The Singapore Maritime Academy of Singapore Polytechnic took a step eastward in its expanding network of tie-ups with maritime training institutes around the world.
It signed a memorandum of understanding with top Japanese maritime college Toba National College of Maritime Technology. SMA will embark on maritime innovations, academic and student exchange with the 127-year-old college, which was established in 1881, and is the most established among Japan's five maritime colleges. It will be the first time Toba has forged links with an educational institution outside Japan. Academy director Roland Tan and Toba president Taketoshi Yamada signed the agreement to formalize the partnership. The collaboration will advance research in the range of common disciplines between the two institutions and enhance education experiences for staff and students, SMA said. The tie-up will enable SMA students to have training opportunities onboard the five vessels Toba college has access to, including the sail training tallship Nihon Maru. In return, Toba students will be able to join SMA's maritime experiential learning cruises onboard a luxury cruise ship. SMA currently has tie-ups with the Netherlands' Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz, the UK's Newcastle University and Russia's Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University among others.
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