Marine Operations Management MSc
A flexible distance learning course designed in partnership with Lloyd's Maritime Academy, this specialist master's will deepen your understanding of marine operations
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- Code
- See Apply
- Attendance
- Part-time
- Start
- September 2024
- Fees
- £9,800 (UK) * £9,800 (INT) *
- Duration
- 20 months part-time
- Course Leader
- Dr Edward Bace
- Study mode
- Online
- Entry Requirements
- 2:2 degree
- School / Department
- Business School
Why choose Marine Operations Management MSc at Middlesex?
The MSc in Marine Operations is exclusively available for graduates of the Lloyd’s Maritime Academy and North Kent College qualifying Diploma courses to continue studying at postgraduate level.
This master's gives you the unique opportunity to build on your maritime qualification and progress your existing shipping knowledge and practical expertise.
This MSc has been specifically designed for senior professionals in the Marine Operations industries, enabling you to apply your existing specialist knowledge to the ever-changing global industry and develop your ability to manage strategically.
The course covers technical and managerial aspects of the role of marine surveyors, while the accompanying modules will focus on technical skills in the industry as well as strategy and management techniques for marine surveyors. You'll have the opportunity to work in the same way as a senior manager and you will be working with MSc colleagues, broadening the learning process.
You can choose whether to follow the MSc Marine Operations pathway or to tailor the applied project to your specific Diploma award to achieve one of the following:
- MSc Marine Operations (Marine Surveying)
- MSc Marine Operations (Ship Superintendency)
- MSc Marine Operations (Small Craft Surveying)
- MSc Marine Operations (Marine Accident Investigation)
- MSc Marine Operations (Marine Engineering)
- MSc Marine Operations (Surveying of Offshore Floating Units).
Further information
You can view full course details for this course on the Lloyd's Maritime Academy website or request more information by emailing LMA.
Lloyd's Maritime Academy is our partner in delivering this course, combining the academic expertise and reputation of the Middlesex University Business School with the industry conference and training expertise of Lloyd's Maritime Academy, part of Informa Plc. Lloyd's Maritime Academy manages course enrolment on behalf of the University.
Lloyd's and the Lloyd's crest are the registered trademarks of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of 'Lloyd's'.
What you will gain
This course will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of business and management, as well as your specialist subject area.
You'll learn about professional concepts and techniques in marine operations, and how to lead innovation in this field. You'll also improve your decision-making and technical skills, and learn how to manage resources effectively. Additionally, you'll be able to use your knowledge to support marine organisations.
You'll be taught by experts in the field, including the technical course director, John Dickie, who is a Marine Engineer and Education Specialist. This course offers a variety of learning methods, including online learning, group activities, and independent study. You'll have control over your study hours and can work at your own pace. There are no exams, and coursework is submitted online.
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About your course
This MSc course is designed to enhance your technical knowledge and practical competence, while also providing you with essential management content to progress your career to the next level.
The course consists of three core modules covering technical elements, higher-level management, and strategic thinking, as well as a research project to apply these new skills. With an emphasis on understanding and shaping the dynamic and changing nature of business in the global environment, this course provides a broad-based education in key areas such as strategy, human resources, and operations, relevant to senior-level managers.
Modules
Here is a brief overview of the modules.
This module introduces the key concepts and techniques required to make a positive strategic difference in your practice. This will be practiced by working with clients, partners, principals and co-workers, and understanding how their different roles impact strategic imperatives, especially market standing and profitability.
This module introduces the key concepts and techniques required to make a positive strategic difference in your practice. This will be practiced by working with clients, partners, principals and co-workers, and understanding how their different roles impact strategic imperatives, especially market standing and profitability.
This module will focus upon the development of shipping within the logistics supply chain. In particular this module will explore the role of research and development in the advance of historic, contemporary and future operations and technologies, define and delineate the key principles of maritime logistics, evaluate the need for innovation in the constant management of change, integrate and apply the principles of project mastery in attaining and sustaining operational and technical leadership in the maritime supply chain.
This project module seeks to provide an opportunity to synthesise knowledge and skills developed during the programme, and apply that understanding and increased ability to the formulation, design, execution and analysis of implications of an original research project addressing a substantive marine surveying problem. In particular, the module aims to provide a structure within which you can apply your understanding of a selected topic in the field of marine surveying to a genuine, practical, professional question or issue.
