GENERAL INFO
Navigation
Faculty: Faculty of Navigation
Type of studies: Graduate
Language: English
Duration: 1.5 years – 3 semesters
Mode: Full-time studies
Degree: Master
Navigation
The Master’s program in Marine Navigation is conducted by a highly qualified team of lecturers who utilize modern technologies to train top-class engineers. Students have access to well-equipped laboratories, classrooms, ship bridge simulators, and training and research vessels.
Our facilities and programs meet international standards, allowing graduates to apply for jobs worldwide, as our diplomas are recognized globally.
The Navigation courses prepare graduates for a wide range of career opportunities in the global maritime economy.
Duration of studies:
The program lasts for 4 years (8 semesters, including one dedicated to maritime internships). The entire mechanical engineering curriculum is delivered in English.
Degree Program:
The Master’s program lasts three semesters and is aimed at graduates from related fields such as Transport or Geodesy. The curriculum covers 24 subjects, totaling 940 hours of instruction.
Career Prospects:
Graduates can pursue careers across various branches of the maritime industry, including shore services, specialized merchant fleets, and fishing industries. They also have opportunities to work in educational institutions and research centers in Poland and abroad.
Special Program for Seafarers
For those working at sea who lack time for full-time studies, we offer part-time Master’s studies. Classes run Monday through Saturday for 10 consecutive weeks, allowing the remainder of the year free for continuing professional work.
Graduate profile:
Graduates receive a Master of Engineering degree and are prepared to contribute creatively in research and implementation teams, companies involved in navigation infrastructure, and administration responsible for transport processes.
Why is it worth it?
The Navigation program opens doors to a dynamic international job market, offering numerous opportunities across various regions, companies, and contract terms.
Most graduates achieve rapid career advancement within 12 months of completing their studies. By choosing to study at the Maritime University, you will develop a career both at sea and on land, within the maritime economy or other fields—possibilities are virtually limitless.
Your future work will be demanding yet rewarding, providing both satisfaction and well-paid employment. Such work fosters character development, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous learning.
Employment opportunities:
Officers and captains in international and domestic navigation.
Offshore sector employees, including those working with wind farms.
Specialists in renewable energy sectors, including onshore and offshore wind farms.
Professionals in maritime services, construction, and maintenance of ports.
Officers and captains of passenger fleets (ferries, cruise ships).
Entry requirements
There are no entry examination in Maritime University of Szczecin.
Meeting the following basic criteria is obligatory for all applicants:
Legal basis for admissions of international candidates: MUS Rector’s Order No 6/2024 on detailed conditions, procedure and date of commencement and termination of international admissions in the academic year 2023/2024 (document in Polish language).
If you have any question, check our FAQ – it may have already been answered there.
Learn Polish!
Candidates who are granted preliminary admission to our university can particiapate in our one-month summer course of the Polish language (140 hours). The course is dedicated only to candidates to our University whose Polish language proficiency is at least at A1 level. It is an intensive course which supports individual learning towards a B1 exam. Intensive classes are scheduled 5 days a week for an average of 6 hours per day.
Summer course of the Polish language
BASIC INFORMATION:
DETAILS:
The course is dedicated only to persons admitted to the Maritime University of Szczecin as first year students. It is an excellent opportunity to meet new fellow students.
The course consists of 140 hours of classes over the period of one month. According to the Polish education system, each class hour lasts for 45 minutes. Classes are held from Monday to Friday, 6 hours a day on average.
The curriculum includes Polish grammar and vocabulary, classes dedicated to developing spoken and written communication skills as well as listening and reading. The course also includes vocabulary related to marine profession, transport, logistics, and exact sciences, such as maths and physics. Classes are taught by qualified and experienced teachers.
PRICE
The total cost of the course is PLN 1800. The price includes costs of teaching materials. It does not include accomodation costs.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is possible for course participants in our Student Campus (dormitories KORAB and PASAT) at about 20PLN per day.
HOW TO REGISTER?
Candidates with prelimiary admission who would like to take a Polish language course should complete the following steps:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
The proposed course is meant as supplementary aid to students’ autonomous language learning and does not prepare the participants to a B1 exam (it only brings them to A2/B1 level). Therefore, we encourage all participants to study Polish language independently – to invest in a good dictionary, watch Polish movies, or listen to Polish music.
EXAM
The exam is obligatory for all international students who are not able to submit any of the documents we accept as proofs of Polish language proficiency (e.g. a state certificate confirming their proficiency in the Polish language or graduation diploma from a school with Polish languge of instruction).
