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{{Short description|University in Batumi, Georgia}}
{{Infobox university
|name           = Batumi State Maritime Academy
|native_name    = სსიპ — სასწავლო უნივერსიტეტი — ბათუმის სახელმწიფო საზღვაო აკადემია
|image          = Batumi State Maritime Academy (BSMA) 2 (2013).jpg
|caption        = The main entrance to the Academy.
|motto          =
|established    = 1929
|type           = [[Public university|Public]]
|academic_staff = 41 (maritime faculty)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bsma.edu.ge/sub-8/page/2-29/index.html|title=Batumi State Maritime Academy}}</ref><br />37 (training centre)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bsma.edu.ge/sub-14/page/2-46/index.html|title = Batumi State Maritime Academy}}</ref><br />'''?''' (business and management faculty)
|faculty        =
|rector         = Murtaz Devadze
|students       = 2500<ref name="inc">{{cite web |url=http://eqe.ge/res/docs/35.pdf |title=Bill of Authorization Board |publisher=National Center For Educational Quality Enhancement |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070346/http://eqe.ge/res/docs/35.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|undergrad      =
|postgrad       =
|doctoral       =
|city           = [[Batumi]]
|coordinates           = {{coord|41|38|48.7|N|41|37|18.6|E|display=title}}
|state          =
|endowment      = Fully self-financed since 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edu.aris.ge/news/akreditaciis-gavlis-shemdeg-batumis-sazgvao-akademia-swavlebas-rusul-enazec-ganaxorcielebs.html|title = Აკრედიტაციის გავლის შემდეგ, ბათუმის საზღვაო აკადემია სწავლებას რუსულ ენაზეც განახორციელებს}}</ref>
|language       = [[Georgian language|Georgian]]
|country        = [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
|campus         = Urban
|free_label     =
|free           =
|other          = 200<ref name="inc"/> (1-year program trainees)
|colours        = {{color box|black}}{{color box|white}} Black and white
|mascot         = [[Anchor]]
|other_name       = აკადემია (ak'ademia, "academy")
|affiliations   =
|website        = {{url|bsma.edu.ge}}
}}
'''Batumi State Maritime Academy''' ('''BSMA''', {{lang-ka|ბათუმის სახელმწიფო საზღვაო აკადემია}}) is an internationally [[Higher education accreditation|accredited]] [[higher-education]] maritime school in [[Batumi, Georgia]]. The institution's main function is to prepare qualified staff for employment within the marine-trade fleet and maritime transport infrastructure. Batumi State Maritime Academy provides an educational process that is in accordance with Georgian [[legislation]] as well as the international [[STCW Convention]].
==History==
Batumi Maritime Technical University was inaugurated in 1929. On March 5, 1944, the self-defense committee of the [[Soviet Union]] created the Batumi Maritime Institute. The institute played an important role in the development of maritime activities in the [[Soviet Union]] as a whole. The institute has taught up to 5,000 highly qualified maritime specialists; their graduates continue to work on ocean ships across the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About academy|url = http://www.bsma.edu.ge/index.php?m1=1&m2=2&rf=text&lang=en#.Ve7jUWxRGP8|website = www.bsma.edu.ge|accessdate = 2015-09-22|first = Amiran|last = Sharadze}}</ref>
The academy was created by the Georgian government in 1992, shortly after gaining independence following the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolution of the USSR]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = About academy|url = http://www.bsma.edu.ge/index.php?m1=1&m2=2&rf=text&lang=en#.Ve7jUWxRGP8|website = www.bsma.edu.ge|accessdate = 2015-09-08|first = Amiran|last = Sharadze}}</ref> Following the nationwide reform of the education system in 2004, BSMA received legal status as a teaching university on April 25, 2005.
One of the most notable persons to have studied in the academy was [[Anatoli Kacharava]]. Briefly after [[World War II]] he began teaching there as a full-time lecturer. After his death in 1982, he was honourably buried on the grounds of the academy.<ref name="seaf">History of Georgian seafaring — Merab Megrelishvili, Shota Makharadze, 2012, Tbilisi</ref>
==Education==
The academy offers education in many fields within the maritime industry. Maritime graduates occupy leadership positions on crews of maritime trade ships, maritime crewing companies and other public and private maritime services, whose activities are related to maritime transport, control and management. BSMA promotes the development of maritime institutions in the [[Black Sea]] region. Its proximity to [[Batumi]], [[Poti]] and [[Kulevi oil terminal|Kulevi]] ports and [[Supsa]] customs create excellent conditions for students to work with qualified staff.
