Solent University (QA)

E Park Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YN, UK Southampton, United Kingdom Visit web page

Nautical Science

Study detals

Course type: Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor Degree Study mode: Full time Duration : 36 Month

Requirements

Entry requirements

1. For International YR1

Certificate of Completed Secondary Education

English language Requirements

Academic IELTS/ QA Free test 5.5 overall (5.5 min in a component)

2. For Undergraduate
Completed foundation OR international year 1 OR 1st Year's Bachelor's transcript from a Georgian university

English language Requirements
Academic IELTS/ QA Free test 6.0 overall (5.5 min in a component)

Speciality

You are obliged to pay 50% of your fees before enrolment on your course.

Additional information

Fully sponsored by one of a huge range of shipping and maritime companies, and developed to meet the specific needs of the shipping industry and the Merchant Navy Training Board, your degree cadetship combines rigorous academic study at our dedicated cadet training centre in Southampton – one of the UK’s busiest ports – with extensive practical training at sea.

Shipping out as a deck officer cadet on a range of vessels owned or operated by your sponsoring company, you will develop the essential skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to become a deck officer in the Merchant Navy. As well as developing your personal, interpersonal and leadership skills, you will learn to work competently and responsibly as an individual and as part of a team.

Using theoretical knowledge, practical experience and professional skills and judgement informed by study and experience in the workplace, you will acquire a strong understanding of the fundamental principles and interrelationships of the three main shipboard functional areas – navigation, shipboard operations and management – and learn to anticipate, identify and generate timely and workable solutions to a wide range of problems and issues.

As part of your degree cadetship, you will gain your first qualification as an Officer of the Watch – and be equipped with all the knowledge and understanding to you need to undertake tasks as detailed in the industry-based onboard training – and with academic exemptions for further professional qualifications under the internationally recognised Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) and UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) regulations.

And with a full academic honours degree, you will also be well placed for a range of senior, shoreside and management roles later in your career – making this the perfect course for a long and lasting career in maritime command.

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