Batumi State Maritime Academy

• Established: 1929
• Location: Batumi, Georgia
• Language of instruction: Georgian
• Number of students: 3000
• Type: state.

Batumi State Maritime Academy is an international accredited higher educational institution that provides training for students in the fields of the merchant marine fleet and maritime transport infrastructure.

The university was founded in 1929 and played an important strategic role in providing the Soviet fleet with personnel. Today, about 5,000 graduates of the Batumi State Maritime Academy work on ocean ships. One of the most famous graduates is Anatoly Kacharava: after the Second World War, he became a teacher at the Belarusian State Medical Academy, and after his death he was buried in the university.

After graduation, students can occupy leadership positions in command of marine merchant ships, marine crewing companies, and in public and private services whose activities are related to maritime transport, ship control and management.

• All training programs are in accordance with the rules of the International Maritime Organization and the STCW Convention.
• Education not only at military and naval faculties
• Teachers, part of which are active servicemen
• Georgian language study programs for international students
• Participation in international programs, for example, Erasmus +
• Established relations with universities in Russia, Poland, Ireland, Turkey, Norway
• Pupils of military and naval specialties are required to: work out a certain number of hours of training on the territory of the academy, wear uniforms, start their day with building, playing the national anthem of Georgia and raising the flags of the academy and the country
• The modern material and technical base of the educational institution.

On the basis of the Batumi State Maritime Academy work:

• Training and certification center for seafarers. Today it is the largest provider of marine training center services in Georgia.
• The center for the training of applicants and students, where students of the final classes are prepared for passing entrance exams to the academy
• The vocational training center, the main purpose of which is to provide interested persons with professional education that meets modern requirements.

The proximity of the Academy to the ports of Batumi, Poti, Kulevi and Supsa Customs creates excellent conditions for training and practice of students. The Sailors Training and Certification Center has a professional sailing simulator, a safety and fire extinguishing system is equipped.

In order to become a student at the Batumi State Maritime Academy, an applicant must:

• Provide a certificate of general secondary education or its equivalent with a certified translation
• Fill in the application addressed to the rector
• Get approval from the Naval Medical Commission
• Successfully pass an interview and pass the entrance exams in language, mathematics, physical fitness.

If a student enters the academy after completing a training course at the Center for Training Applicants and Students, he will receive a 10% discount for the first year of study. If someone from his family is already studying at an educational institution, he will be offered a 5% discount on his first year of education.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision