countries since its establishment. 8.4 students per country have
studied at WMU. WMU provides five MSc courses in General Maritime Administration and
Environment Protection, Maritime Education and Training, Maritime Safety Administration,
Port Management and Shipping Management. The annual intake is max. 100 students.
The distribution of students by region is roughly 35% from Africa, 30%
from Asia and the Pacific, 20% from Latin America and the Caribbean, 15% from Arab stated
and others.
All of the students in the early days so to speak were representatives
of their countries studying the rules and regulations of IMO. Recently at least a quarter
of the students come to WMU with various objectives of study, such as
The updated and theoretical subjects,
Total automation system of ship operations,
Container terminal operation and management,
Business research of the shipping trade market,
Integration between human resources and marine technology,
Integrated data analysis system between land and sea, etc.
These students are not mediators between their countries and developed
countries; they are already autonomous researchers who can command updated information and
developed research knowledge and technology.
3.2 MET institutes in Japan
According to Education for Seafarers in Japan (7), the MET institutes
in Japan are two universities of the Mercantile Marine, five national marine colleges, one
marine technical college, eight marine institutes for sea training and technical schools.
3.2.1 University of Mercantile Marine
The highest educational institutions for ship officers are located in
Kobe and Tokyo. They belong to the Ministry of Education (MOB) and provide a four-year
academic study programme leading to a BSc.
Departments
Kobe Shosen Daigaku (University of Mercantile Marine: KUMM)
Marine Science (licence course 110 intakes)
Transport and Information System Engineering (40 intakes)
