Field of studies
Transport Operations and Logistics
Studying at the Department of Maritime Studies, Systems Engineering and Logistics
The advancing globalisation and division of labor leads to ever more delicate and intensive global exchange relationships in freight and passenger transport. The professional prospects in this sector will continue to be excellent in the coming decades. Constantly changing framework conditions such as e.g. in the field of fuels, environmental requirements and politics regularly call for new and improved processes and technology in transport and logistics companies.
This field of study as part of the Bachelor's degree course "Transport Operations and Logistics" offers the right practical academic qualification for the transport and logistics industry.
Students benefit from seminars that take place in small groups and offer plenty of room for discussion. Excursions and internships provide concrete insights into this international industry.
Welcome to Warnemünde!
Yours Prof. Dr. Sönke Reise
Your professional perspective
The field of study "Transport Operations and Logistics" covers a great range and options for your later career. Basically most people in Germany work in the field of logistics. One reason for that: the term "Logistics" covers a wide area. Graduates therefore have many opportunities to develop their careers.
Logisticians must ensure that goods, materials and merchandise are always available in the right quantity, in the desired amount and at the lowest possible cost. To achieve this, ordering, delivery, transport and storage must be planned, organised and executed.
Before you seriously consider starting this degree programme, you can check whether you fit in here:
- You don’t need to be a fan of mathematics, but you should be able to calculate
- Logical thinking is required, because logistics requires logic
- You are aware that the degree programme consists of equal parts technical and economic areas
- You know that you are studying at an educational institution with a maritime background. That is why many examples are chosen from this area.
- You will be a Bachelor of Science. Therefore, in addition to transport planning, transport technology or conveyor technology, your training will also include electrical engineering, computer science and measurement and control technology.
If you can answer these points with "Yes"” – the whole world is opened up for you! The next four examples from former graduates will show your possibilities:
Working in Port Logistics
You work in a port. For a shipping company, a cargo handling company, a warehousing company or even at the container terminal. Also conceivable: the port operating company. It may be your job to analyze operating procedures and to optimize those. Depending on your employer you may develop methods to optimize dispatch and planning of operating procedures.
Working as a Project Engineer
As a project engineer you have to face new tasks daily. It might be your job to re-organize wharfages, get involved with charcoal logistics or to optimize dispatch of raw materials for a bio diesel plant. Your employer might be a big, all embracing or a small, highly specialized planning office.
Working in the field of Human Resource Management
It is your job to get the right person at the right time with the required qualifications to the right place. So you could work in operative human resource management or make personnel planning in a private personnel service agency.
Working in Route Planning
You work for a post office or parcel service. Or maybe for a haulage company. You have sources and sinks for goods. And now you have to get involved in route planning. It might be your job to control the delivery of packages in the center of transportation and to react to upcoming problems. Furthermore you might be asked to re-new and optimize the route planning.
So much for a brief insight in your possible future tasks. During study you are going to learn to work systematically and solve problems effectively. As a graduate of HS Wismar you are a person of action. It is not your task to establish new theories – you have to bring in your knowledge and experience effectively in the operating procedures.
The Department of Maritime Studies in Warnemünde is one of the few maritime training centers. There are just as little qualified logisticians as nautical or technical officers, who are familiar with the procedures in port at a university and college level. You will have great chances to get a job that suits you.
Qualification goals
The aim of this field of study is to enable our graduates to analyse, plan, control and evaluate simple and interlinked control, transport and logistics processes.
Graduates of this field of study find their professional field of activity primarily in technical management and in the technological areas of transport, handling, warehousing and logistics companies. They can work in the particularly innovation-orientated areas of process design and planning as well as operational process control and monitoring. A broad spectrum of specialised knowledge is imparted through application-oriented teaching.
Seminars that take place in small groups and offer plenty of room for discussion
The following qualification goals should be emphasized:
- a broad, scientifically sound basic knowledge
- the specialist knowledge necessary for professional practice
- the ability to work scientifically
- the necessary methodological competence (to recognize problems, to work out solutions independently and to weigh them up critically)
- In-depth knowledge with the aim of planning and implementing work processes and actions in accordance with environmental protection regulations
For graduates of both fields of study, leading teams is an essential part of their later professional tasks. For this purpose, the students receive intensive training, their personal development sharpened and their skills in social interaction with people emphasized and deepened.
