The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Jamaica has joined the ranks of the world’s high maritime training establishments, following its acceptance into the distinguished Worldwide Affiliation of Maritime Universities (IAMU).
CMU President, Professor Andrew Spencer, confirmed the achievement in an interview with JIS Information, noting that the college’s acceptance into IAMU locations it among the many high 15 per cent of maritime universities, schools, and academies worldwide.
He defined that there are greater than 500 maritime establishments globally, and solely about 75 — representing roughly 15 per cent — are members of the IAMU. The rigorous choice course of evaluated areas akin to analysis output, analysis capabilities, studying services and applied sciences, pupil satisfaction, the vary of programmes provided, and compliance with the Worldwide Conference on Requirements of Coaching, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW).
“The IAMU is an elite group of universities, schools and academies within the maritime house that kind a community for excellence,” Professor Spencer stated. “In the end, being part of the IAMU says quite a lot of issues, and the primary is that we’re among the many finest.”
He added that membership opens new alternatives for CMU college students, significantly via entry to grant funding and superior analysis collaborations in areas such because the marine surroundings, decarbonisation, inexperienced vitality, and blue vitality.
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Professor Spencer additionally identified that establishments just like the World Maritime College and Shanghai Maritime College are deeply engaged in any such analysis, noting that “the CMU now ranks proper up there with all of them.”
Moreover, he highlighted that IAMU membership reinforces CMU’s standing on the Worldwide Maritime Group’s (IMO) whitelist, a standing the college has not too long ago renewed for one more 5 years.
Past analysis, Professor Spencer stated the college’s new designation might present entry to further sources. “Many of those establishments, for instance Massachusetts Maritime Academy, are totally government-funded in the USA of America. They’ve vessels that we are able to profit from, given our proximity to them,” he stated.
He additional famous that pupil exchanges, significantly with North American and European companions, might supply entry to laboratory services, presenting what he described as “countless alternatives” for CMU college students.
