The Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy () is a higher education institution based in the

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port of

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that educates future officers for the

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, as well as maritime officers and engineers for the merchant marine. At the request of the Romanian Coast Guard, the Naval Academy prepares coast guard officers.

History

The Naval Academy has its roots in the Flotila School established in the Danubian

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in 1872. After the reorganization of the Romanian military education, naval higher education was assigned to the ''School of Application for Marine Junior Officers'', established in Galați in 1896 and transferred to Constanța in 1901. The school was reorganised in 1906 as the ''Superior Naval School'', only to be disbanded during

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, due to the occupation of

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by the

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. A Naval School was reestablished in Constanța in 1920, with a ''Section for Merchant Marine'' established in 1938. After

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it was reorganized and renamed several times until 1969, when it was named ''School for active Navy officers "Mircea cel Bătrân"'', after

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, a Wallachian voivode who ruled the Dobrujan coast in the late 14th century. In 1972, a separate university, the ''Merchant Marine Institute'' (), was created for the commercial navy. In 1973, the two institutions merged, forming the ''Navy Institute "Mircea cel Bătrân"''. This was reorganized in 1990, when it also received its present name.

Faculties

The academy has 2 faculties: * Faculty of Navigation and Naval Management * Faculty of Marine Engineering and a discrete department, the * Life-Long Learning and Technological Transfer Department

Notable alumni

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, ...

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* Eugeniu Botez (Jean Bart) * Tiberiu-Liviu Chodan * Constantin Costăchescu *

Dorin Dănilă '' Viceamiral'' Dorin Dănilă (born June 29, 1953) was the Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces Staff from 3 November 2006 to 3 July 2010. He was born in Braşov. In 2010 he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and discharged from active duty ...

* Radu Mazăre * Valentin Păduroiu

History

Faculties

Notable alumni

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