Marine Academy of Murmansk State Technical University was created in 2002. It is a structural subdivision of the University which comprises the oldest maritime faculties. From the moment of its establishment, the first in the world marine higher education institution has successfully trained personnel for the fish industry in the Northern Basin. Keeping the statues of Marine University, MSTU continues to work for the long-run prospects of the economical and social development in the Murmansk region as the country’s largest fishing industry complex, being in the lead among other maritime universities according to the rating of the Russian Federation Fisheries Agency.
The faculty was established in 1950. Navigation officer is the representative of the oldest sea job. During the long years of seafaring history the major responsibility of the navigation officer was to steer the vessels safely from one port to another, and it has not changed. The Navigational Faculty carries out research and educational activities in the following areas: marine navigation and safety at sea, especially with presentation of navigational information, ship route optimization, voyage planning (including the use of the ECDIS/ECS system), especially in the waters described as difficult (restricted) area, navigation safety, route monitoring and international regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Research works are also conducted on the idea of integrated navigational systems (INS, IBS), e-Navigation concept, electronic navigational charts (ENC), voyage data recorder (VDR), a model for performing navigation and astronavigation tasks. The staff is also involved in projects on standardization of navigational terms, acronyms and abbreviations and the analysis of the current needs in maritime education and training (MET).
Faculty of Navigation includes:
The Faculty of Marine Engineering was established in 1950. It comprises two separate departments offering the complete spectrum of study fields ranging from Pre-sea Training to Marine Chief Engineer professional education. The faculty's primary aim is to produce well rounded professional seafarers who have the broad vision and the cutting edge knowledge necessary to meet the dynamism and challenges in operating all types of ships.
Departments:
The faculty was established in 2000 and affiliated to the Marine Academy.
The Faculty includes:
Training and simulator centers of the Faculty provide cadets and students of the University as well as crew members and management personnel of the Northern Basin marine navigation and fishing companies with the following basic training and vocational retraining programs:
The Faculty has a well-equipped training base and certified training and simulator centers that meet the requirements of the Russian Federation Maritime Authorities.
Norrbotten chairmanship of the Barents Regional Council 2011-2013 jointly with the Barents Reunion 2012 organizes a brainstorming to formulate a vision of the future of the Barents region from a young person’s perspective. Those of you who are interested in attending this event are invited to participate in the Youth Workshop
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Traditionally Barents Youth Conference 2012 is taking place in Hammerfest from 20th to 22nd of April. It is planned to gather 80-100 students from the Barents region
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April 20 -22 The Barents Sea Youth conference was held in Hammerfest (Norway)
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March 28 and 29 the kick-off meeting within the new YIE project (Young Innovative Entrepreneurs)was held in Tornio, Finland. The project is aimed at establishing the support system for developing and implementing innovative business ideas for young entrepreneurs in the Barents Region
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The aim of this visit was strengthening cooperation between our universities and discussing further partnership prospects
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March 16, 2012 the delegation headed by the rector of Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Mr. Martti Lampella paid a visit to the rector of Murmansk State Technical University. During the meeting areas of cooperation and the possibility of signing a bilateral agreement were actively discussed
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The regular session of the Rectors Forum of the Barents Cross Border University was held on March 13, 2012 in Rovaniemi (Finland). The main aim at the meeting of the heads of the Finnish and Russian universities was the discussion of moderm challenges that participating universities face, progress report for 2011, as well as summarizing interim results of project efficiency internal evaluation and negotiating further strategies of cooperation development
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