MUS has a wide range of training centres where courses for students, seafarers and deck officers are provided attracting sea professionals from many European countries. In May 2023, university authorities and government representatives officially opened 3 more modern facilities.

Poland's only training wind turbine placed on university grounds

Standing on the 20 meters high mast, the actual size wind turbine nacelle will serve mainly students from the Faculty of Marine Engineering and the Faculty of Mechatronics and Electrical Engineering. Students will have the opportunity to explore electrical or mechanical issues specific to wind power generators.
 
This is particularly important for students of the first undergraduate engineer's degree programme dedicated to offshore wind energy (OWE) which was launched in 2022 at MUS - Industrial Engineering and Offshore Wind Turbines. 
Read more about Poland's first undergraduate course on offshore wind energy
Training wind turbine (without blades) at Maritime University of Szczecin grounds

 

Russian aggression accelerated energy transformation

In Poland, the OWE industry has started recently to develop dynamically after years of stagnation. A significant number of power plants in Poland run on coal. Russia's aggression against Ukraine in 2022 made it necessary to cease the import of coal from the aggressor country (which was the substantial part of coal used in Poland) and forced the search for alternative fossil-free energy sources. These circumstances coincided with the EU's long-promoted policy of decarbonising the economy. Energy transformation regulations have changed and Poland started its way towards renewable energy development.

Offshore Training Centre (OTC)

The Centre's equipment includes a range of state-of-the-art systems that will be used to provide specialised courses and training for students wanted to work in the rapidly growing offshore industry. 

• training pool - depth 4 m
• pool wave generator
• fog generator
• audio-visual system imitating storm conditions
• 16-person liferaft
• full-size lifeboat
• scaffolding with escape chute
• scaffolding tower to run safe work at height training
• survivor extraction by helicopter simulation system (inc. high power fans and lift)
• searchlight
• a helicopter cabin sink crane (evacuation procedures from a sinking helicopter).

The centre also includes lecture rooms for first-aid training. The OTC will also be the venue for the training classes of the new course being introduced at Pomeranian Medical University in cooperation with MUS - marine medical rescue.

Fog generation system at the OTC training pool

Laboratory for the Automation of Storage Operations

The new lab was opened by MUS authorities and government officials during FETE's (Faculty of Economics and Transport Engineering) 20th-anniversary celebrations. The new laboratory is equipped with a VIPAC SMALLS SORT system, where students will learn how to handle the sorting facilities. Thanks to modern technology, the unit also has the ability to create sorting plans, as well as design barcodes itself. The laboratory is also equipped with RFID readers for barcode reading at long distances.

Director of VITRONIC Michał Żuchora (provider of the sorting system) and Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Infrastructure Marek Gróbarczyk  in the Laboratory for the Automation of Storage Operations at FETE

All these openings prove once again that MUS is ever-evolving and expanding its facilities to provide the best possible support for students and researchers. We are committed to attracting the broadest possible range of candidates who will have the opportunity, after graduation, to pursue well-paid careers in modern industry.