2. Kyiv State Maritime Academy named after hetman Petro Konashevich- Sahaydachniy Kyiv State Maritime Academy named after hetman Petro Konashevich- Sahaydachniy (KSMA) is one of the leading higher institutions of Ukraine in maritime education of the IV level of accreditation. During more than one hundred years of the Academy existence thousands of professionals working in the national economy of Ukraine and on ships under the flags of almost all countries of the world have been trained.

3. History of the Academy 1912 – Kyiv River College 1962 – Extramural Faculty of the Leningrad Maritime Institute in Kyiv 1992 – Kyiv Maritime Institute of the Odessa State Maritime Academy 1998 – Kyiv State Maritime Academy 2003 – Named after hetman Petro Konashevich- Sahaydachniy

4. Number of students Today, more than 7,000 students from Ukraine and other countries of the world obtain educational qualification degrees of "Bachelor" and "Master" at the Academy and its divisions.

5. Training at the Academy Navigators, ship engineers and ship electrical engineers, managers of organizations, economists, accountants, logistics specialists and software engineers are being trained at the Academy.

6. Teaching staff The teaching staff of the Academy includes 220 highly qualified scientific and pedagogical experts - doctors and candidates of sciences, professors and associate professors, as well as a large number of sea captains and chief engineers who have many years of experience.

7. Material and Technical Resources The material and technical resources of the educational complex includes academy buildings with more than 50 educational laboratories and study rooms for general subjects, the computer labs equipped with modern computers, a hostels, a libraries, a spacious gym and an assembly hall.

8. Material and Technical Resources The Academy has training fleet, in particular, training vessels “St. Olga”, “Shturman”, NTS-313 and “Horizon”, where students have possibility to strengthen obtained knowledge and to train practical skills.

9. Structure of the Academy Faculty of Navigation Faculty of Economics and Transport Faculty of Law Mykolaiv Maritime and River Transport Faculty of KSMA Dunai Maritime and River Transport Faculty of KSMA Kyiv College of Maritime and River Transport of KSMA

10. Structure of the Academy Kyiv Transport and Technology College of KSMA Kyiv High Professional School of KSMA Kyliya Transport College of KSMA Izmail High Professional School of KSMA Mykolaiv High Professional School “Maritime School” of KSMA Kyiv Training Center for Training, Recurrent Training and Advanced Training of Water Transport Specialists

11. International Activities The Academy is a full member of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and works closely with foreign higher institutions in maritime education.

12. International Activities The Academy is actively involved in the development and realization of the measures to implement the requirements of the Manila Amendments to the Convention on Training, Certification and Watch- keeping for Seafarers (STCW) into a national system of education and training of seafarers.

13. International Activities The Academy regularly hosts international scientific, scientific-technical conferences and seminars. The Academy take a part in different international programs and projects, among which there are TEMPUS, HORIZON, ERASMUS MUNDUS and others.

14. The Kyiv Training Center for Training, Recurrent Training and Advanced Training of Water Transport Specialists The Kyiv Training Center for Training, Recurrent Training and Advanced Training of Water Transport Specialists is successfully operated as a division of the Academy. The Center is equipped with modern simulators, which correspond to requirements of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Convention on Training, Certification and Watch- keeping for Seafarers (STCW), including the Manila amendments.

15. Training at the Academy The Academy carries out the training on Bachelor and Master Programmes in 9 directions and 12 specialties. Period of study for Bachelor’s degree is 4 years and Master's degree - 1-1.5 years. Forms of study are full time and extra-mural. Teaching languages are Ukrainian and Russian. Another city students can get accommodation in comfortable hostels.

16. Training at the Academy Maritime and River Transport (Navigation) Maritime and River Transport (Operation of Ship’s Power Plants) Maritime and River Transport (Operation of Ship’s electrical and automatic equipment) DIRECTIONS OF TRAINING (Bachelor Programmes) Accounting and Audit Management Marketing Economics of Enterprises Transport Technologies Software Engineering Jurisprudence Logistics

17. Training at the Academy SPECIALTIES (Master Programmes) Navigation Operation of Ship’s Power Plants Accounting and Audit Management of Enterprises and Administration System Software Engineering Jurisprudence

18. Training at the Academy PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS Foreigners who do not speak the language of study (Ukrainian or Russian) are admitted to the Preparatory Department of the Academy During one year foreigners study the Ukrainian and/or Russian language, the history of Ukraine, geography, mathematics, physics, computer science and other educational disciplines depending upon the chosen direction. After completion of the Preparatory Department, final tests are to be passed by students to be admitted by different universities of Ukraine.

19. Student’s life at the Academy The Academy pays great attention to physical and sport training of the younger generation. The Academy sports teams on swimming, basket-ball, track and field athletics and others are leaders of Kyiv championships and Ukrainian Students Games.

20. Student’s life at the Academy To develop student’s amateur performances the Art and Culture Center was created at the Academy in 2002.The first studio of the Center was the little theater “Raido”. At the Center students have great opportunities to realize themselves in theatrical performances, choreography, concert shows, mind games, etc.

21. Job and possibilities Graduating students of the Academy have an opportunity to be employed in Shipping Companies Sea and River ports Water Transport Agencies Government Bodies Law enforcement agencies and law courts Notary and advocatory offices, Commercial and other entities Scientific and Research Institutions Higher Schools

22. Kyiv State Maritime Academy named after hetman Petro Konashevich- Sahaydachniy THE DIPLOMA OF OUR ACADEMY IS THE EARNEST OF YOUR SUCCESS

23. Contacts Kyiv State Maritime Academy named after hetman Petro Konashevich - Sahaydachniy (KSMA) 9, Frunze St., Kyiv, 04071 tel./fax: (+38) (044) 463-74-71 tel.: +38 (044) 379 16 48; +38 (044) 379 16 98 Е-mail: kcmt@iptelecom.net.ua http://www.maritime.kiev.ua