The course delivers a comprehensive integrated overview of the core subjects essential to a thorough understanding of Business Administration and Shipping Management. Specifi cally, the course aims to develop the generic business skills required by managers working in the maritime business; to develop critical analytical skills and apply them to the challenges they continually meet. The interdisciplinary nature of the programme prepares students as future professionals who can function effectively in the complex business environment of the global marketplace. The diversity of supporting activities within the highly dynamic trade and maritime industry and its various sectors, consisting of many hundreds of large, medium, and small fi rms, makes this choice possible.