In addition to the basic modules such as mathematics, physics, computer science, technical mechanics, law, business administration, etc., students also take specific modules such as sociology, psychology, chemistry, thermodynamics, electrical engineering, etc. and thus receive extensive socio-technical basic knowledge. The in-depth specialist modules of the respective field of study result in a profession-oriented expression. For the field of studies Nautical Science/Maritime Transport (NSV) this is e.g. Navigation, ship management, meteorology, cargo engineering, emergency management, etc. A corresponding portion is led by experienced navigators in addition to the lectures in the form of laboratories, seminars, internships and training in the ship handling simulator. In addition to specialist knowledge, method and social skills are shaped here.
The same applies to the field of studies VBL. In addition to the courses in the form of laboratories, seminars, internships, excursions, etc., the necessary knowledge is imparted and personal development is shaped for the subject-specific modules such as traffic theory, traffic management, traffic planning, traffic safety, traffic simulation, etc.
In the respective project weeks, acquired knowledge is deepened, special skills are trained, the state of the art is analyzed, the framework conditions of the respective operational processes are presented, the linguistic competence is trained and thus overall key qualifications are shaped.
The scientific work is conveyed in basic modules and characterized in several specialist modules through analyzes, lectures, presentations, etc. In the Maritime English module, the previous linguistic knowledge is deepened in order to be internationally active and competitive. In the personnel management module, joint projects, presentations, special seminars and training in the simulator as well as the follow-up to excursions, social skills and teamwork are strengthened. Graduates are optimally prepared for professional practice thanks to the high quality of teaching and the provision of key qualifications.
There are various channels available to prospective students and students to find out about the core competencies of the course. A comprehensive description of the course is available on the UAS Wismar website. The module descriptions in the module handbook give a detailed overview of the entire content of the course.
Modules
Basic modules
- Mathematics/informatics
- Physics/engineering mechanics
- Electrical engineering / electronics
- Measuring and regulation technology
- Business administration
- General law
- Maritime traffic safety
Specific modules
- Traffic planning
- Port and terminal management
- Maritime cargo technology / dangerous goods
- Maritime traffic safety / traffic safety
- Traffic law
- Transport economics
- Applied computer science
Academic counselling
Sönke ReiseProf. Dr. rer. pol.ProfessorSeefahrt, Anlagentechnik und Logistikstellvertretender Bereichsleiter Seefahrt, Anlagentechnik und Logistik
Student counselling
Jana FischerDipl.-Kff.EmployeeSeefahrt, Anlagentechnik und Logistik
Application Process
All international applicants have to register in the application online portal. Further information about the application process can be found here – Applications for full-time studies.
Student Support
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact our international office – it is the first point of contact for those who would like to join us as a student.
International office »
- Narangerel TsendbaatarDipl.-Wirtsch.jur. (FH)Employee
Living and studying in Rostock-Warnemünde
Your professional perspective
The field of study "Transport Operations and Logistics" covers a great range and options for your later career. Basically most people in Germany work in the field of logistics. One reason for that: the term "Logistics" covers a wide area. Graduates therefore have many opportunities to develop their careers.
Logisticians must ensure that goods, materials and merchandise are always available in the right quantity, in the desired amount and at the lowest possible cost. To achieve this, ordering, delivery, transport and storage must be planned, organised and executed.
Before you seriously consider starting this degree programme, you can check whether you fit in here:
- You don’t need to be a fan of mathematics, but you should be able to calculate
- Logical thinking is required, because logistics requires logic
- You are aware that the degree programme consists of equal parts technical and economic areas
- You know that you are studying at an educational institution with a maritime background. That is why many examples are chosen from this area.
- You will be a Bachelor of Science. Therefore, in addition to transport planning, transport technology or conveyor technology, your training will also include electrical engineering, computer science and measurement and control technology.
If you can answer these points with "Yes"” – the whole world is opened up for you! The next four examples from former graduates will show your possibilities:
Working in Port Logistics
You work in a port. For a shipping company, a cargo handling company, a warehousing company or even at the container terminal. Also conceivable: the port operating company. It may be your job to analyze operating procedures and to optimize those. Depending on your employer you may develop methods to optimize dispatch and planning of operating procedures.
Working as a Project Engineer
As a project engineer you have to face new tasks daily. It might be your job to re-organize wharfages, get involved with charcoal logistics or to optimize dispatch of raw materials for a bio diesel plant. Your employer might be a big, all embracing or a small, highly specialized planning office.
Working in the field of Human Resource Management
It is your job to get the right person at the right time with the required qualifications to the right place. So you could work in operative human resource management or make personnel planning in a private personnel service agency.
