Cyprus Maritime Academy to open its doors September 2016

The University of Nicosia recently announced the operation of the Cyprus Maritime Academy at the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Centre for Nautical Education, where the academy’s facilities are housed.

The Cyprus Maritime Academy will receive its first students in September 2016 and offer four-year degree programs which will cover the three main sectors of the nautical industry: Nautical Science, Nautical Engineering, and Nautical Electric Engineering.

At the event was Minister of Transportation Marios Demetriades who said that “today there are particularly helpful circumstances for the nautical industry to grow even further.”

The Academy will take in 35-40 students in its first year. During the second year of the degree program all students will go through practical training in shipping companies in Cyprus, with 25 of the graduates of the class of 2016 having a secure job placement.

Source: InCyprus