Amet Signs Mou With Korea Maritime University And Nigerian Maritime

AMET SIGNS MoU WITH KOREA MARITIME UNIVERSITY AND NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

17th September 2009 saw two major developments at AMET, which is India’s first Maritime University, and continues to live up to country’s expectations. 21 students, fully sponsored by NIMASA (Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency) arrived on campus to pursue their Maritime education at AMET. Mrs. Irene Macfoy, coordinating the prestigious “Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme” of NIMASA, accompanied these students to AMET. Expressing her utmost satisfaction, she confirmed that the number of students sent to AMET will grow in the years to come. On the same day, the President of Korea Maritime University, Dr Keo-Don OH accompanied by Dr. Jinsoo Park, Head of the Maritime Studies, visited AMET and signed the MoU for exchange of students, faculty and programmes, joint research and curriculum and other academic areas. Korea is a strong seafaring nation and the Korea Maritime University has a 90 years long history to it and has achieved excellence in areas of shipbuilding, maritime technology and ocean research. It may be worthwhile mentioning here that AMET’s MoU with Danish Maritime University has already seen joint research initiated and also exchange of students when 3 of AMET’s Marine Engineering students did an innovative project at Denmark of remote starting, monitoring and stopping of generator located in Denmark campus, from AMET campus in Chennai, under the able guidance of Mr. Claus Walther Jensen, faculty at Denmark.