Since he regarded painting as a hobby rather than a career, he entered the department of shipping management of the Taiwan Provincial College of Marine and Oceanic Technology near Keelung harbor in northern Taiwan.
作畫的工作不曾間歇，但學校的功課亦不曾荒廢。林武雄並沒有認真想過要當一個畫家。大專聯考，他考入了海洋學院航運管理系。