This module will enable students to learn how entrepreneurs can develop insights into consumer needs and transform them to create opportunities and markets. It is increasingly apparent that most firms succeed because they are willing to break the rules and act entrepreneurially. The module’s aims are to help students to appreciate how entrepreneurial marketing may be applied by any individual in any private or public sector organisation by focusing on the concept of entrepreneurial marketing, across all aspects of the marketing process. Students will be able to appreciate the potential of e-marketing and viral marketing, and plan marketing strategies with restricted funding for new ventures. It will aid students to recognise the role of networking and various methods of selling. Students will also be able to perceive and realise the ethical considerations crucial in entrepreneurial marketing.
This module develops advanced understanding of and professional skills in evaluating and assessing relationships and their impact on entrepreneurs in a variety of settings. Students will learn the significance of building business relationships, both outside of their business and internally with staff, and the significance of these relationships at the different growth stages of their business. They will also learn about their strategic options when building business relationships, and the importance of being customer-focused in the electronic age. Students will learn to contextualise the importance of social capital and build practical skills in developing social capital; identify, evaluate and analyse stakeholder interests, and explore how to break into an industry. This covers a variety of channels, from social networking and customer relationships over the internet, to interpersonal and social skills, and joining and forming strategic business networks.
This module aims to develop students understanding of the key principles of product and service development and innovation management, and enhances their ability to put into practice these concepts. The module provides students with a core understanding of how product and service development contributes to the success of a firm and enables students to critically evaluate what is required to develop and deliver successful marketing strategies for innovative new products and services.
The aim of this module is to develop students' knowledge and skills for understanding the complexity of the new digital landscape. The module provides a critical context in which to analyse the current digital developments. In particular, the module will facilitate students’ learning of e-marketing models, social media and e-tailing in order to produce a coherent digital marketing strategy.
This module focuses specifically on the development of the competences needed to develop sustainable enterprises. The module aims to provide the knowledge and understanding of eco and social venture development at the Masters level necessary to enable students to make a strong contribution to society, economy and the environment. Students will be enabled through a competency based approach that links real-world orientation, through inter and transdisciplinary assignments, academic-business cooperation, personal development and coaching, to the development of sustainability-driven enterprises.
To find out more about this course, please visit the Lloyds Maritime Academy site.
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Teaching
As the course is delivered online, you can study from anywhere in the world, day or night. Blending a variety of resources and interaction methods including discussions, group participation activities and individual assignments, the course can be successfully completed from home, work or even while travelling. It will be delivered through our learning management system, myUniHub. This is a sophisticated 24-hour online portal that gives you the flexibility to work on a high-quality MSc while still meeting work and other commitments.
It will be delivered through our learning management system, MyUniHub. This is a sophisticated 24-hour online portal that gives you the flexibility to work on a high-quality MSc while still meeting work and other commitments. The course is also facilitated using a variety of media and online tools (such as podcasts, wikis) which allow flexible access to a diverse range of online resources, quizzes and learning materials as well as collaborative tools with which you can engage and learn with peers.
A range of online materials will be provided on MyUnihub such as audio and video content, virtual learning environment (VLE) online discussion groups and debates, multimedia resources, tutor-led discussions, webinars and online chats available in real time. You will also be given access to all electronic textbooks necessary for the course.
Exercises are provided online, and there is occasional communication with fellow students (most of whom are remote) via Skype (or similar) to provide guidance and advice. For the applied project, you'll be assigned a supervisor to guide you through the process.
You will be challenged and should expect to spend up to 18–20 hours per week on reading, discussions and assessments on an individual basis.
Distance learning — you can study this course from anywhere with an internet connection.
In a typical year, you’ll spend about 1200 hours on the taught aspects of the course.
Outside of teaching hours, you’ll learn independently through self-study which will involve reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, presentations and exams.
We have a strong support network online and on campus to help you develop your academic skills. We offer one-to-one and group sessions to develop your learning skills together with academic support from our library, IT teams and learning experts.
There are no exams as part of this course. Instead, you'll be assessed on individual pieces of coursework including strategic and project reports and case studies, group coursework and contribution to online activities and discussions.
You'll evaluate your work, skills and knowledge and identify areas for improvement. Sometimes you'll work in groups and assess each other's progress.
Each term, you'll get regular feedback on your learning.
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We offer lots of support to help you while you're studying including financial advice, wellbeing, mental health, and disability support.
Additional needs
We'll support you if you have additional needs such as sensory impairment or dyslexia. And if you want to find out whether Middlesex is the right place for you before you apply, get in touch with our Disability and Dyslexia team.
