Welcome to the Northern Maritime University

The "Northern Maritime University" (NMU) project is building up a transnational network of universities in the North Sea Region (NSR). The project’s initial phase, until December 2010, will culminate with the launch of the Northern Maritime University.

Against a background of growing maritime traffic, port development, and rising environmental challenges, within an increasingly intermodal environment, maritime business managers need to be better prepared by possessing multidisciplinary knowledge and the right skills set to cope with current and future challenges.

The NMU will develop qualification offerings that are focused to meet the needs of maritime industries today and in the future.

The multidisciplinary qualification offerings developed within the NMU project for the maritime transport industry will benefit greatly from exploiting the diversity, complementarity and synergies of the NMU partners.

The existing expertise of international partners in the North Sea Region is creating a multidisciplinary and internationally oriented qualification offering and engendering the development of maritime industries thus constructively contributing to the development of a North Sea and European Maritime Policy.

NMU is working towards establishing a European Area of Research and Innovation for the maritime industry, contributing towards the Lisbon strategy to make Europe “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world”.

Kevin Cullinane & Gordon Wilmsmeier - NMU North Sea Region - Project Leaders

++ Latest Newsletter Download ++ Interview with Frederik Naumann, Sartori & Berger ++ "Learning about Industry" - Practical experience ashore and for ex-seafarers ++ Maritime Business Expert Panel in Denmark ++ NMU partners portrait: Swedish Environmental Institute (IVL) and Pantrak Transportation Ltd. ++ Latest Newsletter Download ++

This project is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
"Investing in the future by working together for a sustainable and competitive region."