Odessa National Maritime University

Odessa National Maritime University (ONMU) a versatile educational institution, which prepares graduates of all educationalqualifying levels (Bachelor, Specialist, Master) for full maintenance of personnel requirements for maritime and river branch.The structure of University includes 7 faculties which prepare specialists on 12 specialities and carry out retraining of staff. It was established on June, 12 1930 as the Odessa Institute of Water Transport Engineers. In 1994 the Institute was renamed into the Odessa State Maritime University. The ONMU is under direct subordination of the Ministry of Science sand Education of Ukraine and has got the IV-th (the highest) level of accreditation. In 2003 the ONMU successfully completed the certification of international quality management systems ISO 9001: 2000. The University is a member of the European Association of Universities (EAU), South East European Association of Transport Researches (SETREF), International Association of Maritime University (IAMU), and Magna Charta Universitatum. The ONMU is the Coordinator of the University Network of Central European Initiative (CEI) in Ukraine. Odessa National Maritime University has trained staff for maritime industry of foreign countries since 1950. For this period there has been prepared graduates for 90 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.