Syllabus
The Institute’s academic year opens on 19 June 2025.
To sit exams during the 2025/26 academic year, you will need to register as a student. This can be done online at https://shipbrokers.org/.
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers’ syllabus for its Diplomas and Professional Qualifying Examinations (PQE) is designed to examine students on a wide range of commercial shipping activity.
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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:
