Navigation and Maritime Transport: Constanta university of Maritime has Bachelor, Master and PhD programs of Navigation and maritime transport in English. Navigation and maritime transport programs are issued according to the European standards, combining the Romanian maritime school tradition with the present tendencies towards informatics and modern practices of higher education, the quality of the teaching personnel being approved at national and international level. 

 

Navigation and maritime transport program is training engineers for navigation and naval engineering field, according to the national standards developed by the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation, and to the international standards stated by IMO (International Maritime Organization).

 

Apart from the evaluations made by the Ministry of Education, the Navigation and maritime transport curricula are assessed and approved by the Romanian Naval Authority considering the legislation and recommendations of the International Maritime Organization, and of the European Agency for Maritime Safety and thus, the certificate of competency has international recognition.

 

As a target group, the navigation and maritime transport programs focused on international prospective students wishing to study in English in a country member of the European Union.  A part the Bachelor and Master programs, the University of Maritime in Romania is developing a school for doctoral studies in Navigation and Naval Engineering domain.

 

Curricula harmoniously combine teaching activities with applications (tutorials, projects, and laboratory work) and practical stages in industrial units, onboard practice by means of Agreements with maritime companies and crewing agencies.

 

Navigation and maritime transport programs is designed according to the European transfer credits training program (ECTS European Credit Transfer System). The credit transfer system functions according to the mutual compatibility amongst academic institutions participating in this system. The three main elements of the credit transfer system are information about teaching subjects, mutual convention between partner institutions and students, and using ECTS credits, as a measurement of student’s activities.

 

There are 60 ECTS credits per year, which means 30 credits for each semester. Therefore, the University- Bachelor degree, 4 years of study sums up a number of 240 ECTS, while the Master’s degree program three semesters of study- amounts to a total number of 90 ECTS. 

 

Students are accommodated in modern hostels (of about 500 available hosting places). They have internet access, reading rooms, and modern equipped kitchens for preparing their meals. The university also provides a canteen with good food at modest prices. In the neighborhood there are: a commercial shopping area, modern restaurants and clubs where students spend their leisure time as pleasantly as possible.

 

Bachelor of Science in Navigation and Maritime transport in Romania:
Bachelor of Science in Navigation and Maritime Transportation program takes four years (240 ECTS) and graduates receive the Engineer of Navigation and Maritime Transportation.
The basic training gives navigation and maritime transport the necessary knowledge to work in a maritime company, brokerage and agent companies, international maritime related companies or port administrations as Maritime officers.

 

Master of Science in Maritime Transportation in Romania
Master of Science in Maritime Transportation in Romania: 1, 5 years,
Curricula harmoniously combine teaching activities with applications (tutorials, projects, and laboratory work) and practical stages in industrial units, onboard practice by means of Agreements with maritime companies and crewing agencies.