List of maritime colleges

A maritime school is a college or technical school with reference to the Merchant Navy.

On a nautical school sailor acquires a certificate, also called patent that allows him to a ship as a ship's officer ( the self- responsible leader of a sea watch, formerly also tax man) or as a captain (the total charge of the ship's operation) to lead.

By 1995, the traditional maritime colleges, the small (two semesters ) and medium ( four semesters) were acquired patents at universities the major patents ( six semesters).

By changing the STCW Convention 1995 international minimum standards for the training have been created and unifies the system of patents internationally. Since a patent can be purchased at the 95 schools in semesters after the STCW. At universities and colleges in eight semesters (six theory semester and two practical semesters on board ), the patent under STCW and an academic degree (previously certified engineer or industrial engineer for maritime transport, within the framework of the Bologna Process now Bachelor of Science ( be B.Sc.) ) purchased.

In addition to the courses nautical and marine engineering offer the most colleges with nautical department also other courses in the context of seafaring in, for example, maritime and port industry, International Transport Management, Integral port management, traffic operations / logistics, Cruise Industry Management or the International Course in Shipping and Chartering.

Historical names of the maritime colleges are also helmsman school or school of navigation.

The establishment of " seafaring ( s ) school " is easily confused by lay with the Nautical School, but this is set up for the training of team ranks.

Maritime colleges in Germany

On-board training institutions in Germany are located in Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, Elsfleth, Flensburg, Leer and Warnemünde. Specifically, these are:

• University of Bremen, Department 5 (range nautical and maritime ) with the courses " nautical " and " Shipping and Chartering "
• University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, Department of Ship Operation Technology (SBT )
• State Maritime School Cuxhaven
• Fachhochschule Flensburg
• College for Maritime Flensburg
• Jade University of Applied Sciences, location Elsfleth.
• College Emden / Leer, Leer
• Hochschule Wismar, Warnemünde location.