Marine Learning Alliance

Overview

The Marine Learning Alliance (MLA) offer affordable and comprehensive online distance learning degree courses and online training courses in Marine subjects, hydrography and Maritime management and business. All courses are designed to fit around your life and you can study career-focused online degree courses at both bachelor’s and master’s level.

The MLA give students all of the support they need to succeed, including dedicated academic tutors and career advisors. Experienced online learning designers are able to bring you relevant and interesting learning materials that make studying an online course with MLA both an immersive and interesting experience. The high quality maritime course materials coupled with a high level of interaction is reflected in high pass rates.

The MLA have strong marine and maritime business and management routes and an established link with Plymouth University, one of the world’s leading maritime and marine universities. Highly qualified academics on the teaching staff have years of industry experience and are extremely well regarded within their professional field. The latest technologies to deliver exciting, interesting and highly relevant course material to you via distance learning are used so you can study anywhere at any time for your maritime degree or masters.

Services for International Students

All distance learning degree students have a high level of interaction with their professors and other classmates. Forums and discussion boards promote daily communication among peers, and it's common for students to form virtual study groups which really help when studying part time online. There are currently 400 students from over 50 different countries enrolled.

Ranking

Winner of the 2014 Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Employer Engagement.