SEMESTER 1

• INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SHIPPING MANAGEMENT
• INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW
• LAW OF CARRIAGE OF GOODS
• ELECTIVE DLITSM511 Or DLITSM512

SEMESTER 2

• MARINE INSURANCE
• DISPUTE RESOLUTION
• RESEARCH METHODS
• ELECTIVE DLITSM511 Or DLITSM512

SEMESTER 3

• DISSERTATION

Despite its international character, the shipping sector is highly regulated compared to other sectors of the economy that also operate in a global business context. In reality, the shipping sector needs legal advisors and managers who are well equipped with the knowledge of both legal and business subjects, capable of functioning in different jurisdictions and dealing with a plethora of legal and business challenges.

Therefore understanding the interrelation between regulations, transportation, business, economic growth and globalisation has become an even more demanding and complex task. Against this, any advocate or business professional has to be an expert in both disciplines: Law and Shipping Business, in order to be a credible consultant. It is therefore the ambition of this Programme to provide students with a thorough understanding of the integration of Law & Business. This practically means that the modern shipping professional, either jurist or manager, will be educated on the detailed international regulatory framework as well as the specialised managerial and business practices and the economics that govern this unique industry. This will be their competitive advantage.

Accordingly, the Programme covers all legal subjects that are necessary for a maritime lawyer; at the same time, it prepares students to become maritime business executives. The proposed Postgraduate Degree aims to develop this combination of essential knowledge and skill-sets, much needed in today and tomorrow’s maritime sector.

You are also offered the opportunity of Concentration, based on the Elective Group of your choice, in one of three areas:

Commercial Shipping and Trade Practices;
Financial Management;
Oil and Gas Management.

Students are eligible for the MA, if they hold an undergraduate business-oriented Degree. Students are eligible for the LLM, if they hold an LLB Degree, or a relevant Bachelor Degree combined with an extensive professional legal experience.

Key Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this Programme, the students should be able to:

• Advise, litigate and negotiate based on the rules of admiralty, international trade, and marine insurance, law of carriage of goods, corporate law and the relevant regulatory context.
• Demonstrate negotiation skills, communication and professional skills, both oral and written.
• Apply independent analysis, research and writing on both law and business.
• Understand the aspects relating to international dispute resolution (conventional and alternative dispute resolution) and the importance of cooperation and amicable dispute settlement without the sacrifice of efficiency and perseverance in justifiable goals and rights.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the structures, processes and institutional practices of shipping and trade in the global marketplace.
• Apply tools and techniques relevant to various aspects of the shipping business, along with broad business skills required in managerial roles within the maritime and associated industries.
• Develop, implement and promote activities relevant to law, shipping business, international trade and shipping management by making good use of the combined knowledge from the aforementioned disciplines and critically assess the situations and phenomena of the industry as educated professionals.
• Demonstrate the appropriate knowledge and application of methods required to proceed to a research degree (MPhil, PhD etc.)

Career Opportunities

A wide range of career opportunities, in demanding and challenging posts, is available to prospective graduates that are positioned favourably in the local labour market for the newly created employment opportunities.

The diversity of the maritime and trade sectors (forming the “blue economy” sectors) includes many hundreds of large, medium and small firms, all of which are in need of skilled and versatile professionals.

This Programme is carefully designed to produce professionally competent and skilful professionals, lawyers and managers that are able to work at executive and managerial levels. Indicatively, the sectors of society and the economy that are being benefited from the added value of this Programme’s graduates are:

• Onshore and offshore personnel of maritime companies
• Legal and Judicial sector
• Banking, Finance and Insurance sector
• International Trade and export- import sector
• Business sector
• Energy sector
• Public sector
• Agencies with regulatory responsibilities
• National and international organisations
• Research and academic sector.

All those sectors need to draw upon the same pool of well-educated people. It is worth mentioning again that the Programme is unique in Cyprus and one of the few offered worldwide.

