Learning & Qualifications

With a reputation for providing a first class education and professional development to the shipping profession, ICS qualifications confer a status not equalled elsewhere in the industry.

ICS delivers its main educational programme - TutorShip - direct from its London head office and under agreement through its 16 distance learning centres worldwide. Every year thousands students worldwide sit the ICS Professional Qualifying Examination in exam centers all over the world.

Following completion of the ICS Professional Qualifying Examinations (PQE) successful students can then apply for membership, with all the career advantages and benefits that confers.

For those students who do not want to take the full membership exams, TutorShip can be used to study for the ICS Foundation Diploma or Advanced Diploma (both accredited qualifications in their own right and recognised internationally) giving them a broad knowledge of the industry.  For students who are brand new to the industry and who don't quite feel ready to embark on a full qualification, there are short courses, such as the one day Maritime World Explained or the 9 month course, Understanding Shipping.

The ICS is also a leading industry provider of bespoke company learning and training packages.  For further details on these click here.