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Program Background

The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) is a world-renowned maritime training and simulation center. The Institute has been providing high quality maritime training programs for military and commercial mariners for over thirty years. Over one hundred courses are available to mariners from around the globe. In fact, MITAGS is one of the few schools in the

United States that offers all off the STCW-95 training courses that are necessary to go from Ordinary Seaman to Unlimited Master.

The origin of MITAGS can be traced back to the establishment of the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education, and Safety (MATES) Program. The MATES Program is a non-profit Trust that was created in 1968 by major Steamship Lines and the International Order of Masters, Mates and Pilots (IOMM&P). The original mission of the MATES Program "to enhance the professionalism of mariners," continues to this day.

Today, MITAGS offers a wide-range of courses, including training in the following areas of the maritime industry:

- Container/RO-RO.

- State Pilots

- Military Sealift Command (MSC).

- Cruise Ships.

- Tank Ships.

- Tug and Barge.

- Offshore Supply.

- Operational Research.

Eligible Students

Students attending courses at MITAGS fall into the following two categories:

- Trust Students.

- Tuition Students.

Trust students are members of the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (IOMM&P) and may be eligible for fully funded training through the MATES Program. Tuition students are not associated with the Trust and are responsible for payment of the tuition, room, and board.

MI MITAGS Campus - Facilities and Services

The MITAGS campus encompasses over eighty-acres. The school has over 300,000 square feet of building spac that is dedicated to the following activities:

232 newly refurbished overnight guestrooms.

50-seat Planetarium.

Onsite dining facility with seating for up to 500 individuals.

Fitness facility, game room, indoor swimming pool, and racquetball court.

55 meeting/classrooms.

350-seat Auditorium with simultaneous language translation capability.

Maritime Museum.

Electronic simulation engineering lab.

Eight-ship interactive blind pilotage simulator equipped with ARPA, Radar, ECDIS, bridge control, and DSC-VHF communications.

Vessel traffic system watchstander training lab.

Networked multi-operating system computer lab.

Interactive Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS) communications lab.

Cryogenic gas control room simulator (LNG and LPG).

Medium speed diesel control console simulator.

Two full-mission ship bridge simulators.

Weather routing lab.

Emergency medical training lab.

Fire training, damage control, and small arms range (offsite).

The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS)
692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum, Maryland 21090
Toll-Free Admissions Telephone Number: (866) 656-5568
Toll-Free Academic Sales Telephone Number: (866) 656-5569
Academic Fax: (410) 859-5181 or (443) 989-3206
Website: www.mitags.org

MITAGS/PMI are the primary training facilities of the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (IOMM&P)