The exam will be held on 26 (written part) and 27 (oral part) September 2024. The retake exam will be carried out between 14-18 October 2024.
Application step by step
If you have already chosen your programme, the first step you should take is to prepare your application documents. The list of them depends, among others on your citizenship and the chosen programme. To find out which documents are required in your case, click on the link to our generator of the list of required application documents. It is a simple form with eight questions. After answering and approving them, you will get a list of attachments required in your situation along with a description of how to prepare them.
Please note that if you click on the description of the selected programme, than at the very bottom of the description you will also find a link to the above generator but with fewer questions. It is just because in this case you will not have to answer questions about your chosen programme.
The next step is to complete the online application form in our admission system.
But before you start to fill it in, you need to prepare:
After entering the online admission system, you must register your account . The e-mail address you provide during registration is very important, because to this address we will send you notifications about any mistakes or gaps in your application, and notifications about the change in the status of your application.
After registering your account provide all the data required in the admission system . The online admission system will guide you through all stages divided into smaller steps. Among others, you will have to provide your personal data, choose the programme, define your legal status and complete a questionnaire in which you will provide us with information about how you learned about our offer. Then you will be redirected to the page where you can pay the application fee.
Remember that at this stage:
You must download admission application, print it, sign it, scan it and attach it in the online admission system, in the same place as the other scans of your documents.
You must complete your grades in the admission system , if you have not already done so. To do this, click in the top left corner on “My applications”, and then on the “Add grades” icon.
You must attach scans of your documents. Being logged in to the online admission system, click again in the top left corner on “My applications”, and then on the “Attachments” icon.
The application fee is PLN 85, i.e. about EUR 20. Payment of the application fee may be carried out in two ways:
If you decide to make a traditional bank transfer, please note that we will verify your online application form only after receiving the transfer at our bank. In this case we recommend sending a confirmation of the transfer in PDF form to the following address: international@pm.szczecin.pl. So if you want to have your online application form to be verified as quickly as possible, we recommend online payment.
The final stage of the admissions is the delivery of application documents to the Maritime University of Szczecin.
If you are applying for a degree programme delivered in English you do not need to provide us with paper documents at the admission application stage, but they will be required immediately after your arrival in Poland.
If you are applying for a degree programme delivered in Polish, at the admission stage you must provide the required documents online by uploading them in the admission system. The complete set of hard copy documents will only be required if you are selected for admission. You will be informed about the deadline for delivering these documents in an email we will send to you after the admission process.
The address for delivering your documents is as follows:
Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie (Maritime University of Szczecin)
Dział ds. Obcokrajowców i Wymiany Międzynarodowej
ul. Wały Chrobrego 1-2
70-500 Szczecin
POLSKA (Poland)
NOTE: If you live nearby Poland and apply for a short-term visa in order to come to Poland during the admissions period, than the certificate of participation in the admissions at the Maritime University in Szczecin you will obtain in the International Students & Mobility Office. Before that, however, you must:
If you meet the above-mentioned conditions, send us an e-mail to the following address: international@pm.szczecin.pl with a request to issue such a certificate. However, remember that coming to Poland during the admissions period is not necessary.
Language requirements
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS:
LANGUAGE CERTIFICATES:
Fees and tuitions
Annual fees:
All tuition and study payments at the Maritime University of Szczecin should be paid in PLN. The below PDF files contain all detailed information about tuition fees (per year) for degree programmes offered in Polish and English language at the Maritime University of Szczecin (MUS).
Studying in English language
Currently, Maritime University of Szczecin delivers only few degree courses in English language (they are highlighted in the above PDF file). Please, pay attention to the fact that the price for EU citizens and holders of the Polish Card is greatly reduced as they are treated equally with Polish citizens. Foreigners from outside the European Union who are not holders of the Polish Card have to pay the full tuition fee.
Additional costs for students of the seagoing programs
Students of Navigation, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Inland Shipping have to pay extra for International Medical Certificate for service at Sea: approx. PLN 400 (approx. EUR 90) which is valid for 1 or 2 years depending on the doctor’s decision, and for the Seaman’s registration book: EUR 50 which is a one-time fee. These fees are paid in external institutions, i.e. a medical clinic and the Maritime Office in Szczecin.
Admission options – check your status
For whom?
All other foreigners not listed in point A.
If you are Polish, click here