Bangladesh Marine Academy: home of maritime brilliance

• A campus for smart young generation
• Ensures Quality Cadets' entry into seafaring
• A Maritime Motherland 
• Where the Maritime Leaders are born 
• Graduates are financial contributors 

The government-owned Bangladesh Marine Academy (BMA) - having a partnering relation with the World Maritime University (WMU), Sweden, Solent University, Southampton, UK, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and recognitions of UK MNTB, IMarEST & NI and EU EMSA - is tuned with 'developing world-class maritime leaders'. It offers highest levels of maritime education, leadership and research for young boys and girls to become the future marine professionals. Cadets are professionally skilled, environmentally aware and polite in attitude; enriched in accordance with the IMO STCW Convention standard.

The Academy was founded by the Father of the Nation 'Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1972; commenced a project titled 'Development of Marine Academy 1973' with British Technical Cooperation. Today it is an inventive Academy with opening doors for Female Cadets in 2012, Bachelor of Maritime Science (Honours) Degree under the affiliation of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (Bangladesh), various coveted international recognitions and research and maritime consultancy for national & international organizations.

Living lonely and working on floating and moving entity for months away from one's family and friends is not an easy task. It needs high level of skills and competence in terms of academic, professional and mental strength. Hence, BMA follows a strategy, for developing world-class Cadets for ocean-going fleet, enriched with Certificate of Competence and Bachelor/Master of Maritime Science degree. The 5,000 alumni are asset of the Country!