National University "Odesa Maritime Academy" () is a maritime university in

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. Currently, the main task of the university is to ensure the competitiveness of graduates in the Ukrainian and world labor markets, by training seafarers while taking into account the most demanding claims of leading shipowners. Since Ukrainian independence, the university opened new specialties and created a network of separate structural units, in particular in the cities of

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and

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. The staff is working to improve the organization and content of the educational process. NU "OMA" has a modern material and technical base, with modern naval simulators, a large library, and a unique training and sailing vessel called " Druzhba". The university also has the conditions for physical culture and sports: an Olympic-class swimming pool, a sports gym, sports sections and a water station at the disposal of cadets and students.

History

The Odesa Higher Maritime School was established on June 7th, 1944. It was renamed the Odesa Higher Naval Engineering School in 1958, and Odesa State Maritime Academy in 1991, following Ukrainian independence. It became a national university and assumed the name Odesa National Maritime Academy in 2002, before finally assuming its current name in 2016.

Notable alumni

Anatoli Khorozov Anatoli Nikolaevich Khorozov ( uk, Анатолій Миколайович Хорозов; 25 June 1925 – 27 September 2011) was a Ukrainian ice hockey administrator and businessman. He served as president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukra ...

— president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine.

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Notable alumni

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