Global Maritime Professional (GMP) Initiative
The GMP initiative is intended to meet the envisaged needs of industry and a rapidly evolving educational and career context while catering for the professional development aspirations of individual seafarers. The new concept of a Global Maritime Professional has been described based on information gathered through a comprehensive survey designed and administered to the membership of IAMU and to other stakeholders in the maritime industry.
Body of Knowledge (BoK)
To address the educational needs of such GMPs, a committee was formed by the International Executive Board to analyse the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed by such GMPs and set out a number of related Intended Learning Outcomes.
The specified learning outcomes in the BoK are associated with learning outcome taxonomies in three educational domains: cognitive, affective and psychomotor. They are related to different GMP tiers covering various levels of certificates of competency and academic degrees. All of these are presented in a series of tables and guidelines on how the IAMU member universities may use the tables.
Download of BoK
A PDF version of the BoK is available for download. Please click the link below to go to the form page and fill it in. We will send follow-up questions to solicit your views and opinions of the contents of the BoK. As the GMP BoK is a dynamic document, your comments and suggestions are essential for the determination of revisions/improvements to be incorporated in future editions. <<Click to form page>>
NF-IAMU GMP Fellowship Programme
At the 20th Commemorative Annual General Assembly held in October 2019, Dr. Yohei Sasakawa, the Honorary Chair of IAMU, declared two new initiatives, one for students and the other for educators, to educate the next generation of young global maritime professionals in alignment with the Global Maritime Professional – Body of Knowledge (hereafter referred “GMP-BOK”).
The NF-IAMU Global Maritime Professional (GMP) Faculty Fellowship is targeted at IAMU member university faculty members who have the potential to facilitate the implementation of the GMP Initiative and to carry out research that supports the goals of the initiative.
After the declaration by Dr. Sasakawa at AGA20, IAMU conducted “Pilot project” targeted students in IAMU member universities as trial before fully implement the fellowship project.
Student
Target of the Programme
The students enrolled in IAMU member universities which agree to implement the Global Maritime Professional – Body of Knowledge (GMP-BoK).
Criteria
✓ GPA, upper quartile in the class
✓ English proficiency
✓ Enrol and progress past 1st year
✓ Full-time study
✓ Extra-curricular activities
Amount of funds
Tuition fee (may differ among universities) for two years or other support if tuition fees are not required for some reasons (up to USD 5,000)
Faculty
Target of the Programme
Those who have practical maritime experience, especially seafaring qualifications, and experience at the management level. Such individuals will be full-time faculty members of IAMU member universities and carry out their doctoral studies in an IAMU member university.
Criteria
✓ Post-graduate degree
✓ Acceptance into doctoral programme
✓ English proficiency
✓ Practical experience
✓ Teaching experience
✓ Leadership and mentoring abilities
Amount of funds
A maximum 100,000USD. This is intended to cover tuition and living costs for a full-time PhD of a maximum of 5 years.
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