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Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries |
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1866 |
The earliest record of the Faculty of Maritime Studies.
It is founded as the Austro-Hungarian Naval Academy, and remains in the premises of the city hospital till 1914.
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1889 |
The Academy grows into the Imperial and Royal Naval Academy (Marine Akademie).
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At the outbreak of the First World War the Academy is closed and moved from Rijeka to Vienna.
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Along with others less acclaimed graduates, Croatian Admiral Maximilian Njegovan (1858-1930), and one of the most famous officers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and the first commander of the new State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs navy, Admiral Janko pl. Vuković – Podkapelski (1871-1918) also study at the Academy.
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1914 |
The Academy ceases its educational activities and is turned into a field hospital.
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1918 |
After the dismemberment of the Empire, the field hospital grows into the principal city hospital.
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1949 |
A decree issued by the Government of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia on 4th April secures the continuity of maritime education and training. The College of Maritime Studies is founded.
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In following years, the now founded College of Maritime Studies develops into the Faculty of Maritime Studies, one of the world's leading maritime education and training institutions.
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The Faculty After 1949 |
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1978 |
Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport is founded.
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1998 |
Rijeka College of Maritime Studies and the University Department of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka are founded.
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2001 |
The Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia signs a Decision on the merge of Rijeka College of Maritime Studies and the University Department of Maritime Studies into the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka. |
