Study location	Lithuania, Klaipeda
Type	Master, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc (Master of Engineering Sciences)

Tuition fee	€5,157 per year
Application fee	€180 one-time Bank name: AB Luminor Bank Bank address: 21A Konstitucijos ave., 03601 Vilnius, Lithuania Swift code (for international payments): BIC AGBLLT2X IBAN number: LT47 4010 0423 0132 5409 Bank account holder (beneficiary): Klaipeda University, 84 Herkaus Manto str., 92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania Company code: 211951150 Non-refundable

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) A university Bachelor’s degree with a good average grade (min. CGPA>60%) Requirements for submission of documents may vary by country. For more information, please see Country Specific Requirements: www.skvc.lt/default/en/60/apply/country_specific The documents must be legalised (Apostille) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where the documents were issued. This requirement does not apply for the documents issued in the EU and Belarus, Ukraine. The accepted student must bring all notary verified documents which were submitted during the application as well as their originals upon arrival or send before: Department of International Study Affairs Klaipeda University 84 Herkaus Manto Street LT-92294 Klaipeda Lithuania The university reserves the right to request for the originals of your credentials for verification purposes at any time during the processing of your application. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. A translation is considered to be official when it is bound to a certified true copy of the document in the original language and is attested by the translator’s signature.

Language requirements	English English language level minimum requirement is B2 Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent

Other requirements	A motivation letter must be added to your application. Please kindly be informed you’ll be interviewed by Studies Office employee or Klaipeda University representative. When submitting an application you agree that your personal data will be used for admission process.

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Overview

The Master’s degree programme in Shipping and Port Engineering is designed to prepare highly qualified specialists and researchers able to engage in intellectual and creative activity and to create favorable conditions for individuals to acquire a university master’s degree, based on research and complying to a high technological level. It trains specialists who meet the needs of the contemporary knowledge and information-based economy and seeks to respond to the current and future labor market demands. During the studies in the Shipping and Port Engineering study programme, scientific research is conducted, and the theory of transport, transport systems, and their management are analyzed. The key courses taught in the programme include Reliability of Engineering Systems, Port Infrastructure Engineering, Types of Ships and Intro to their Design, Maritime Development Issues and Research Areas, Logistics and Administration, Stevedoring Operations and their Management, etc.

Infrastructure

In the Port Engineering and Navigation Conditions Research Laboratory, students can, by means of the modern SimFlex4 Navigator simulator that simulates and tracks plentiful ship movement, as well as port facilities and infrastructure, parameters and by means of high accuracy navigation equipment E-Sea Fix, carry out specialised lab and scientific research tasks (determination of ship circulation elements; determination of the ship braking performance; ship anchoring and mooring; determination and evaluation of the port parameters, etc.). In the lab, students enjoy the opportunity of getting acquainted with the ship management systems as well as with characteristics of ships and of the port infrastructure, they can test various features and possibilities of waterways through the adaptation of ship management characteristics and to develop skills for the practical analysis of, and experimental research on, the ship management characteristics and navigational security issues through their maximum approximation to real life conditions.

Career opportunities

Masters in Shipping and Port Engineering can work as highly qualified specialists in maritime complex enterprises, in technology design and implementation areas, port divisions, transport companies, and administrative structures; to work as designers in design companies, as technical consultants, or as project managers in commercial enterprises, to conduct research in research institutions, to teach at universities or other higher education institutions; to establish their own transport and logistics companies and to manage them, or to continue in doctoral studies.