Mission

Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, is a maritime education and training institution specialized in marine-oriented programmes at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with particular emphasis on:

- preparing officers for the seagoing career in nautical and marine engeneering studies
- shipping and transportation logistics/management
- transport technology
- maritime communications and marine electronics.

The mission of the Faculty is to provide an educational and scientific environment which stimulates intellectual curiosity and fosters professional competence. Furthermore, the Faculty prepares students for research in maritime transport, maritime education and training and in the protection in the marine environment.

Quality Management System is implemented at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, in accordance with the international Standard ISO 9001:2000, taking into account appropriaterequirements of the STCW 95 Convention. This QMS was certified at the first time in March 2001 by Bureau Veritas Quality International and Croatian Register of Shipping as an institution approved and authorised by the Government to verify and certify Maritime Education and Training institutions in Croatia. The QMS at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Rijeka has been established, documented, maintained, and continually improved in accordance with the ISO requirements since 2001. In February 2004 the Faculty of Matitime Studies in Rijeka has been again certified and got new approvement for its quality system. The goal is to continue to improve until the users' expectations are met and exceeded. Quality requirements provide the criteria for the quality elements, based on self-assesment, reviews, audits, evaluations and other types of measurement.