Fakta
Informasjon er oppdatert av UiT Norges arktiske universitet
8. januar 2024.
Om studiet
Ocean Leadership is a part-time experience-based master’s program for professionals in marine or maritime sectors wanting to advance the blue/green shift towards a sustainable future. The transdisciplinary program provides an understanding of the complex landscape of ocean challenges and builds the knowledge, skills, and capacity necessary to lead sustainable integrative solutions. All life on Earth depends on the ocean. It generates oxygen, helps regulate the climate, sustains a rich diversity of lifeforms, and is a source of food, energy, medicine, recreation, and livelihoods for billions of people. However, the diverse demands on marine resources combined with increasing pressure from global challenges such as climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss and inequity currently threaten the ocean as a life-support system. To ensure sustainability and resilience, there is an urgent need to develop creative solutions that take advantage of the opportunities of the blue economy and address these challenges in an integrated manner. This requires a new generation of leaders. Leaders who can navigate conflicting values and interests to integrate knowledge and action across different scientific disciplines, marine sectors, and levels of governance. As well as leaders able to leverage the power and promise of the digital era through effective engagement with cutting edge information and communication technologies (ICT). The Ocean Leadership program builds awareness of interconnected ocean challenges and enhances capacities for collaboration, integration and transformation so that participants are well placed to help lead the shift towards more sustainable and resilient systems.
The Ocean Leadership program aims to strengthen strategic
competences in leading the development and implementation of
integrative sustainability solutions for the ocean.
The program is open to professionals working in any marine or
maritime sector, from industry, government, or civil society.
Applicants need to have at least 2 years leadership experience,
but this can be at any level.
As a transdisciplinary experience-based master that is targeting
multiple sectors, the program will bring together a novel network
of established and emerging ocean leaders. Through problem- and
solution-based learning, participants will build knowledge,
skills and capacities that are directly relevant to their current
work environment, ensuring impact and a return on investment for
the employer.
The program runs part-time over three years. The first two years
are focused on course work, with a combination of face-to-face
sessions, digital discussion seminars, and online course modules
for independent study. The third year is dedicated to the
development of a master’s project on a topic of relevance to the
participants’ work environment and mentored by a skilled
supervisory team.
Through the course work, participants will develop relevant
knowledge and skills across the domains of leadership and
sustainability, ocean law and governance, digitalisation and
innovation. Emphasis will be placed on developing collaborative,
adaptive and transformational styles of leadership; understanding
important global sustainability challenges; facilitating
creativity and responsibility in blue/green innovation;
participating in governance of the sea at local, regional, and
international levels; and engaging with digitalisation in ethical
and impactful ways.
The Ocean Leadership Experience-based Master does not provide
sufficient credits to pursue a PhD program.
Undervisningsopplegg
The Ocean Leadership program involves 4 semesters of course work,
and 2 semesters of master's project work.
The mandatory courses for this degree are: Introduction to Ocean
Leadership for Sustainability, Critical Global Challenges, Blue
Innovation for the Green Shift, and Ocean Futures.
The courses are taught through a combination of face-to-face
intensive sessions, online modules for independent study, and
digital discussion seminars.
For the coursework component, each semester will involve two
face-to-face intensive sessions - one at the start and one toward
the end of semester. Each of these intensive sessions will run
for 4.5 days and will be held in Tromsø (or another European
location of significance for ocean science, industry, or
governance).
In addition to the face-to-face intensives, each course will have
online modules that participants complete independently. The
materials in these modules can contain a mix of readings, videos
(e.g., short lectures, instructional films, interviews, or
inspirational talks), websites, podcasts, activities and/or
quizzes. Short digital discussion seminars will also be held to
discuss course materials (particularly in the context of
participants’ own working environment), and/or provide feedback
on assignments in development.
The master's project component of the program will be undertaken
independently under the guidance of a skilled supervisory team
but will also include a small number of online discussion
seminars to provide additional contact and guidance within the
group.
Each course description specifies the means that will be used to
assess its stated learning objectives, which may include written
assignments, project-based tasks, group work, and/or
presentations in various formats.
Opptakskrav
Applicants must document a completed bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS), or an equivalent qualification.
A minimum of 2 years of leadership experience (at any level) is required, and at least 5 years of work practice following graduation.
Opptaksinformasjon
Basic academic requirements
Applicants must
document a completed bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS), or an
equivalent qualification.
For degrees issued in Norway, Europe, Canada, USA, Australia &
New Zealand: an average grade C is the minimum requirement, or
the corresponding numerical mark/percentage score to be eligible
for admission to master's level study programs.
For degrees issued in other than the above-mentioned countries:
an average grade B as a minimum requirement, or the corresponding
numerical mark/percentage score to be eligible for admission to
master's level study programs.
Applicants must have a minimum grade average comparable to a
Norwegian C (2,5 eller 3,0)* in the ECTS scale.
Additional requirements
The target group of the program is people in leadership positions
in government agencies, industry and/or civil society engaged in
marine or maritime affairs. A minimum of 2 years of leadership
experience (at any level) is required, and at least 5 years of
work practice following graduation.
Application deadlines:
- Nordic applicants: March 1st - Her finner du all informasjon knyttet til søking og opptak
- EU/EEA and Swiss applicants: March 1st You will find more information about admission here
- Non-EU/EEA applicants: No admission
You can apply as a Nordic applicant if you have upper secondary
school (Higher Education Entrance Qualification) from a Nordic
country (Norway, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Greenland,
Sweden or Denmark). People from non-Nordic countries can also
apply in the Nordic admission as long as they meet the Norwegian and English language requirements
for higher education.
Applicants with education from non-Nordic countries must document
English language proficiency. You will find more information of
English language requirements here.
Capacity: 20 students. Admissions every other year (2024, 2026,
etc.)
Læringsutbytte
A candidate who has completed their qualification should have the
following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge,
skills, and general competence and attitudes:
Knowledge:
Upon completing the Ocean Leadership program, participants will have:
- advanced knowledge of sustainability challenges
- substantial insight into ocean law and governance
- information and data literacy relevant for ocean leadership
- specialized knowledge of different approaches to leadership for advancing ocean sustainability
- solid understanding of the need for and challenges associated with bringing together diverse types of knowledge and stakeholders
Skills:
Upon completing the Ocean Leadership program, participants will be able to:
- critically assess and use diverse sources of information
- identify and apply relevant theories and methods to analyze practical problems
- envision creative solutions to complex problems
- facilitate teamwork to develop and advance common goals
- plan and implement independent, applied projects in accordance with applicable norms
- communicate effectively with different target audiences
Upon completing the Ocean Leadership program, participant will be able to:
- value and advance sustainability and equity
- acknowledge and act in the face of complexity
- develop and implement integrative and inclusive problem-solving
- anticipate and attend to emerging futures in a changing world
- recognize and realize their potential to be inspiring and innovative agents of change