History
In 1800, during the French period, under the Napoleon rule, a maritime school was established in Antwerp.
Until 1814 the school was housed in the building of the Trade Exchange.
Following milestones characterise the further history of the school:
1834 | Re-foundation of the Antwerp Maritime Academy under Belgian rule. |
1919 | Resuming courses after the suspension from 1914 till 1918. |
1907 | The academy starts the tradition to name the class of first year students in Nautical Sciences after a distinguished maritime personality. As from 1977 this is also done for the Marine Engineering department. |
1932 |
Inauguration of the new school building. |
1944 | The German army occupies the school building; courses are taught at the building where now the seamen’s house “Stella Maris” is located (the school building could be used again in 1948). |
1961 | The training vessel “Mercator” is taken out of service. |
1985 | The Nautical Sciences training is taken to an academic level. |
1990 | The Flemish Community replaces the federal Transport Ministry as competent authority. |
2002 | The IMO (STCW) international rules and quality standards are implemented. |
2003 | The Antwerp Maritime Academy is one of the first colleges to be awarded the ISO 9001:2000 quality certificate. |
2004 | Introduction of the bachelor-master structure. |
2008 | The tradition of organising training at sea on large sailing ships has been resumed. |
2018 | The Antwerp Maritime Academy obtains the ISO 9001:2015 quality certificate. |
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