The three year bachelor in nautical sciences curriculum offer the student an expertise in navigation and means of navigation, ship management and shipboard operations, applied sciences, economy and management, social sciences and languages as well as on-board trainings and a bachelor thesis.

Curriculum Academic Bachelor – STCW Operational Level (Year 1 + 2 + 3)

Navigation and means of navigation
Nautical instruments – Terrestrial navigation – Celestial navigation – Chart work – Regulations – Manoeuvres – Meteorology and oceanography – Radar navigation – ECDIS/AIS – Maritime Resource Management
Ship management and shipboard operations
Seamanship – Cargo handling – Stability – Ship safety – Firefighting – Maritime ecology – GMDSS & SAR –ISPS & ISM– Ship administration and international conventions – Tanker familiarisation – Fast Rescue Boat (optional) – Special ship types: dredging, offshore, roro (optional)
Applied sciences
Electricity – Electronics – Ship construction –Propulsion – Thermodynamics
Economy and management
Economy – Law – Maritime law – Enterprise and maritime economics
Exact sciences and computer science
Mathematics – Chemistry – Physics – Computer science (fac.)
Social sciences and languages
Maritime English – Psychology – Maritime medicine – Maritime French and Dutch (fac.) – Maritime Spanish (optional) – General and intercultural communication (optional)