Semester 1

• Managerial Economics
• Marketing Principles
• Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management & Leadership
• Strategic Management
• Project Management

Semester 2

• Managerial Accounting & Financial Management
• ELECTIVE
• ELECTIVE

Semester 3

• Research Methods and Project Planning
• Final MBA Project - PART I
• Final MBA Project - PART II

Program Overview

Taking an MBA is a life-changing and demanding experience. The MBA Program aims to provide students with the fundamental knowledge of current theory and practice across a range of business disciplines and equip them with the practical tools to achieve their career goals. The MBA graduates become more competitive in the market place through developing problem solving skills and applying decision-making tools to address real-life business problems in any industry sector, such as, economics, banking and finance, transportation, engineering, construction, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, retail and wholesale, consulting, services, healthcare.  

Key Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this Program, you should be able to:

• Acquire basic knowledge of the fundamental concepts, principles and theoretical approaches in the essential business disciplines.
• Apply state-of-the-art analytical methods and modelling techniques and use case-studies to analyse and provide solutions to real-life business problems.
• Demonstrate decision making and managerial skills to think strategically and operate globally as a well-rounded business professional and leader.
• Analyse a variety of business perspectives and market insights to stimulate innovative and competitive thinking.
• Develop knowledge and skills in using state-of-the-art online tools and technologies.

Your Future Career

MBA is a degree that demonstrates skills and ambition giving you a strong competitive advantage in the job market. The MBA experience will equip you with the toolkit to become a multi-functional leader, enable you to analyse the market and develop innovative strategies to meet emerging business challenges. You will be given the opportunity to develop the necessary skills required by senior executives or consultants in large, medium or small organizations or to start your own business.

Delivery and Duration

• The Program is delivered through the University’s e-learning platform and a variety of teaching resources including peer group activities in teams and self-study.
• The minimum completion time based on a full-time basis is 18 months (3 semesters). You can choose to complete your studies at a more relaxed pace to suit your personal and professional commitments taking up to a maximum of three years (6 academic semesters).

Is this the right program for me?

This is the ideal program for you if:

• You are an ambitious individual who, for a variety of reasons, cannot take significant time out of your job to study, does not wish to relocate or visit the University campus for classes several evenings a week but, at the same time, wish to accelerate your career or increase your employability.
• You want to have greater flexibility over how, when and where you study for your MBA.
• You are a highly motivated individual with leadership skills and good academic performance who can work independently as well as in groups using online tools.
• You are looking for a career change or making a transition from technical to managerial positions or interested in starting your own business

SEMESTER 1

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, PRINCIPLES AND GOALS
• RESEARCH METHODS
• EMPOWERING CITIZENS THROUGH COMPETENCE BASED EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SEMESTER 2

• EMPOWERING CITIZENS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH IN-FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL ΕDUCATION
• MASTER THESIS I
• ELECTIVE COURSE

SEMESTER 3

• MASTER THESIS II
• ELECTIVE COURSE

The Postgraduate Programme “MSc in Education for Sustainable Development and Social Change” focuses on theories and practices of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a means of transforming thinking, influencing behaviour patterns and developing competences in order to empower individuals of various professions and backgrounds to enable through their professional positions and roles, the social change needed for achieving Sustainable Development.

The Program embraces a holistic, interdisciplinary approach that promotes the infusion of ESD through different disciplines being, therefore, appealing to a broad spectrum of different professions and social groups. It aims to help students of various backgrounds to become reflective practitioners and agents of change, locally as well as globally through their own professional practice. More specific objectives focus on developing students’ critical understanding of Sustainable Development (SD) issues, developing competences and pedagogical skills required for critical reflection, action-oriented transformative pedagogy and helping learners promote active and responsible citizenship for addressing sustainability. Objectives also seek to promote critical pedagogies for addressing SD issues through innovative approaches that encourage life-long authentic learning and social participation: values education for SD; the use of new technologies as sources and transformative tools; and alternative means of learning through the arts.

