Waldek Kedzierski

Review of Maritime Academy Szczecin Pola...

All I can say about this university is that it is ...

All I can say about this university is that it is completely redundant. Maintaining three ACADEMIES (including AMW from Oksywie), in the reality of the lack of a commercial and war fleet, is absolutely nonsense. Germans, Danes, Norwegians, Dutch and others are happy because they receive well-trained officers for our taxes. My opinion in the first sentence also applies to the University of Gdynia. These academies are currently only needed by the professors and graduates who already ship foreign shipowners during internships. The situation can be repaired and the schools saved only by introducing full payment for studies. Anyway, is it really worth it? Everything at sea can be reached by courses, and there is a great, three-year private Maritime School in Gdynia.
Students pay for education, but there is a funded scholarship system. Already during education, the School helps in finding good places for internships, and graduates are provided with employment. Three years and enough. Navigator officers or mechanics do not have to be scientists to perform their duties. I had the opportunity to meet the graduates of the Academy and this three-year Maritime School while working on the ship. The comparison is in favor of the latter.