Maritime Economics and Port Management, B.Sc.
This practically oriented degree course with an academic base leads to a B.Sc. in Maritime Economics and Logistics. It should appeal to students with an interest in languages, economics, and technology and leads to positions of responsibility in a range of fields at home and abroad.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.08, summer semester until 15.02 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €297.20 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The normal length of the degree course is seven semesters (210 ECTS), including a practical semester (work placement) and an internship. A semester at one of our partner universities (New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, South Africa or Hong Kong, for example) can be integrated into the basic studies. The bachelor thesis which completes the course will be written during the second work placement, usually in close co-operation with a company. This is a mutually profitable exchange.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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International analysis of staffing needs has shown that university graduates with specialist knowledge at the interface between modern technology and management have very good career prospects in this field. Maritime Economics and Port Management are particularly relevant in Germany with its strong orientation towards the export of goods. Growing productivity in growing economies, ever-increasing division of labour, globalisation of markets, obligatory specialisation, and also a growing variety of products, are characteristic factors leading to radical economic change. This in turn leads to increased transport volumes, but also to smaller consignments, and therefore to a disproportionate increase in individual shipments, particularly seaborne ones.
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Our Maritime Economics/Port Management graduates have found employment with the following companies in particular:
- Shipping companies (e.g. Maersk, Hapag Lloyd, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Hamburg Süd, Columbia Ship Management, OOCL, German Tankers)
- Port and warehousing companies (e.g. HHLA, BLG, NTB, Eurogate)
- Logistics companies (e.g. IDS, Lufthansa, Rhenus, DB Schenker, Kühne + Nagel, Hellmann, Dachser)
- Consulting firms (e.g. HPC, DNV GL)
- Transport and industrial firms (e.g. Volkswagen, Daimler, Ford, IKEA, Tchibo)
Since everything points to above-average growth in international transport, our graduates in this field will have excellent career prospects world-wide.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €297.20 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1, English B1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.08, summer semester until 15.02 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.02uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.02.2027 (124 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.