The Program’s structure ensures a balance between the academic dimension, research and practice based on pedagogical activities that can be applied in various educational contexts. Research in ESD is promoted through a research methods course, research-oriented assessment methods in the program courses, the compulsory Masters’ Thesis and through a well-established collaboration network between the university and other academic and social partners with common areas of research interests, on a local, regional (Mediterranean) and international level. Such collaborations build valuable experiences and can promote Education for Sustainable Development and Social Change as an issue of national and regional educational priority.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of their studies, students are expected to acquire a comprehensive set of knowledge, important skills and a mindset (values and attitudes) necessary for delivering ESD through formal, informal and non-formal educational settings. In particular, students should:

1.  Recognise sustainable development as a political, ideological, highly complex and contested concept.
2.  Analyse critically contemporary, global, regional and local SD issues, understand their universality and indivisibility and acknowledge that these are major development challenges for humanity.
3.  Explore Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as universal, transformational and inclusive goals that can be achieved through social engagement and responsibility.
4.  Reflect critically on one’s own theories, values, beliefs, learning and practice about SD issues.
5.  Acknowledge and deliver ESD as a transformative, critical pedagogy responsive to the systemic, holistic, and values-oriented nature of SD.
6.  Embrace ESD as a lifelong learning process and realise that beyond formal education it draws experiences, skills and action opportunities from non-formal and informal educational settings.
7.  Develop competences for ESD, be able to transfer these competences to learners in their professional environments and operate as multiplier agents for SD.
8.  Be able to apply basic principles and strategies of ESD and understand how these can foster the values and skills that will lead to sustainable, just and inclusive growth and peaceful living together.
9.  Analyse and critically discuss on the social – transformative impact of arts (visual arts, drama, literature).
10. Be able to use and develop ICT-enabled instructional materials and programs which will foster sustainability justice and the formation of positive values, attitudes and ethical behavior towards sustainable human development.
11. Demonstrate leadership for implementing whole institution approaches to ESD
12. Deconstruct and reconstruct the conventional discourse οn ESD curriculum, teaching, learning and research methodology; embracing principles of empowerment, change agency, active participation and critical reflection.

 Delivery and Duration

1. The program is delivered online and is based on the ECTS credit accumulation mode of study. The MSc Degree will be awarded upon successful completion of 60 ECTS in courses and 30 ECTS in writing a thesis.
2. The program has a duration of one and a half academic years (i.e. 3 semesters) for full time attendance or three academic years (i.e. 6 semesters) for part time attendance.
3. The Program is delivered by experienced international and in-house faculty through the University’s e-learning platform.
4. The language of Instruction is Greek and/or English.

Career Opportunities

The design of the postgraduate program aims at providing students with the appropriate theoretical background based on the latest research findings, practical knowledge and skills, in order to become efficient scientists able to cope with the increasing education challenges in formal, informal and non-formal settings.

It prepares graduates for employment in NGOs, non-formal education (e.g. environmental education centers), local authorities and agencies of the public or private domain, active in areas of Sustainable Development. Educators already employed at any level and discipline of formal education can find the qualification useful for professional development and progress purposes.

Moreover, they can pursue further postgraduate studies at doctoral level.

SEMESTER 1

• INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SHIPPING MANAGEMENT
• INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW AND CARRIAGE OF GOODS
• LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
• ELECTIVE

SEMESTER 2

• SHIP MANAGEMENT
• RESEARCH METHODS
• COMMODITY TRADES
• ELECTIVE

SEMESTER 3

• DISSERTATION

For centuries, international shipping has been critical to the development of world trade. The inter-relationships between falling transportation costs, economic growth and globalisation are in continual motion as supply chain networks ceaselessly evolve. These elements: shipping, trading patterns and organization are the fundamentals of the programme while the legal, financial, and managerial aspects of trade and transport form the superstructure.

The course delivers a comprehensive integrated overview of the core subjects essential to a thorough understanding of international trade and transport. Specifically, the course aims to develop the generic business skills required by managers working in the area of international trade and maritime business; develop critical analytical skills and apply them to the challenges they continually meet.

The interdisciplinary nature of the programme prepares students as future professionals who can function effectively in the complex business environment of the global marketplace.  The diversity of supporting activities within the highly dynamic trade and maritime industry and its various sectors, consisting of many hundreds of large, medium and small firms, makes this choice possible.  Graduates of this programme will have a variety of career options, including import and export business, ship management, commercial management, insurance, freight forwarding, transportation and logistics, port agency, trade and ship finance, maritime regulation as well as a variety of other administrative posts in the private and public sectors.

