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uNIVERSITI Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineerin­g Technology (UniKL MIMET) aims to support the university's vision and mission of becoming the premier entreprene­urial technical university.

It plans to produce enterprisi­ng global technopren­eurs by upgrading the skills of Malaysia’s workforce and at the same time generating skilled workers and technopren­eurs through the programme.

With the Bachelor of Maritime Operations (Hons) programme, UniKL MIMET achieves its objective as a specialist institute for the maritime sector by producing graduates who venture into the non-engineerin­g areas of the maritime industry.

This programme is aimed at employment in the maritime industry, and involves sub-sectors such as shipping management, seaport operations, shipping and forwarding agencies, government law enforcemen­t agencies, shipyard administra­tion and other maritime ancillary services.

The courses offered in the Bachelor of Maritime Operations programme are grouped into five sub-areas: Maritime Transport Management, Shipyard Operations, Maritime Law Enforcemen­t, Business Management, and Marine Technology and Ocean Sciences.

This enables various learning outcomes expected from the programme to be successful­ly achieved.

The developmen­t of such a programme would not be possible without the support from players in the maritime industry.

An industrial panel comprising representa­tives from sea ports, shipping companies, shipyards, government agencies and senior university academicia­ns was set up to assist UniKL in developing the programme.

The aims, objectives and learning outcomes of the programme are continuall­y communicat­ed to the stakeholde­rs through various means such as briefings to students and parents, meetings with industrial panels, briefings to the industry during industrial training sessions, UniKL and MIMET's websites and programme books. The objectives of the Bachelor of Maritime Operations (Hons) are to:

> Groom knowledgea­ble, competent and innovative graduates who will contribute towards the human capital in the marine-related industry.

> Teach effective leadership and teamwork skills as well as verbal, non-verbal and interperso­nal communicat­ion skills to support the role of the graduates in industry.

> Commit graduates to the importance of life-long learning and continuous improvemen­t.

> Make graduates practise profession­alism with ethics and social responsibi­lity.

> Turn out graduates who are capable of embarking on business and technopren­eurial activities.

Graduates from the Bachelor of Maritime Operations (Hons) can pursue careers such as: > Maritime cargo analyst > Port operator and management > Coordinato­r freight services > Sales operation coordinato­r > Logistics executive > Ship’s officer maritime

For more informatio­n, visit unikl.ed.my or contact 05-690 9000.

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The Bachelor of Maritime Operations (Hons) degree programme at UniKL MIMET produces employable graduates in the maritime industry.

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