Working in Route Planning
You work for a post office or parcel service. Or maybe for a haulage company. You have sources and sinks for goods. And now you have to get involved in route planning. It might be your job to control the delivery of packages in the center of transportation and to react to upcoming problems. Furthermore you might be asked to re-new and optimize the route planning.
So much for a brief insight in your possible future tasks. During study you are going to learn to work systematically and solve problems effectively. As a graduate of HS Wismar you are a person of action. It is not your task to establish new theories – you have to bring in your knowledge and experience effectively in the operating procedures.
The Department of Maritime Studies in Warnemünde is one of the few maritime training centers. There are just as little qualified logisticians as nautical or technical officers, who are familiar with the procedures in port at a university and college level. You will have great chances to get a job that suits you.
Qualification goals
The aim of this field of study is to enable our graduates to analyse, plan, control and evaluate simple and interlinked control, transport and logistics processes.
Graduates of this field of study find their professional field of activity primarily in technical management and in the technological areas of transport, handling, warehousing and logistics companies. They can work in the particularly innovation-orientated areas of process design and planning as well as operational process control and monitoring. A broad spectrum of specialised knowledge is imparted through application-oriented teaching.
The following qualification goals should be emphasized:
- a broad, scientifically sound basic knowledge
- the specialist knowledge necessary for professional practice
- the ability to work scientifically
- the necessary methodological competence (to recognize problems, to work out solutions independently and to weigh them up critically)
- In-depth knowledge with the aim of planning and implementing work processes and actions in accordance with environmental protection regulations
For graduates of both fields of study, leading teams is an essential part of their later professional tasks. For this purpose, the students receive intensive training, their personal development sharpened and their skills in social interaction with people emphasized and deepened.
In addition to the basic modules such as mathematics, physics, computer science, technical mechanics, law, business administration, etc., students also take specific modules such as sociology, psychology, chemistry, thermodynamics, electrical engineering, etc. and thus receive extensive socio-technical basic knowledge. The in-depth specialist modules of the respective field of study result in a profession-oriented expression. For the field of studies Nautical Science/Maritime Transport (NSV) this is e.g. Navigation, ship management, meteorology, cargo engineering, emergency management, etc. A corresponding portion is led by experienced navigators in addition to the lectures in the form of laboratories, seminars, internships and training in the ship handling simulator. In addition to specialist knowledge, method and social skills are shaped here.
The same applies to the field of studies VBL. In addition to the courses in the form of laboratories, seminars, internships, excursions, etc., the necessary knowledge is imparted and personal development is shaped for the subject-specific modules such as traffic theory, traffic management, traffic planning, traffic safety, traffic simulation, etc.
In the respective project weeks, acquired knowledge is deepened, special skills are trained, the state of the art is analyzed, the framework conditions of the respective operational processes are presented, the linguistic competence is trained and thus overall key qualifications are shaped.
The scientific work is conveyed in basic modules and characterized in several specialist modules through analyzes, lectures, presentations, etc. In the Maritime English module, the previous linguistic knowledge is deepened in order to be internationally active and competitive. In the personnel management module, joint projects, presentations, special seminars and training in the simulator as well as the follow-up to excursions, social skills and teamwork are strengthened. Graduates are optimally prepared for professional practice thanks to the high quality of teaching and the provision of key qualifications.
There are various channels available to prospective students and students to find out about the core competencies of the course. A comprehensive description of the course is available on the UAS Wismar website. The module descriptions in the module handbook give a detailed overview of the entire content of the course.
Seminars that take place in small groups and offer plenty of room for discussion
Modules
Basic modules
- Mathematics/informatics
- Physics/engineering mechanics
- Electrical engineering / electronics
- Measuring and regulation technology
- Business administration
- General law
- Maritime traffic safety
Specific modules
- Traffic planning
- Port and terminal management
- Maritime cargo technology / dangerous goods
- Maritime traffic safety / traffic safety
- Traffic law
- Transport economics
- Applied computer science
Academic counselling
- Sönke ReiseProf. Dr. rer. pol.ProfessorSeefahrt, Anlagentechnik und Logistikstellvertretender Bereichsleiter Seefahrt, Anlagentechnik und Logistik
Student counselling
- Jana FischerDipl.-Kff.EmployeeSeefahrt, Anlagentechnik und Logistik
Application Process
All international applicants have to register in the application online portal. Further information about the application process can be found here – Applications for full-time studies.
Student Support
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact our international office – it is the first point of contact for those who would like to join us as a student.
International office »
- Narangerel TsendbaatarDipl.-Wirtsch.jur. (FH)Employee