The specific objectives of the MSc in International Trade and Shipping Management are that the students:

• have the intellectual skills necessary to contribute to developing strategies for the direction of international transport and trade;
• become familiar with the main theories and practices of international shipping, transport and trade;
• can describe and critically analyse the structures and institutions of managing and organizing sea transport;
• examine the financial risks and opportunities of the trade and transport business environment;
• be able to grasp the import of the legal, economic and regulatory institutions and practices of trade and transport.

The language of instruction is English.

Key Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able:

• To demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the structures, processes and institutional practices of trade and shipping in the global marketplace.
• To act as fully developed professionals who are capable of developing, implementing, and promoting activities relevant to international trade and shipping management, as well as the interaction of these with the world economic and financial systems.
• To demonstrate the appropriate knowledge and research background and tools should they wish to proceed to a research degree (MPhil, PhD etc.)
• To establish collaborative networks with other universities for the promotion of research and academic dialogue through student and academic staff exchange programmes, as a means of acquiring experience, achieving effective exploitation of research results, good practice examples and innovation.
• To strengthen the communication and information exchange channels among working groups, universities and other centres who study trade and transportation issues, locally, peripherally, and globally.

Occupational Profiles of the Graduates

Graduates are expected to be in a position to assume executive and managerial responsibilities. Graduates already in employment are expected to enhance their career prospects and be prepared to face the challenges of a more demanding position within import and export business, ship management, underwriting, freight forwarding, port agency, ship broking, trade and ship finance, as well as a variety of other administrative posts in the private and public sectors.

Web Systems

SEMESTER 1

• COMPUTER NETWORKS
• WEB ENGINEERING
• UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING

SEMESTER 2

• DISTRIBUTED AND CLOUD COMPUTING
• MASTER THESIS I - PLANNING
• SPECIALIZATION COURSE

SEMESTER 3

• MASTER THESIS II
• SPECIALIZATION COURSE
   

Smart Systems

SEMESTER 1

• COMPUTER NETWORKS
• WEB ENGINEERING
• UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING

SEMESTER 2

• DISTRIBUTED AND CLOUD COMPUTING
• MASTER THESIS I - PLANNING
• SPECIALIZATION COURSE

SEMESTER 3

• MASTER THESIS II
• SPECIALIZATION COURSE

In the past decade and especially in the past few years during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the developments experienced by the advancements of the Internet and the World Wide Web have been monumental for the Information Technology domain, as well as the society in general. Additionally, in recent years we have experienced an explosion of computational capabilities, not only from traditional computing machines (i.e. computers) but also from a wide variety of other devices such as mobile smart phones, tablets and several other autonomous smart devices. Furthermore, the developments in cloud computing and the integration of the whole spectrum of smart devices with the internet (Internet of Things) leads to the enchantment of existing information technology applications and to the creation of new areas of applications.

All these developments call for the existence of scientists and engineers that are adequately trained in the relevant technologies and have a deep knowledge of their interrelationships and the challenges that lie ahead.

The above realization constitutes the core motivation and forms the rationale behind the design and the development of the proposed program.

Aim of the Program:

The aim of the proposed program is to develop graduates that exhibit in-depth knowledge and advanced skills of the technologies relevant to web applications and smart systems. By the end of this program, graduates will master the knowledge required to design and implement efficient and effective solutions utilizing existing and emerging web and/or smart systems.

An equally important aim is that, through the program, the University will be able to strengthen its research activity in this fast-evolving field and become a leading research institution in the area.

