Maritime Academy to be set up within Makarov University
Marine Academy will be set up within the framework of the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping. Sergey Baryshnikov, Rector of the University tells about it in his interview to PortNews IAA.
All operational specializations for cadets will be concentrated in the Maritime Academy. First pro-rector of the University Nikolai Alekseev will head the Academy.
Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping appeared in the result of a merger of Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy and St.-Petersburg State University of Waterway Communications.
The Academy’s history goes back to May 7, 1876. There are 8 faculties in the Academy: the Navigation Faculty, the Faculty of International Transport Management, the Marine Engineering Faculty, the Electric Engineering Faculty, the Radio Engineering Faculty, the Arctic Faculty, from 2009 – the Faculty of law, from 2010 – the Economics Faculty. In 1994 the Academy was attested by IMO Education and Certification Department.
The history of St.-Petersburg State University of Waterway Communications started in 1809. At present the University is large transport educational center for life-long learning training. Teaching of students and cadets is realized in technical, natural-scientific and humanitarian profiles.
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