Reorganization Plan of Master Course Program of KUMM Responding to the Changing Maritime World

Eiichi Nishikawa
Kobe University of Mercnatile Marine (KUMM)

Nishikawa

Abstract

The KUMM is now planning to make an overall reorganization of the master course of graduate school. The reorganized master course will be consisting of 3 divisions as follows,

Maritime systems management (MSM)

Maritime transportation science (MTS),

Ocean mechanical & energy science (OME),

The marine shipping industries and maritime science & technology are now changing drastically. The recent noticeable trends are #structural change of Japanese shipping industries characterized by globalization, # globalization of world maritime society especially regarding with safety and environmental problems, # rapid developing computerization and information technology. The reorganization is aiming to respond those changing situation of maritime societies. This paper intends to introduce the whole outline of the reorganization plan. One of main points of reorganization is to set up a new division of MSM, in which two Chairs of Maritime safety management and Maritime technology management. Secondly, the paper gives a bit more precise explanation on the objectives and features of each new division from the viewpoints of increasingly serious problems of safety and environmental deterioration concerning regarding marine transportation activities.