Objectives of the Program:

The main objectives of the program are to provide its graduates with in-depth knowledge and skills that will enable them to:

• Master the methodologies, tools and technologies related to the development of web and smart systems, such as networking, web engineering and ubiquitous computing.
• Demonstrate specialized knowledge and expertise in web and smart systems with emphasis on distributed and cloud computing, human computer interaction and interactive system design, data mining, big data analytics, communications of smart systems, embedded systems, smart sensors and actuators as well as artificial intelligence and IoT applications.
• Work effectively as an individual, or within a team, in multi-disciplinary settings together with the capacity to undertake lifelong learning.
• Continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed and autonomous.
• Engage in research and communicate their findings and conclusions to specialists, and non-specialists clearly and unambiguously

Key Learning Outcomes

Program Generic Learning Outcomes

1. Master the methodologies, tools and technologies involved in the analysis, development and evaluation of web enabled applications and their interactions.
2. Master the methodologies, tools and technologies involved in the analysis, development and evaluation of smart devices and systems.
3. Exploit the underlying networking technologies that enable web and smart system applications and demonstrate awareness on the recent networking developments and emerging technologies.
4. Recognize the role of cloud computing underlying technologies related to parallel and distributed computing, distinguish between the main cloud computing platforms and develop cloud-based applications.
5. Critically evaluate various technologies and solution alternatives, within the context of web and smart systems, and identify the advantages and disadvantages of each.
6. Demonstrate the capacity to adapt to new technologies in the relevant fields and establish the connections and relations with existing ones.
7. Think critically and reflectively on the capacity of the capabilities and limitations of data analysis and knowledge generation from distributed information systems.
8. Engage in critical thinking and problem solving in the specific domain of interest of the program.
9. Communicate with other disciplines related in the field including engineering, business administration, graphic and web design.
10. Demonstrate awareness of the open challenges and research questions in the field.
11. Demonstrate the ability to understand and use technical literature and other information sources.
12. Conduct independent research in relevant fields, develop informed opinions and synthesize knowledge to report findings.

Specialization Specific Learning Outcomes (Web Systems)

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:

1. Gain sufficient theoretical knowledge and analytical skills to design and develop web and mobile applications using a structured approach.
2. Demonstrate an understanding on cutting edge web technologies and apply them for the development of advanced and complex web applications.
3. Extend critical awareness of the issues and challenges associated with ubiquitous computing, enhance the understanding on mobile systems and creatively design and develop mobile applications using various smartphone application development platforms.
4. Demonstrate an understanding on the theoretical dimension of human factors in the acceptance of computer interfaces and identify the impact of usable interfaces in the performance of mobile and web systems.
5. Evaluate and select the appropriate data mining methodology, where data mining is required or beneficial, for investigating practical web and mobile application challenges and critically analyse and evaluate the results.
6. Evaluate and select a systematic software reuse methodology in order to increase software productivity and improve software quality of an organization so as to successfully plan, manage, change and evolve any software project, for the development of applications on diverse platforms; desktop, mobile & web.
7. Identify sources of data, collect, and store data using appropriate big data related platforms, as well as process, analyse and summarize data to achieve breakthrough outcomes for organisations using data analytics methods.

Specialization Specific Learning Outcomes (Smart Systems)

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:

1. Design and develop smart system applications incorporating embedded systems and mobile devices as stand-alone systems or integrated with the web and the cloud.
2. Evaluate and select the appropriate embedded system technology (hardware and operate system) to meet specific strict requirements related to real time systems, fault tolerance and power consumption.
3. Integrate existing embedded system technology with custom designed systems using reconfigurable computing techniques and field programmable hardware (FPGAs).
4. Evaluate and select the appropriate sensors and actuators for smart system applications, to meet specific strict requirements. 
5. Evaluate and select the appropriate communication technology for smart system applications. 
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the recent developments related to the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications, Smart Transportation Systems (STSs), and Vehicular Networks (VANETs) in Smart City Systems.
7. Assess the security concerns and impact that mobile and web systems intrinsically incorporate and argue on policies to alleviate them

Graduates’ employability prospects

The graduates of the Program have the knowledge and skills required for the design, implementation, maintenance and administration of web or smart systems related to their specialization.

Graduates of the program are expected to be employed both in and out the IT sector, such as software companies, ICT departments of medium and large organizations (private and public), research and innovation organizations, or work as independent consultants or developers. Jobs directly associated with this program include: application developer, web engineer/designer/developer, cloud engineer, software engineer, IT consultant, embedded and smart systems/solutions engineer/developer. The MSc in Web and Smart Systems also provide graduates the eligibility for scientific postgraduate doctoral level studies.