IMO

Largest class of graduates

The Chancellor of the World Maritime University (WMU) and International Maritime Organization secretary-general Sekimizu, conferred postgraduate degrees on the WMU’s Class of 2014. In total, 124 students graduated from the Malmö-based M.Sc. programme in maritime affairs, 47 from the M.Sc. programme in Dalian, China, 36 from the M.Sc. programme in Shanghai, China, and 19 from the distance-learning postgraduate diploma in marine insurance. Overall, the graduates represented 49 countries. Each year, students from roughly 50 countries live and study together at WMU to serve the global maritime community in the spirit of the United Nations. The Class of 2014 is the largest class in the 31-year history of WMU.