The profession of a seafarer has always been international. Seas and oceans
not only separate, but also unite continents, countries and people mainly thanks
to seafarers.
The World Labour Market has been formed in the world's shipping today and
Ukraine is firmly upholding its position of a leading marine country under conditions
of cruel competition.
Forwarding on Ukrainian seafarers to this market is not only enhancing the
prestige but is economically advantageous: foreign currency earned by seafarers
is in fact invested into Ukrainians economics.
The Odesa National Maritime Academy is well-known for a long time in the world
of marine shipping thanks to its 40,000 highly qualified specialists, its graduates,
who work in hundreds of shipping companies all over the world and also thanks
to its high rating among leading maritime institutions due to accreditation of
specialists of the Academy by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and
Technology, and Nautical Institute (Great Britain), its membership in the International
Association of Maritime Universities, the active participation of scientists and
teachers at the authoritative forums, which are being held by the U.N. International
Maritime Organization, by the world leading maritime educational and scientific
institutions. With every oncoming year more and more shipping owners of Great
Britain, Greece, Germany, Netherlands and other European countries give preference
to Ukrainian seafarers and first of all to the graduates of our Academy.
During the years of Independence of Ukraine the Odesa Maritime Academy didn't
only yield to its positions taken before but founded new institutions, faculties,
specialties, the basic Training and Certification Centre in Ukraine equipped with
modern simulators where Ukrainian and foreign shipping specialists undergo training
and upgrading courses to improve their qualification.
Nowadays the Academy is the leading scientific and methodical centre which
defines philosophy, objectives and ways of improving maritime education in Ukraine
and in the world.
Under new economic conditions our main task remains to ensure competitiveness
of the graduates of our Academy at the World Labour Market keeping high educational
standards at the level of national and international requirements. We should take
into account the most exigent demands of the leading shipowners and managers in
maritime industry.
| 7th June 1944 |
The Odesa Higher Maritime School was formed |
| 29th May 1958 |
OHMS was renamed into the Odesa Higher Engineering Marine School (OHEMS) |
| 26th April 1991 |
OHMES was transformed into the Odesa State Maritime Academy (OSMA) |
| 21st September 2002 |
OSMA was given the National status and the name of the Odesa National Maritime
Academy |
During the years of its activities the Academy trained about 40,000 specialists
for Marine fleet of the former Soviet Union, Ukraine and 45 foreign States.
Academic Work
About 7,000 cadets and students study at Odesa National Maritime Academy (ONMA).
The annual graduation is about 1,000 specialists.
The Academy was accredited by the State Accreditation Board of Ukraine with
accreditation level IV (high). The specialties of the automation, ships' engineering,
electromechanical and radio-electronic faculties were accredited by the Institute
of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology of Great Britain (IMarEST) with
the "charter engineer" high level and the faculty of Navigation was
accredited by the Nautical institute of Great Britain (Nl).
The studies are carried out according to the graded system. The terms of studies
are the following: four years for bachelor and specialist, five and a half years
for master.
The system of ship's crew training is in compliance with the requirements
of the International Convention of Training and Certifying of Seafarers and Watchkeeping
(STCW-78/95) and other international conventions which give graduates the right
to work on all types of vessels of native and foreign companies.
The most time of learning process is devoted to the simulators' training in
accordance with the STCW-78/95 (Section A-I/12 "Standards that set out simulators'
usage" and Section B-I/12 "Guide on Simulators' Usage").
The navigating cadets use different programmes based on complex radar simulators
RLS and ARPA of the firms "Norcontrol" (Norway) and "Transas Marine"
(Great Britain, Russia).
The cadets of engineering specialties learn the operation and maintenance
of ships' power installations on the simulators of "Dieselsim" type
of the firm "Norcontrol" (Norway), LSS-2 of the firm "Haven Automation
Ltd" (Great Britain) and "Woodward" (the USA).
The cadets of radioelectronics and navigation faculties train on the simulators
of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) "Sailor" of
"Transas Marine" firm, "IZUMI 900" and on the operating ships'
radio equipment and also on the simulator of automatic identification systems
(AIS).
While studying the cadets of junior courses use operating power installations
and navigational equipment of the sailing ship "Druzhba" and the marine
tugboat "Engineer Ponomarenko" training ship.
Navigation Faculty
Specialty: Navigation
Specialization:
- Deep-Sea Navigation
- Cargo transportation
- Chartering and Agency Service
Navigator is an extremely responsible position on board the ship; proper performing
professional duties and responsibilities requires thorough and profound training.
Navigating service has been based on numerous fundamentals and up-to-date
engineering. Besides a navigator has to be aware of a ship's construction, rules
and peculiarities of her operation as well as international laws and regulations,
their applying in various situations.
