New Opportunity for Seafarers: University Education While You are on the Ship

Copenhagen Maritime Business

Copenhagen Business School now offers a unique opportunity to strengthen your competencies in maritime business development through a highly flexible, high-impact programme. Whether you are at sea, in port, or working offshore, you can access world-class learning tailored to the realities of the global maritime industry – whenever it suits you, and wherever you are in the world.

Practical skills for your everyday work

At Copenhagen Business School, we aim to prepare maritime professionals for the realities of a fast-evolving global industry.

This flexible learning path is designed to provide you with practical, career-relevant skills that address the challenges you face today – and position you for the opportunities ahead.

To ensure the highest quality, the programme is delivered by CBS’s leading experts in maritime operations and business development. You will gain a strong foundation in both day-to-day decision-making and long-term strategic thinking – empowering you to lead with confidence in a competitive maritime landscape.

Study while stationed around the world

Whether you are navigating the Atlantic or anchored in a quiet harbour, our programme is designed to fit seamlessly into your lifestyle.

We have designed the programme to be highly flexible, so the learning comes to you – not the other way around.

All teaching is delivered 100% online through pre-recorded video lectures that you can access whenever it suits you. Whether you are crossing oceans or docked in port, you can study when you have time, wherever you are in the world.

What? For whom? How?

Advance Your Maritime Career — Wherever You Are

What it is?
Who is it for?
How is it delivered?

Ride the wave of digital transformation: Your gateway to the maritime future. Digitalisation is fundamentally reshaping the dynamics of the maritime sector. It’s no longer just about streamlining existing processes – it’s about unlocking entirely new and innovative solutions. Understanding the commercial and economic logic behind digitalisation is essential to staying competitive in today’s maritime industry. Our course gives you deep insight into these transformative processes and equips you to make informed, strategic decisions that drive real impact.

Understand how macroeconomic forces shape global shipping. This course provides practical insight into trade flows, fiscal and monetary policy, and the interaction between goods and financial markets. Learn to apply key models to real-world maritime contexts, assess how openness to trade and finance impacts decision-making, and strengthen your ability to analyse and communicate economic challenges within the maritime industry.

Sharpen your strategic thinking with practical microeconomic tools. This course explores how markets function, how firms make decisions, and how competitive forces shape strategy. Learn to apply economic reasoning to pricing, market entry, and resource allocation — all within a maritime context. Strengthen your ability to analyse business environments and make informed decisions in a global shipping landscape.

Calender overview

Courses - Practical information

Maritime Digitalization
International Trade and Macroeconomics
Microeconomics and Strategy

► Language requirements – learning in an international context ◄

To enrol in the Copenhagen Maritime Business programme, it is essential that you speak and understand English at a professional level. All teaching, course materials and one-to-one sessions are conducted in English, reflecting the international nature of both the programme and the maritime industry.

► Enrolment ◄

To sign up, simply fill out the application form and submit it to us via e-mail.
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► Prices ◄

Each of the three courses in the Copenhagen Maritime Business programme is priced at:
DKK 4,750 (approx. €640).

The total cost for all three courses is:
DKK 14,250 (approx. €1,920).

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