The Royal Thai Naval Academy (Thai: โรงเรียนนายเรือ) (RTNA) was established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1898. He officially opened the academy on 20 November 1906. Originally located on the royal yacht ''Maha Chakri'' and some other boats donated by the king, the academy later moved to Wang Derm Palace in

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(in the compound of the present headquarters of the Royal Thai Navy), then to Sattahip, and finally to its current location in Samut Prakan in 1952. The academy is served by Royal Thai Naval Academy BTS station.

Mission

The mission of the RTNA is to train officers for the

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and

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Curriculum

The RTNA provides undergraduate programs in engineering and science, combined with naval professional training. Cadets can major in electrical engineering, marine engineering, hydraulic engineering, and management science and are trained as engineers, navigators, and marines.

Graduation

Cadets graduate with a bachelor's degree in engineering or science and are commissioned in the

with the rank of ensign (sub-lieutenant). Together with graduates of the other armed forces and police academies they receive their swords from the king personally or the king's representative.

Education of Thai naval officers

Those who want to enter the academy first have to pass the entrance exam, after which they join a two-year preparatory program at the

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where they study together with army, air force, and police cadets. On successful completion, they enter the Royal Thai Naval Academy. After graduation, they attend a further one-year advanced course at Sattahip that leads to a graduate diploma in naval science. On completion of this course, they are ready to work as officers in the

and

. The academy also trains police cadets destined to work at the marine police, while every year a few top graduates of the Naval Rating School for

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s enter the academy directly after a separate entrance exam. Selected first-year cadets of the RTNA are awarded scholarships to study at naval academies abroad. On their return to Thailand they start working as officers in the

straightaway.

Curriculum

The RTNA provides undergraduate programs in engineering and computer and materials science. *

Bachelor of Engineering A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Ba ...

Electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Marine engineering Marine engineering is the engineering of boats, ships, submarines, and any other marine vessel. Here it is also taken to include the engineering of other ocean systems and structures – referred to in certain academic and professional circ ...

Hydraulic engineering Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the move ...

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

Management science Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...

** Naval Science

Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard

Colours guards of RTNA in the royal funeral procession of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda

*1st Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy *2nd Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy *3rd Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy *4th Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy

Gallery

File:Unit colours of the Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard.jpg, RTNA cadets guarding the colours. File:RTNA1her.jpg, HTMS Thonburi Memorial at the Royal Thai Naval Academy. File:RTNA2front.jpg, Inside the Royal Thai Naval Academy. File:พระราชหัตเลขา.jpg, Royal letter of King Rama V in the establishment of the Naval Academy

References

External links

*http://www.rtna.ac.th Royal Thai Naval Academy {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1898 Naval academies Institutes of higher education in Thailand Royal Thai Navy Military academies of Thailand Buildings and structures on the Chao Phraya River 1898 establishments in Siam

Mission

Curriculum

Graduation

Education of Thai naval officers

Curriculum

Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard

Gallery

See also

References

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