Maritime transportation and related services or activities are regulated by national legislation and by international regulations, such as the [[International Maritime Organization]] (IMO). The basic legislative document of IMO is the [[STCW Convention]]. Georgia joined the convention in 1993, giving BSMA the responsibility of preparing qualified staff for international maritime trading and shipping industries.
The core of the education system of the college is its maritime engineering faculty. However, the second largest faculty, called [[Bachelor of Business Management|Business and Management]], also enjoys popularity within [[Senior (education)|high-school seniors]] willing to receive education within this field.
The academy frequently receives international delegations from Poland,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipress.ge/new/22055-batumshi-polonetis-shcecinis-sakhelobis-sazghvao-akademiis-delegacia-imyofeba |title=Ბათუმში პოლონეთის შცეცინის სახელობის საზღვაო აკადემიის დელეგაცია იმყოფება |access-date=2016-05-07 |archive-date=2016-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602204345/http://www.ipress.ge/new/22055-batumshi-polonetis-shcecinis-sakhelobis-sazghvao-akademiis-delegacia-imyofeba |url-status=dead }}</ref> Norway,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bsma.edu.ge/main/page/875/index.html|title = Batumi State Maritime Academy}}</ref> Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bsma.edu.ge/new/main/page/812/index.html |title=Batumi State Maritime Academy |website=bsma.edu.ge |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412201646/https://bsma.edu.ge/new/main/page/812/index.html |archive-date=12 April 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Turkey,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://trabzon.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=975&info_id=32990 |title=Ახალი ამბები - საქართველოს გენერალური საკონსულო ქალაქ ტრაპიზონში |access-date=2016-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508004550/http://trabzon.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=975&info_id=32990 |archive-date=2016-05-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and others, some of which are within the European [[Erasmus+]] programme while others establish [[student exchange programs]], mutual training and general partnership agreements. A maritime student training centre was opened in 2014 with the help of the local and central governments of Georgia, which cost 2 million [[Georgian Lari]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Economy.ge |url=http://www.economy.ge/ge/media/news/batumis-saxelmwifo-sazrvao-akademiasi-saertasoriso-donis-mezrvaurta-saswavlo-da-sawvrtneli-centri-gaixsna%5B%5D |website=www.economy.ge}}</ref> The training centre, acting under [[International Maritime Organization|IMO]] regulations, operates a professional sailing [[simulator]] for the maritime faculty students, as well as safety and firefighting equipment necessary for certification under the guidelines of the [[STCW Convention]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saqarthvelosa da Latviis Prezidentebma Bathumshi Ganakhlebuli Sazghvao Akademiis Sastsavlo Centri Gakhsnes |url=https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/ge/regioni/306984-saqarthvelosa-da-latviis-prezidentebma-bathumshi-ganakhlebuli-sazghvao-akademiis-sastsavlo-centri-gakhsnes.html |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.interpressnews.ge |language=ka}}</ref>
A typical day in the academy begins with the semi-military style line-up of students in the morning (for the maritime faculty), during which the names of the present students are recorded. After the traditional ceremony of raising the [[Flag of Georgia (country)|Georgian flag]] as well as the flag of the academy, while the [[Georgian national anthem]] is played by the university orchestra, students proceed to their classes.<ref name="rule">{{Cite web |title=Batumi State Maritime Academy |url=https://bsma.edu.ge/new/text_files/ge_file_127_1.pdf%5B%5D |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=bsma.edu.ge |language=en}}</ref> Students are required to wear the academy uniforms, which are provided to them on the first semester of the first year. All freshmen are also required to undergo a certain number of watchkeeping exercises on the territory of the academy.<ref name="rule"/>
==Academic programs==
Education programs are implemented by two certification programs and three bachelors programs.
===Maritime faculty===
====Bachelors====
* [[Navigator|Maritime navigation]]
* [[Marine engineering]]
* [[Electromechanic|Marine electromechanics]]
==== Masters ====
* Marine Transport Management
* Ship's Power Plants and Mechanisms
* Ship's and Sea Ports Electric and Power Plants
===Business and Management faculty===
====Bachelors====
* [[Ship transport|Organization and Logistics of Maritime Transportation]]
* [[Port management|Port Management]]
* [[Cruise ship|Tourism - Cruise Tourism Management]]
==== Masters ====
* Logistics and Expediting
* International Business Management
* Banking
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