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 the establishment of the NF-IAMU GMP Fellowship Programme to support individuals who embody the GMP Initiative.
Following a renewal process, the programme has been redesigned to better serve the maritime community. The Fellowship now supports faculty members, seafarers, and maritime professionals who wish to pursue a Master’s degree at an IAMU member university.
📄 For full details on eligibility, funding, and how to apply, please visit the Fellowship page.
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