Shanghai Maritime University was Awarded an Excellent Rating for the Maritime Education and Training Quality

Author:武凯凯Release Time:2021-04-16View:529

On April 14th, a seminar on quality assessment of maritime education and training was held by China Maritime Safety Administration(MSA) in Beijing. Shanghai Maritime University(SMU) was awarded the excellent rating for its maritime education and training quality. Mr. Shi Xin, the Vice President of SMU, Mr. Cao Desheng, the Director General of MSAMr. Shou Tao, the Deputy Director General of MSA and representatives from provincial and municipal MSA, shipping companies and maritime universities attended the seminar.

On behalf of MSA, Mr. Cao Desheng congratulated the universities awarded excellent ratings for their outstanding maritime education and training quality and issued the certificates. Mr. Shi Xin, on behalf of SMU, received the Certificate of Quality of Maritime Education and Training.

Mr. Shi Xin spoke at the meeting that the maritime education and training quality assessment, as well as the equivalent recognition is very important to the development of China's maritime education and training. Maritime education is the source and foundation of the establishment of SMU. SMU will take this as a new opportunity to further optimize the training mode and management system of maritime education and improve the curriculum setting. SMU will focus on the dockings of training objectives and industry needs, the course content and professional standards, and the teaching process and production process, constantly promoting the development of maritime education to high quality, so as to better serve the implementation of national strategies of building a transport, maritime and shipping power.

From March 25 to 26, MSA has organized experts to evaluate the quality of maritime education and training of SMU. MSA reviewed the results and finally awarded the excellent rating. According to the relevant documents of MSA, the undergraduate universities with excellent evaluation results can apply for the competence examination of the second mate (including GMDSS general operator), the second engineer and the marine ETO, and MSA will accept the theoretical examination results of all subjects conducted by these universities.