Navigation and sailing directions, ship's control and her commercial operation
are also the matters he is to be highly qualified and trained for.
Such a wide range of required knowledge and necessary skills has been determined
by the fact that a ship is a complicated technical complex, operated independently
sometimes in unforeseen sailing conditions.
The construction of a big tonnage vessels, the installation of modern radio
navigational aids, ship's automation complexes and development of computers nowadays
have made the problem of navigation much more complicated.
Last generation navigation simulators as well as laboratories equipped with
up-to-date training facilities have been rendering a considerable assistance to
the cadets while studying.
The faculty includes the following departments: Navigation; Ships' Handling;
Navigation Electronic Complexes; Navigation Technical Aids; Cargo Transportation;
English in Navigation.
The graduates can take the position of navigators on sea going vessels of
all types without distance restrictions and sailing area limitations.
Navigation and Specialized Ships Operation
Faculty
Specialty: Navigation
Specialization:
- Navigation on sea and inner water ways
- Sea-going Hydrographic Ships' navigation
- Technical service ships' navigation and dredging operations
The faculty was established in 1993 on the basis of Deep-Sea Navigation Faculty.
Since 1975 a trend towards fleet specialization has become wider. The development
of European inner water ways as well as the improvement of cargo transportation
has caused a desperate need in navigators who specialize on "Navigation on
sea and inner water ways".
After the USSR disintegration, Russia has been training hydrographers for
marine industry.
Therefore a separate department of hydrography and sea geodesy has been formed.
Since 1999 navigators-dredger operators have also been trained.
The candidates who have completed Technical fleet college are being accepted to
continue education.
During their studies cadets have practical training on modern navigational
simulators in Hi-Tech Meteorology, Navigation and Sailing Directions, Hydrography
and Sea Geology Laboratories.
The faculty includes the following departments: Navigation on Sea and Inner
Water ways; Hydrography and Radio Communication, the English department.
The graduates can occupy the position of a navigator on sea going ships without
any limitations as well as the obtained specialization: on river vessels of mixed
sailing type "river-sea", technical service vessels, hydrographic ships.
They can also work at the enterprises of an appropriate field.
The Engineering Faculty
Specialty: Ships' power plants operation
Specialization:
- Ships' power plants operation
- "Ships' power and refrigerating plants operation
The Engineering faculty has been functioning since Academy was found. Nowadays
this faculty is a powerful educational, scientific complex; capable to train highly-qualified
ship's engineers. The level of these engineers corresponds to International requirements.
It's provided by highly-qualified teaching staff. There are 28 laboratories up-to-date-equipped
with facilities and simulators at this faculty.
The Engineering faculty includes the following departments: The port fleet's
operation; The ship's Engineering plants; The ship's refrigerating and auxiliary
plants and systems and their operations; The ship's heat-power engineering; The
safety of life at sea; The Theoretical mechanics; The Technology of materials
and ship's repair; The Engineering and computer graphics; The English department.
Graduates of this faculty can work as ship's universal engineers of all levels
and on all types of vessels. They can operate and maintain power plants of different
capacity. They can work at shipyards on offshore rigs; at Shipping Company; at
planning and scientific organizations; at the appropriate Institutes of Higher
education.
Automation Faculty
Specialty: Automated Control of technological Processes
Specialization: Automated Control of Ships' Power Plants
Automation Faculty started its activity in 1965. Its formation was caused by
reinforcement of the fleet with highly automated vessels. For marine engineers
of universal education the knowledge of automation units and technological processes
was of great value. Over recent years in connection with the rapid development
of computer-integrated technologies, with the requirements on safe navigation
and environmental protection the curricula have been developed and modern full-scale
simulators of automated ships' power plants have been installed at the Faculty
which enables it to pass to new forms of specialists' training.
At the Faculty there is a marine simulation center of ships' power plants
which provides refresher courses for marine engineers and electrical engineers
for work on automated ships according to three programmes: ships' power plants
control; ships' power plants operation; ships' engine room crew management. There
is a center of special technologies on ships maintenance organization.
The Faculty includes the following departments: Automation of Ships' Diesel
and Gas Turbine Plants, Automation of Ships' Steam Power Plants, Theory of Automatic
Control and Computing.
Graduates have the right to occupy managing positions of marine engineers
on all levels on the world merchant fleet vessels mostly with high level of automation,
to work at ship repair yards, in shipping companies divisions, in designing and
scientific organizations, in higher educational institutions.
Electrical Engineering and Radio Electronics
Faculty
Specialty: Electric Systems and Complexes of Transport Means
Specialization: Operation and Maintenance of Ship's Automated
Systems
Specialty: Radioelectronic Appliances, Systems and Complexes
The Faculty was formed within the Academy in 2003 on the basis of Electrical
Engineering Faculty (founded in 1944) and the Faculty of Radioelectronics (founded
in 1991).
