About

The Italian Merchant Marine Academy was founded in 2005 with the aim of offering high-level training and training in the maritime sector and is recognized as an ITS Foundation in 2011 under the name of "Foundation of the Higher Technical Institute for Sustainable Mobility - Sectors of Shipping and Fishing" .

It is a public institution that issues qualifications from the Ministry of Education, University and Research in the field of non-university tertiary education, carrying out its activities through public and private funding and without profit-making purposes.

The "mission" of the Academy consists in providing specialized training aimed at occupations with a high professional and technological content , based on the needs of the companies in the sectors concerned and in particular in the strategic areas of maritime and logistics.

Collaboration with the world of work ensures high levels of employment , with percentages of employees among those attending courses over 80%.

The Academy also develops other activities, in favor of maritime cluster companies, both in the field of training, planning, studies and research, with both public and private funding.

In 2008 the International Section of the Academy was launched through IMSSEA (International Maritime, Safety, Security & Environment Academy), through a bilateral agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the IMO of London.

In 2016 the new headquarters in Arenzano (Genoa) and in 2017 the one in Lavagna (Genoa) is opened. The two offices are the first structures in Italy to be dedicated exclusively to the training of top professional technicians of the on-board hotels and specialized figures in reception activities on cruise ships and passenger transport.