Syllabus
The Institute’s academic year opens on 17 June 2024.
To sit exams during the 2024/25 academic year, you will need to register as a student. This can be done online at www.shipbrokers.org.
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers’ syllabus for its Professional Qualifying Examinations (PQE) is designed to examine students on a wide range of commercial shipping activity.
Compulsory subjects – group 1
These subjects are compulsory because they represent the fundamental underpinnings of all activity within the commercial shipping industry:
Legal Principles in Shipping Business
Economics of Sea Transport & International Trade
Specialisms – group 2
These papers cover a wide range of practical shipping disciplines in considerable detail: