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IAMU was founded by seven universities representing the five continents of the world (Representative Universities) in November, 1999, with a shared recognition of significance of maritime education and training in the rapid globalization of the international shipping arena. Since then, IAMU has significantly expanded its membership, and now boasts 71 universities/academies/faculties of the world’s maritime education and training institutions, and The Nippon Foundation as its members, total 72 altogether.
Representative Universities at the time of foundation in 1999:
The International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU: ai-ei-em-ju:) is the global network of leading maritime universities providing Maritime Education and Training (MET) of seafarers for the global shipping industry. All members of IAMU share the understanding:
All members of IAMU also recognize the significance of maritime education and training and note that:
Based on this shared understanding, it has been mutually agreed:
The Association was created in 1999 by a group of maritime universities from across the world as a non-profit organization.
IAMU Structure
IAMU’s Basic Agreement dictates all of IAMU’s activities and the administrative structure. IAMU structure consists of an Annual General Assembly, an International Executive Board, Standing Committees, and the Secretariat.
Yohei SASAKAWA
Chairman of The Nippon Foundation
International Executive Board Members (FY2022)
Glenn Blackwood, Vice-President
(Memorial University for the Fisheries and Marine Institute, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Jari Multisilta, President
(Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
Murtaz Devadze, Rector
(Batumi State Maritime Academy, Georgia)
Adam Weintrit, Rector
(Gdynia Maritime University, Poland)
Michael Riley, Pro-vice chancellor
(Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Efren Simon Moreno Martinez, Director
(Mexican Maritime Education and Training System, Nautical Institute in Veracruz)
Eduardo Ma R Santos, President
(Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific)
Jesper Bernhard, President
(Svendborg International Maritime Academy, Denmark)
Cleopatra DOUMBIA-HENRY, President
(World Maritime University, Sweden)
Mitsuyuki UNNO, Executive Director
(The Nippon Foundation)
Takeshi NAKAZAWA, Executive Director
(International Association of Maritime Universities)
The following Standing Committees are established in the International
Executive Board to fulfill its responsibilities.
Head
Glenn Blackwood, Vice-President,FMIMUN
Members
Jesper Bernhard, President, SIMAC
Mitsuyuki UNNO, Executive Director, The NF
Takeshi NAKAZAWA, Executive Director, Secretariat
Head
Adam WEINTRIT, Rector, GMU
Members
Irakli SHARABIDZE, Rector, BSMA
Michael Riley,Pro-vice chancellor, LJMU
Takeshi NAKAZAWA, Executive Director, Secretariat
Head
Cleopatra DOUMBIA-HENRY, President, WMU
Members
Efren Simon Moreno Martinez, Director, FIDENA
Takeshi NAKAZAWA, Executive Director, Secretariat
Head
Eduardo Ma R Santos, President, MAAP
Members
Jari Multisilta, SAMK
Takeshi NAKAZAWA, Executive Director, Secretariat
Executive Director
Takeshi NAKAZAWA
e-mail: nakazawa@iamu-edu.org
Deputy Executive Director
Yusuke MORI
e-mail: mori@iamu-edu.org
Coordinator
Shigemi MATSUZAKI
e-mail: matsuzaki@iamu-edu.org
Address
Meiwa Bldg. 8F,
1-15-10, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
Phone: +81 3 6257 1812
Facsimile: +81 3 6257 1819
URL: http://iamu-edu.org