Lithuanian Maritime University
| Lithuanian Maritime University | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1948 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
Klaipėda , Lithuania
|
| director | Viktoras Senčila |
| Students | 1,542 (2013) |
| Employee | 162 (2014) |
| Website | www.lajm.lt |
The Lithuanian Seafaring University ( lit. Lietuvos aukštoji jūreivystės mokykla , LAJM ) is a state university ( seafaring school ) in Klaipėda , the third largest city in Lithuania . Graduates complete with a Bachelor's degree . The course lasts three to four years. Graduates are entitled to master's courses at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and the Mykolas Romer University in Lithuania as well as at the Maritime Academy in Szczecin ( Akademia Morska w Szczecinie ) in Poland.
history
In April 1948, the Klaipėda Nautical School ( Klaipėdos jūreivystės mokykla ) was founded. The training was strictly organized, the students lived in the school and wore uniform. In 1991 the school became the Klaipėda Higher School of Seafaring ( Klaipėdos aukštesnioji jūreivystės mokykla , KAJM). In 1998 it became the department of Klaipėdos universitetas . In 2001 it was reorganized by the Lithuanian government to become the Lithuanian Maritime College, and in 2008 it was renamed the Lithuanian Maritime Academy .
Graduates
- Juozas Karvelis (1934–2018), politician, Seimas member
- Simas Kudirka (* 1930), resistance fighter against the Soviet occupation of Lithuania
- Anicetas Lupeika (* 1936), politician, mayor and honorary citizen of Akmenė
Web links
- Website (English, Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 55 ° 42 '59.4 " N , 21 ° 7' 28.4" E