Introduction
“A job in the merchant navy is the dream for many. It is experiencing the best of both worlds.” When it comes to studying marine education, United Kingdom is certainly one of the best places to study. If you are looking for a marine college that is world renowned for its quality of maritime education, look no further, Shah Marine and Business Institute (www.shahmbi.com) works in close partnership with South Tyneside College (www.stc.ac.uk), one of the world’s leading colleges for maritime education. Over 17,000 students choose to study at South Tyneside College every year. This college is one of the largest merchant navy training colleges in the United Kingdom. The college is in South Tyneside in the United Kingdom, with its main sites in the towns of South Shields and Hebburn. Its foundation was laid by Dr. Winterbottom in the year 1837, hence nearly two centuries have elapsed and literally everything has changed including its name, but the tradition of excellent study still remains. Most of the major shipping companies prefer to get their candidates and employees trained at South Tyneside College and include the names such as Shell, Princess Cruises, Maersk and Nedlloyd to name a few.
Apart from that, the college has tie-ups with several popular research institutes in other countries from where students come for completing their certification exams. Shah Marine and Business Institute is the first and only educational establishment in Bangladesh which is working in close partnership with South Tyneside College, bringing you world class marine train-ing at the heart of Dhaka. It must also be noted that the marine syllabus, examina-tion questionnaires and certificates given by the South Tyneside College are issued by Scottish Qualification Agency (SQA) under supervision of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) which comes under the Department of Transport of the British Government.
Introduction
“A job in the merchant navy is the dream for many. It is experiencing the best of both worlds.” When it comes to studying marine education, United Kingdom is certainly one of the best places to study. If you are looking for a marine college that is world renowned for its quality of maritime education, look no further, Shah Marine and Business Institute (www.shahmbi.com) works in close partnership with South Tyneside College (www.stc.ac.uk), one of the world’s leading colleges for maritime education. Over 17,000 students choose to study at South Tyneside College every year. This college is one of the largest merchant navy training colleges in the United Kingdom. The college is in South Tyneside in the United Kingdom, with its main sites in the towns of South Shields and Hebburn. Its foundation was laid by Dr. Winterbottom in the year 1837, hence nearly two centuries have elapsed and literally everything has changed including its name, but the tradition of excellent study still remains. Most of the major shipping companies prefer to get their candidates and employees trained at South Tyneside College and include the names such as Shell, Princess Cruises, Maersk and Nedlloyd to name a few.
Apart from that, the college has tie-ups with several popular research institutes in other countries from where students come for completing their certification exams. Shah Marine and Business Institute is the first and only educational establishment in Bangladesh which is working in close partnership with South Tyneside College, bringing you world class marine train-ing at the heart of Dhaka. It must also be noted that the marine syllabus, examina-tion questionnaires and certificates given by the South Tyneside College are issued by Scottish Qualification Agency (SQA) under supervision of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) which comes under the Department of Transport of the British Government.
Mission
The mission of the SMBI is to foster the national development process through the creation of a centre of excellence in higher education that is responsive to society’s needs and able to develop creative leaders and actively contributes to learning and creation of knowledge. Towards fulfilling the stated mission, the Institute will bring together all of the marine and business related international standard resources and facilities in Bangladesh. More importantly it will be in close touch with its UK based collaborative and cooperative partners. Other partners of South Tyneside College include:
- AMET University (AMET)
- Applied Research International (ARI)
- B.P. Marine Academy
- Commander Ali’s Academy of Merchant Navy (CAAMN) All four of these institutions are located in India. Shah Marine and Business Institute is the first partner of South Tyneside College located in Bangladesh.
Goal
The academic goals of SMBI reflect the values and mission of the Institute. The Institute’s goals demonstrate the strengths of the Institute’s academic programs and their commitment to marine and technological education. These goals also point to long and short term needs within the Institute that must be addressed in order to maintain and advance the quality of the education. Our goals are:
• To provide an excellent broad based education with a focus on professional development for students, in order to equip them with the knowledge and skill necessary for leading the country in its quest for development.
• To train tomorrow’s professionals by providing rigorous and high quality degree programs that emphasize logical reasoning and problem solving skills.
• To advocate the core curriculum and liberal education by providing excellent general science and mathematics
courses along with major courses (e.g. marine, business etc.)
• To provide the modern, relevant laboratory experiences necessary for education in the scientific process in a safe learning environment.
• To provide training in the application of computer technological tools to the discovery process.
• To recruit high quality students and provide advisement targeted at student advancement and retention.
• To provide degree programs which are responsive to society and employers.
• To continually assess our educational offerings and adapt our teaching models to most effectively disseminate information.
Along with the above goals, the institute will provide an environment for faculty development well supported by its collaborative partners in UK, in order to ensure a dynamic teaching environment. Even faculty members will be sent abroad (England) for their skill and efficiency developments. Faculty will be provided with an environment in which they can further their teaching skills and contribute to the creation of new knowledge by developing and using their research skills
