusters of the blue economy.
The project consortium is coordinated by Qualiseg - Engenharia e Gestão Lda (Portugal), while other members are NOVA FCT (Portugal), the Naval Academy (Portugal), University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom), Forum Oceano (Association for the Economy of the Sea, which represents the Portuguese maritime cluster), CERTH (Centre for Research & Technology, Greece), WEGEMT (European association of Universities in Marine Technology and Related Sciences, The Netherlands) and Marine Southeast Limited (maritime cluster, United Kingdom).
In the first edition of the Master in Maritime Logistics (2022-2023), the M4ML project provides financial support for the bilateral exchange of students between Portugal and Norway: 4 students will benefit from a one-month internship within Norwegian companies 2 students can receive a 6-month research fellowship 1 student can participate in an international conference
Accepted applicants will have to pay (within a maximum of 7 consecutive days from the date of placement) a non-refundable fee, which will be deducted, after registration, from the total tuition fee. Any payment made after the deadline will not be refunded, the candidate being excluded.
Acceptance fee: 1200 Euros
Tuition fees
National students: 12.000 Euro International students:12.000 Euro
25% off the tuition fees for companies enrolling two or more students.
FAQ
Yes, the Master in Maritime Logistics programme accepts students from other countries, not just students from Portugal.
You must also hold a suitable degree (pls see admission requirements in these FAQ)
Yes.
The Master in Maritime Logistics is a programme whose students must have at least five years of professional activity, preferably, but not exclusively, in Logistics Operations and Management, such as ship owners/charterers, ports, port terminals, transportation, logistics centres, agents or brokers.
Students must also hold a suitable degree or a professional, scholar or scientific curriculum with sufficient merit. Please see admission requirements in these FAQ.
The Admission Requirements are:
1. At least 5 years of professional activity, preferably in Logistics Operations and Management, such as ship owners/charterers, ports, port terminals, transportation, logistics centres, agents or brokers;
2. One of the following:
a. A Portuguese 1st cycle degree or legal equivalent in the areas of Exact Science, Technology, Engineering, Economics, Business Management, Naval Administration or Geography;
b. A foreign higher academic degree granted, following a 1st cycle of studies in those areas organized according to the Bologna Process, by a State adherent to this Process;
c. Other academic degree in the same areas above that is recognized as meeting the goals of a 1st cycle degree by the Scientific Councils of NOVA SST or of the Naval Academy;
or
d. A professional, scholar or scientific curriculum that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the coordinating school (NOVA SST).
3. CEFR B2 level in English (basic fluency).
1) Identity Card/Passport or Citizen Card.
2) Certificate of qualifications detailing the obtained classifications, duly authenticated (*); if you do not have the final average certificate in the application period, attach a certificate for all curricular units completed so far;
3) Curriculum vitae.
4) Proof of professional experience (*). Evidence of work experience includes but is not limited to original or certified copies of the following documents:
references from employers, on company letterhead; certificates of service; employment contract, among others.
5) Photography.
(*) Documents must:
- be translated into Portuguese or English, provided they are not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish;
- endorsed by the consular service or presented with the Hague Apostille, issued by the competent authority of the State where the document originates.
An International Student is a student who does not have Portuguese nationality, who is not a national of a Member State of the European Union, or others who have not legally resided in Portugal without interruption for more than 2 years, not including the period of residence with authorization for this purpose. from residence to study.
For more details, see Decree-Law nº 36/2014 of 10 March.
Detailed information available at www.studyinportugal.edu.pt
1) Personal identification document, which expressly states the candidate's nationality.
2) Declaration, under commitment of honour, that the candidate does not have Portuguese nationality and is not covered by any of the conditions that, according to the International Student Statute (nº 2 of article 3 of Decree-Law nº 36/2014, of 10 of March) do not confer the status of International Student, translated into Portuguese or English, provided that it is not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish; (model declaration: PT; EN).
3) Certificate of qualifications detailing the obtained classifications, duly authenticated (*) ; if you do not have the final average certificate in the application period, attach a certificate for all curricular units completed so far.
4) Curriculum vitae;
5) Proof of professional experience (*). Evidence of work experience includes but is not limited to original or certified copies of the following documents:
references from employers, on company letterhead; certificates of service, employment contract, among others.
6) Photography;
7) Certificate of residence issued by the country where the candidate is living (*);
(*) Documents must:
- be translated into Portuguese or English, provided they are not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish;
- endorsed by the consular service or presented with the Hague Apostille, issued by the competent authority of the State where the document originates.
Yes. Such credits can be requested after having enrolled in the Master in Maritime Logistics programme, in accordance with “Regulamento de Creditação de Competências, Formação e Experiência Profissional da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa”, which can be retrieved from https://www.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/regulamento-creditacao-competencias.pdf.
The maximum number of students attending the programme is thirty-five (35).
The third phase of applications will run from 15 October to 15 November.
Candidates with valid applications will be ranked by the Coordinating Commission of the programme under the following criteria
1. Academic curriculum
2. Professional curriculum
3. Professional experience
1. Academic curriculum
2. Professional curriculum
3. Professional experience
All candidates will be informed by email of their selection or rejection.
Students will be informed of their selection or rejection just before the enrollment period.
Selected students will have 5 days to accept their selection. Acceptance implies the payment of the Acceptance Fee, which will be deducted to the tuition fee.
Selected students failing to accept and pay the acceptance fee will be excluded.
The Master in Maritime Logistics programme will begin on January 2023. The full calendar will be published on the website in due time.
The full calendar will be published on the website in due time.
No.
The master's in Maritime Logistics is a full-time program, with courses delivered as modules weekly. Working students may join the classes in a hybrid format.
Internships will take place at companies, both in Portugal and abroad. NOVA FCT and the Portuguese Naval Academy will provide a number of suitable internship locations and students are encouraged to propose locations of their own will as an alternative to those proposed by the two institutions.
Students may apply to the EEAGrants financed project M4ML, which provides for the financing of mobility actions, namely of a small number of students to Norwegian companies for that purpose.
All internships require the definition of goals and methods by the student and the hosting company. M4ML financed internships will be ranked and selected on this basis.
Entrance requirements for the 2024/2025 academic year
Vacancies for 2024/2025:
35
Admission rules:
Candidates must have at least 5 years of professional activity, preferably in Logistics Operations and Management at entities like ship owners/charterers, ports, port terminals, transportation, logistics centres, agents or brokers, etc.
In addition, candidates must hold
a 1st cycle higher academic degree or legal equivalent, organized according to the Bologna Process, by a State adherent to this Process, in the areas of Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Economics, Business Management, Naval Administration or Geography;
or another academic degree in the same areas above, that is recognized as meeting the goals of a 1st cycle degree;
or a professional, scholar or scientific curriculum that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this master’s degree program.
Proficiency in English is mandatory.
Ranking:
Candidates will be selected on the following criteria:
Academic curriculum;
Professional curriculum;
Professional experience in the field of the study cycle
Candidates may be required to have an interview with the selection committee.
A3ES
- Publication date of the accreditation decision: 07/05/2021
Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2021
DGES
- Registration number R/A-Cr 155/2021 on 15/06/2021
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