Choosing Your Qualification

It is essential for students to choose a course carefully and to take the qualification that best suits individual personal and professional needs.  This is important both in order to feel confident that the study workload is manageable while balancing work and home commitments, and to ensure success.

If acquiring the full qualification for membership of the Institute is not ideal in terms of career needs or time available, there are other options  - such as the Institute's one day course Maritime World Explained or the nine month Understanding Shipping course - to consider.

The Institute's courses are designed to work together to build towards qualification for membership.  Students can start courses at any stage in their career and either break studying into manageable chunks by taking individual diplomas, or embark on the full qualifying programme. Examinations are conducted in April each year and all ICS qualifications are internationally recognised and respected.  The links to the right will give you specific information on each of the qualifications we offer.

If you need any help or advice at all about what qualification would suit you best, and how much time needs to be allocated to studying, please do contact one of the Institute's Customer Support Advisors.  We will be delighted to help point you in the right direction.

Click here to see the full PQE syllabus