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The World Maritime University (WMU), in Malmö, Sweden, is a postgraduate maritime university founded within the framework of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—a specialized agency of the United Nations. Established by an IMO Assembly Resolution in 1983, the aim of WMU is to be the world centre of excellence in postgraduate ...
The United Nations World Maritime University is also located in Malmö. The World Maritime University (WMU) [70] operates under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. WMU thus enjoys the status, privileges and immunities of a UN institution in Sweden.
Maritime State University: South Korea: Busan: Korea Maritime and Ocean University [77] Mokpo: Mokpo National Maritime University [78] Saudi Arabia: Jeddah: King Abdulaziz University [79] Seychelles: Providence: Seychelles Maritime Academy [80] Singapore: Jurong West: Nanyang Technological University [81] Queenstown: National University of ...
World Maritime University (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Universities in Sweden" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
A Högskola (= university college in English) is an institution of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller and with PhD-rights in fewer areas. The right to award doctoral degrees is in Sweden given and monitored by the Swedish Higher Education Authority in the same way for universities and university colleges.
Sheldon Hoard Kinney (1918 – 11 December 2004) was a U.S. Navy rear admiral who was prominent for action in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and later maritime education as Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, President of SUNY Maritime College and as the founder and President of the UN World Maritime University.
Kjerfve served as president of the World Maritime University [5] in Malmo, Sweden, for five years, before becoming the chancellor of American University of Sharjah (AUS), in 2014. [6] [7] He had previously served as a tenured professor of oceanography and dean of the College of Geosciences (2004–2009) at Texas A&M University.
The IMO has also increased its focus on smoke emissions from ships. In 1983, the IMO established the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden and also facilitated the adoption of the IGC Code. [2] In 1991, the IMO facilitated the adoption of the International Grain Code. [2]