Hogere Zeevaartschool Antwerpen

Geschiedenis

The Antwerp Maritime Academy is a university college in Belgium, located in the north of Antwerp. Future officers of the Merchant Navy and Belgian Navy are educated here. The Antwerp Maritime Academy is the only Vocational university in Belgium allowed to teach in both Vernaculars, being Dutch and French. There are two sections at the academy: Nautical science and Marine engineering. Marine engineering: results in a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Engineering after a three-year cycle. Nautical science: results in a Bachelor's Degree in Nautical Sciences after a three-year cycle. To obtain a Master's Degree in Nautical Sciences a second, one-year cycle is required.The Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Nautical Sciences are multidimensional: technical subjects combined with languages, economics, medicine and law. The courses do not only have to comply with regulations set by the local education authorities, they have to meet stringent international and quality-standard requirements set by the International Maritime Organisation . The Antwerp Maritime Academy is, because of her specific profile, the smallest academy in Flanders with ca. 670 students.