TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, says it has teamed up with the Bremen university of applied sciences (Hochschule Bremen) to offer students of ship management opportunity gain practical experience in the business.

Each term, the cruise line that currently has two ships in the water plus two newbuildings on order, will offer two students the opportunity to work at the company to gain practical experience.

In addition, from the start of 2015, the company will send speakers to Bremen to give talks to students of ship management about matters that are particular to the cruise industry.

Richard Vogel, ceo of TUI Cruises, said in a statement that the aim is to make the company known among the students as a potential employer and that the growing company is keen to have door open to young people as soon as they have obtained their Bachelor’s degree from Bremen.