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40 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? SEPTEMBER 2013 MARKET FOCUS TRAINING & EDUCATION Polish ofÞ cers have earned re- spect in the engine rooms and on the bridges of the interna-tional shipping ß eet. With more than 4,000 full or part-time students and about 600 graduates per year the Aka- demiaMorska in Szczecin, Poland, is as-suring the continuity of this reputation. In addition to Polish students, the Maritime University is serving interna-tional members of the maritime commu-nity with a number of English language programs. They also offer specialized courses tailored to the speciÞ c needs of individual shipping companies.The AkademiaMorska in Szczecin is a university in every sense of the word, with undergraduate and graduate pro- grams to the PhD level as well as staff that carry out research and publishes scholarly papers in various areas of maritime study. Studies are divided into three faculties: Navigation, Marine En-gineering, and Engineering & Econom-ics of Transport. Additionally there is an inter-faculty Department of Foreign Languages to teach English and other seagoing languages. Satellite campuses support specialized offerings, such as the Marine Rescue Training Center, to meet a variety of specialized maritime needs. The university supports instruction across faculties with a variety of so-phisticated simulators. For navigation and shiphandling a Kongsberg-designed bridge simulator in the Maritime Traf Þ c Engineering Center has the capability of presenting more than 30 different real world ports in addition to ?at sea? chal-lenges to students. From separate rooms, an instructor can vary conditions includ-ing both wind and tide to replicate real time challenges. This simulator also can be conÞ gured as a DP Class 2 bridge to teach students, both undergraduate and returning part time, the complexities of operating vessels with the increasingly common technology. In addition to the multitude of ports that are programmed into the simulator it can also replicate the size and handling characteristics of over 15 different ships. This is of particular signiÞ cance when students are manning the vessel in simu-lated conÞ ned waters where everything from bank effect to the in ß uence of other ships being met in a passage can be rep-licated. Deputy Rector for Maritime Affairs, Capt. AndrzejB
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