Candidates with relevant professional or educational qualifications, validated
by ICS, may apply for exemptions to a maximum of four subjects.
Students can sit the ICS Professional Qualifying Examinations annually. If
successful and following a four year aggregated period in the industry,
students can then apply for membership.
Alternatively they may sit the Foundation Diploma examination which has been
designed for those who are either new to the industry or do not want to take
the full ICS Professional Qualifying Exams (PQE) but do want to further their
knowledge of the shipping industry.
Both the ICS PQE and the Foundation Diploma are set and examined by ICS.
TutorShip is ICS' own distance learning programme that prepares candidates for
both the PQE and the Foundation Diploma.
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"Within
months of passing my ICS exams, I was able to secure a
new job working in a tanker operations department. I soon
found I was drawing on the knowledge gained as a direct
result of studying for the exams. I was surprised at just
how relevant each of the different subjects were."
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Stuart Robertson, Lykiardopulo
& Co Ltd, London |
| REGISTRATION AND EXAMINATION ENTRY |
| As covered in the Foundation Diploma and
TutorShip sections of the website, candidates need to register as students of
ICS and then enter separately for the examinations. Please see these individual
sections for details or alternatively the 'Registration and entry procedure'
page at the end of this section which summarises all the details. |
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EXAMINATION CENTRES |
| Candidates can select on the examination
entry form submitted to ICS in London to take the examination in the UK or at
any of the designated examination centres worldwide. See the section on
Designated Examination Centres in the Examination section of the website for
details of the current exam centres. It is possible, at an extra fee, to sit at
a non-designated centre - apply by email to
examinations@ics.org.uk by 31 October. |
| PROFESSIONAL QUALIFYING
EXAMINATION STRUCTURE |
Group 1
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Introduction to Shipping
Legal Principles in Shipping Business
Economics of Sea Transport & International Trade
Shipping Business |
Group 2 |
Dry Cargo Chartering
Ship Operations & Management
Ship Sale & Purchase
Tanker Chartering
Liner Trades
Port Agency
Logistics & Multi-modal Transport
Port and Terminal
Management
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Group 3
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Shipping Law
Financial & Management Accounting
Marine Insurance
Fundamentals of Finance |
| GROUP 2 & 3 |
| Candidates may select the following options
in respect of Groups 2 and 3 |
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Group 2 |
Group 3 |
| Option
A |
Two Subjects |
One Subject |
| Option
B |
Three Subjects |
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| Option C |
One Subject |
Two Subjects |
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| Shipping Business must be taken in the
first year. The remaining subjects may be taken in any order but candidates
must sit a minimum of three subjects at their first attempt ('sitting' means a
genuine effort to answer five questions in each paper).
Holders of the Foundation
Diploma only have to take 2
subjects (Shipping Business
plus one other) in their
first sitting for PQE. The PQE must be
completed within five years from the first sitting. See the Syllabus pages
under the Education section for a full breakdown of each subject area.
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| EQUIVALENCE |
| As the Institute's
examinations are for entry into a professional body, the attainment of PQE has
no equivalence with an academic degree course. However on becoming a member of
ICS, a number of Universities including the CASS Business School, London and
Plymouth University consider membership to be equivalent to the entry level
requirement for a Master's degree programme. However to establish the exact
equivalence with a specific university individuals will need to approach the
admissions department of the respective university or college.
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