Candidates with relevant
professional or educational qualifications, validated by ICS, may apply
for exemptions to a maximum of four subjects.
Students can sit the ICS Professional Qualifying Examinations annually.
If successful students can then apply for membership.
Alternatively they may sit the Foundation Diploma examination which has
been designed for those who are either new to the industry or do not
want to take the full ICS Professional Qualifying Exams (PQE) but do
want to further their knowledge of the shipping industry.
Both the ICS PQE and the Foundation Diploma are set and examined by
ICS.
TutorShip is ICS' own distance learning programme that prepares
candidates for both the PQE and the Foundation Diploma. |
"Within months of passing my ICS exams, I
was able to secure a new job working in a tanker operations department.
I soon found I was drawing on the knowledge gained as a direct result
of studying for the exams. I was surprised at just how relevant each of
the different subjects were."
- Stuart Robertson, Lykiardopulo & Co Ltd,
London |
| REGISTRATION
AND
EXAMINATION
ENTRY |
| As
covered in the Foundation Diploma and TutorShip sections of the
website, candidates need to register as students of ICS and then enter
separately for the examinations. Please see these individual sections
for details or alternatively the 'Registration and entry procedure'
page at the end of this section which summarises all the details. |
|
EXAMINATION CENTRES |
| Candidates
can
select
on
the examination entry form submitted to ICS in London to
take the examination in the UK or at any of the designated examination
centres worldwide. See the section on Designated Examination Centres in
the Examination section of the website for details of the current exam
centres. It is possible, at an extra fee, to sit at a non-designated
centre - apply by email to admin@ics.org.uk by 31 October. |
| PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFYING
EXAMINATION
STRUCTURE |
Group 1 |
Introduction to Shipping
Legal Principles in Shipping Business
Economics of Sea Transport & International Trade
Shipping Business |
Group 2 |
Dry
Cargo Chartering
Ship Operations & Management
Ship Sale & Purchase
Tanker Chartering
Liner Trades
Port Agency
Logistics & Multi-modal Transport
Port and Terminal Management
Offshore Support Industry
|
Group 3 |
Shipping
Law
Marine Insurance
Shipping Finance
|
| GROUP
2
&
3 |
| Candidates
may
select
the
following options in respect of Groups 2 and 3 |
| |
| |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
| Option
A |
Two Subjects |
One Subject |
| Option
B |
Three Subjects |
- |
| Option C |
One Subject |
Two
Subjects |
|
| Shipping
Business
must
be
taken in the first year. The remaining subjects may be
taken in any order but candidates must sit a minimum of three subjects
at their first attempt ('sitting' means a genuine effort to answer five
questions in each paper). Holders of the Foundation Diploma only have
to take 2 subjects (Shipping Business plus one other) in their first
sitting for PQE. The PQE must be completed within five years from the
first sitting. See the Syllabus pages under the Education section for a
full breakdown of each subject area. |
| EQUIVALENCE |
| As the Institute's examinations are for entry into a
professional body, the attainment of PQE has no equivalence with an
academic degree course. However on becoming a member of ICS, a number
of Universities including the CASS Business School, London and Plymouth
University consider membership to be equivalent to the entry level
requirement for a Master's degree programme. However to establish the
exact equivalence with a specific university individuals will need to
approach the admissions department of the respective university or
college. |
