Welcome to your gateway to the world. Here you'll find out about the amazing opportunities available through a Merchant Navy Cadetship at City of Glasgow College.
Our training programmes are highly respected and provide you with internationally recognised qualifications. You'll combine studying at college with practical hands-on training working on board a ship at sea.
A cadetship is a form of training that combines practical on-the-job experience and formal, facilitated training. During your cadetship you will have five phases over three years split into 3 phases at college focusing on classroom-based learning and 2 phases at sea focused on practical experience and accumulating sea-time requirements. There are different starting points for cadetships depending on your qualifications and even an Access Course if you don't have the required qualifications. 
Each Cadetship is sponsored by a sponsoring company. This typically means your studies and living expenses are paid through a bursary. On top of this, whilst you are at sea on placements you are still receiving income.
Maritime Careers Open Day
If you are interested in our cadetships come along to our Maritime Open Day.
- Wednesday 17 June - 2:30pm – 7:00pm at our Riverside Campus.
Experience the industry first-hand at our Maritime Open Day, where you can:
- Take control in Europe’s most advanced ship simulators
- Explore our award-winning Riverside Campus
- Visit our Marine Skills Centre
- Meet lecturers, cadets and leading maritime employers Anglo-Eastern, Clyde Marine Training, Stream Marine, Just Be Maritime and MSC
- Discover careers in navigation, engineering and electro-technical systems
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