Wellness
Our specialist teams will support your mental health. We have free individual counselling sessions, workshops, support groups and useful guides.
Work while you study
Our Middlesex Unitemps branch will help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above. Visit the Middlesex Unitemps page.
Careers
How can the MSc Marine Operations Management support your career?
This specialist course will open up a range of careers within the field of marine operations management.
Our postgraduate courses have been recognised for their ability to support your career. We are a top 10 UK University for employability (UniCompare Rankings 2025), and a top 10 UK university for industry connections and funding in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024.
Career paths
Some of our graduates have gone on to work as marine surveyors, ship superintendents, marine accident investigators and marine engineers
MDXworks
Our employability service, MDXworks will launch you into the world of work from the beginning of your course, with placements, projects and networking opportunities through our 1000+ links with industry and big-name employers in London and globally.
Our dedicated lifetime career support, like our business start-up support programme and funding for entrepreneurs, has been recognised with the following awards:
- The top 20 UK universities for business leaders and entrepreneurs – Business Money, 2023
- A top 10 university for producing CEOs – Novuana, 2023.
Global network
You’ll study with students from 122 countries who’ll hopefully become part of your global network. And after you graduate, we'll still support you through our alumni network to help you progress in your chosen career.
Qualifications
If you want to apply for the MSc in Marine Operations, you must have already studied one of the following with Lloyd’s Maritime Academy and North Kent College:
Diploma in Marine Surveying
Diploma in Ship Superintendency
Diploma in Small Craft Surveying
Diploma in Marine Accident Investigation
Diploma in Marine Engineering
Diploma in Surveying of Offshore Floating Units.
You must also have a 2:2 honours degree and a minimum of three years managerial or professional experience at the appropriate level in an occupation closely related to Marine Operations.
Interviews
Entry onto this course does not require an interview.
We welcome students from the UK, and all over the world. Join students from over 122 countries and discover why so many international students call our campus home:
Quality teaching with top facilities plus flexible online learning
Welcoming north London campus that's only 30 minutes from central London
Work placements and networking with top London employers
Career support to get you where you want to go after university.
Qualifications
If you want to apply for the MSc in Marine Operations, you must have already studied one of the following with Lloyd’s Maritime Academy and North Kent College:
Diploma in Marine Surveying
Diploma in Ship Superintendency
Diploma in Small Craft Surveying
Diploma in Marine Accident Investigation
Diploma in Marine Engineering
Diploma in Surveying of Offshore Floating Units.
You must also have a 2:2 honours degree or above and a minimum of three years managerial or professional experience at the appropriate level in an occupation closely related to Marine Operations.
Visas
To study with us in the UK, you will need a student route visa.
English language
You'll need good English language skills to study with us. Find out more about our English language requirements. And, don’t worry If you don't meet our minimum English language requirements, as we offer an intensive pre-sessional English course.
Personal statements
Make sure that you highlight your best qualities in your personal statement such as your ability to be forward-thinking, creative and collaborative.
Interviews
You won’t be required to attend an interview for this course.
How to apply
Please visit Lloyd's Maritime Academy's application page for more details and to enrol online.
Personal statements
Make sure that you highlight your best qualities in your personal statement that are relevant to this course. Such as your ability to be forward-thinking, creative and collaborative.
Interviews
You won’t be required to attend an interview.
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Fees and funding
The fees below are for the 2024/25 academic year:
UK students1
Part-time students: £9,800
International students2
Part-time students: £9,800
Additional costs
We cover your costs for the day-to-day things that you need to do well in your studies.
- Free – laptop loans, Wi-Fi and printing
- Free specialist software for your course
- Free online training with LinkedIn Learning.
Help from your employer
Your employer can contribute towards the cost of your postgraduate study as part of their staff development programme.
Fees disclaimers
1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase postgraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
2. International fees: Tuition fees are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
Any annual increase in tuition fees as provided for above will be notified to students at the earliest opportunity in advance of the academic year to which any applicable inflationary rise may apply.
What our people say
"The maritime industry has always been a global player and therefore Maritime Education and professional development must follow suit and reach out to the students around the world. The expertise within Middlesex University for successfully managing “Blended Learning Programmes” make them ideally suited to providing the correct provision for the Maritime Industry."
Paul Russell MSc MIMarEST Founder and MD Thamesview Maritime Limited
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