The Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy ( ro, Academia Navală "Mircea cel Bătrân") is a higher education institution based in the

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port of Constanța that educates future officers for the

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, as well as maritime officers and engineers for the merchant marine. At the request of the Romanian Coast Guard, the Naval Academy prepares coast guard officers.

History

The Naval Academy has its roots in the Flotila School established in the Danubian port of Galați in 1872. After the reorganization of the Romanian military education, naval higher education was assigned to the ''School of Application for Marine Junior Officers'', established in Galați in 1896 and transferred to Constanța in 1901. The school was reorganised in 1906 as the ''Superior Naval School'', only to be disbanded during

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, due to the occupation of

Dobruja Dobruja or Dobrudja (; bg, Добруджа, Dobrudzha or ''Dobrudža''; ro, Dobrogea, or ; tr, Dobruca) is a historical region in the Balkans that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania. I ...

by the

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. A Naval School was reestablished in Constanța in 1920, with a ''Section for Merchant Marine'' established in 1938. After

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it was reorganized and renamed several times until 1969, when it was named ''School for active Navy officers "Mircea cel Bătrân"'', after

Mircea the Elder Mircea the Elder ( ro, Mircea cel Bătrân, ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited t ...

, a Wallachian voivode who ruled the Dobrujan coast in the late 14th century. In 1972, a separate university, the ''Merchant Marine Institute'' ( ro, Institutul de Marină Civilă), was created for the commercial navy. In 1973, the two institutions were conflated, forming the ''Navy Institute "Mircea cel Bătrân"''. This was reorganized in 1990, when it also received its present name.

Faculties

The academy has 2 faculties: * Faculty of Navigation and Naval Management * Faculty of Marine Engineering and a discrete department, the * Life-Long Learning and Technological Transfer Department

Notable alumni

* Jean Bart (Eugeniu Botez) * Basescu * Geo Bogza * Mazare

History

Faculties

Notable alumni

See also