This cooperation helped to concentrate powerful scientific, educational and
technical resources within one structural unity, to increase the efficiency of
the cadets training in the field of ships' electrical equipment, electronic devices
and control systems, maritime radio-communicational and navigational systems for
nearly all specialties of the Academy.
The training standards of the specialists "Electrical systems and Complexes
of Transport Means" take into account growth of ship's power equipment, increase
of the number of electrically-propelled ships, modern evolution level of electric
automatic and microprocessors. Graduates of this specialty are the wide profile
ships specialists. They are able to operate effectively not only electrical equipment
and automatic systems but also ships' power plants.
The graduates get the III class electrician certificate and international
watch engineer certificate according to the STCW The training standards of the
specialists in "Radioelectronic Devices, Systems and Complexes" meet
the requirements of modern progress in radioelectronics, terrestrial and satellite
communication and navigation systems, computer technique. Cadets obtain thorough
knowledge in modern digital communication technology, wireless land area networks
(WLAN) and mobile communication.
Maritime Law Faculty
Specialty: Jurisprudence
Specialization:
The Maritime Law faculty is rather young at the Academy as it was established
in 1995 and maritime lawyers' training hasn't been carried out in Ukraine before.
The faculty activities correspond to current international tendencies as follows:
the growing importance of fighting against international terrorism and piracy;
maritime law development in setting public relations when using the World Ocean,
sea bed, environmental pollution, etc.
The faculty experts have taken an active part in working out the Maritime
legislation of Ukraine, promoted the state's interests during IMO assemblies.
The qualification was approved by appointing them IMO experts: two of them having
been appointed BINSA experts, and the other two experts of MAC of Ukraine.
The faculty comprises the following departments: civil law and labour law;
administrative law and criminal law, maritime law, theories of economy and shipping
economy, philosophy, the Ukrainian culture and language, sports activities. The
launching departments cooperate in teaching and scientific process with corresponding
departments of maritime and law institutions of Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, Russia,
Ukraine, etc.
The graduates of the faculty are employed at the Shipping Companies, marine
agencies, tax-collecting agencies, ports, law-enforcement in transport means area
agencies, merchant marine state operation agencies, at the educational and research
establishments.
Correspondence Department
Specialties:
- Navigation
- Ships' Power Plant Operation
- Electrical Systems and Complexes of Transport Means
- Automated Control of Technological Processes
- Maritime Law
The Correspondence Department consists of the graduates of secondary schools,
high schools of the 1st and 2nd accreditation level, higher educational institutions
of III and IV accreditation level who obtain second higher education in ONMA.
About 85% of the Correspondence Department are students who work as staff members
on board ships.
The students of the correspondence department have the opportunity to take
part in the laboratory and examination sessions twice a year, which include lectures,
practical and laboratory classes, tests and exams. Correspondence students also
have the right to attend classes together with the full-time cadets.
Full-time cadets of the Academy if they wish can get one more profession studying
at the same time at the Correspondence Department.
In order to improve educational process by correspondence Information system
of remote education Internet has been implemented in the Academy.
Due to the satellite communication they have the opportunity to get necessary
methodical and test materials being on board a ship in any part of the World Ocean.
Maritime English
The Academy pays much attention to the English teaching. Thus, "English
language" is a profile academic subject. The training system is provided
in compliance with the requirements of STCW-78/95.
Cadets' training in English is carried out at three departments: English in
Navigation, English in Marine Engineering and English in Hydrography and VHF Communication.
On entering the ONMA pupils should pass an English Entrance Computer Test.
ONMA brunches
ONMA has three brunches:
- Seafaring College of Technical Fleet of ONMA (Odesa City)
- Azov Maritime Institute of ONMA (Mariupol City)
- Izmail Faculty of ONMA (Izmail City)
Training and Certifying Centre of Seafarers
The Training and Certifying Centre of Seafarers realizes the postgraduate training,
retraining, upgrading and attestation of officers and ratings in accordance with
the international conventions and requirements of shipping companies.
The Centre has the laboratory equipment, simulators with modern functional
possibilities such navigational as GMDSS, ARPA, RLS, power installations and other
products of world leading firms that together with the use of high computer technology
permit to design controlled situational environment able to render real variety
of operational conditions which may include emergencies, dangerous or critical
situations.
The courses' programmes have been developed according to IMO Models and shipowners'
requirements.
The TCCS quality system is certified by the Russian Shipping Maritime Registrar
in accordance with the ISO 9001 Maritime Standard.
Training Centre "Survival under extreme
conditions at sea"
The centre is assigned to drill the cadets on personal survival technique,
fire prevention and fighting. It includes a complex of simulators on flooding
and fire fighting, the First Aid rendering.
The center provides diving training, collective and individual rescue equipment
training. The center is equipped with modern facilities that meet world standards.
The training is insured by the teaching and instructing staff who have a great
shipboard experience on different types of vessels and a special training on conducting
emergency rescue operations at sea.
On completing the course of training in the Center cadets receive corresponding
international certificates.
Scientific Research
The scientists of the Academy are engaged in researches on the following priority
trends: fundamental research on most important problems of natural,-social and
humanitarian sciences; the problems of demography policy, human potential development
and the formation of civil society; environmental protection; new computer devices
and technology of society informatization; up-to-date technology and resource-keeping
technology in power industry, industry and transport.
In the Academy the researches are carried out on such trends as: safety of
navigation; ship handling; technical service ships' navigation; automation and
computer integrated technology in marine transport; ship repairing technology,
technological equipment; social and law aspects of international navigation; global
maritime radiocommunication.
On the basis of ONMA a scientific-methodological commission of the Ministry
of Education and Science of Ukraine has been built in the field of "Navigation
and Ships' power".
Academic Staff
Professionals are trained by 44 departments and 370 instructors, among them
50 doctors of science, professors, 150 candidates of science, ass. professors,
20-are academicians and associate members of different academies including international
ones. Most instructors have marine education and experience.
There is a post-graduate course and a doctorate course in the Academy. Theses
are written on following specialties:
Doctorate course: "Ships' Power plants operation", "Navigation",
"Automation of technological processes".
Post-graduate course: "Technology of ship-building and ship repairing",
"Ships' Power Plants operation", "Radio and TV systems and devices",
"Automation of technological processes", "Navigation".
Cadets' life
The Academy offers the modern material and technical basis for training and
scientific researches, in which the following services are provided: a scientific
library; a publishing center equipped with modern computers and efficient printing
machines; more than 100 items of access to Internet.
The Academy has 7 academic buildings and a campus with 4 blocks, a sport complex
and an Olympic standard swimming pool, a prophylactic health center; a 1000 seats'
canteen with modern equipment, a cafe, a club, a library, a post office, a laundry,
a hospital for cadets that offers various medical services.
In a resort area of the Black Sea Coast, there's an educational sailing center,
where cadets undertake their training on life boats and yachts.
Shipboard Training
In accordance with STCW-78/95 requirements (International Convention on Standards
of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 with Amendments,
1995, Chapter A-II/I – Master and Deck Department; A-III (1-Engine Department,
AIV/2 – Radiocommunication and Radio Personnel), all cadets have their shipboard
training. Navigating cadets require minimum of 12 months' sea going service, other
cadets – 8 months.
Besides shipboard training, cadets of engineering faculties have technical
training in the Academy's workshops and in ship-repairing yards. Junior cadets
have their shipboard training on the sailing ship "Druzhba". This three
mast sailing ship "Druzhba" with LOA 108.6 m and total area of sails
equal to 3000 sq.m. was built in 1987 in Poland. There are 24 four beds, 4 two
beds and 1 three beds cabins on the "Druzhba". Full accommodation facility
is enough for 108 cadets.
Senior cadets have their sea going service on board Ukrainian and foreign
companies.
The Sailing Training Ship "Druzhba" is ideal place for conducting
IAMUS Program. She is equipped with cosy cabins and good auditorium for student’s
presentations. And very important fact that STS "Druzhba" is moored
in the very center of old part of Odesa City (ten minutes by car from Academy
and only five minutes by car to Conference Hall in Odesa Hotel).
International Activities
Thousands of foreigners from 45 countries of the world have studied in the
Academy since the Academy's foundation.
The Academy maintains regular contacts with world centers of maritime education,
International Maritime Organization (IMO).
ONMA is a member of International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU),
a member of WNMI - World Network of Maritime Institutes. The Agreement of Cooperation
with the International Maritime Academy was signed.
In 1998 a branch of IMarEST – Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and
Technology – was inaugurated. The Institute unites more than 15 thousand engineers
from 102 countries.
The Institute accredited the specialties of engineering, automation, electromechanical
and radio-electronic faculties.
Lecturers and cadets are among the members of the Institute. Best 9 cadets
were given grants of the Institute at the rate of £1000 each.
The graduates of the Academy have the right to obtain the qualification certificates
of chartering engineers of Great Britain.
In 2000 a branch of Nautical Institute (NI) – Nautical Institute of Ukraine
was inaugurated on the basis of the Academy. The Institute is a powerful international
association of navigation officers.
Specialty "Navigation" is accredited by the Institute. Branches
of NI work in 45 countries of the world.
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