The proper process of education is achieved due to implementation of and continuous improvements in the management quality especially through defining the areas of responsibility for Naval Academy’s authorities and committing all workers to attaining quality objectives such as:
- professional education of students through shaping their attitudes, respect for law, discipline, work-related ethics and responsibility
- extension of educational offer, and upgrading curricula and substance of teaching subjected to defense needs of the country and modern economy
- extension of the range of research work focused on supporting defense potential of the country, especially the Polish Navy, and national economy
- increase in work efficiency and job satisfaction among Naval Academy’s employees.
The Naval Academy has documented, implemented and maintained the Quality Management System which is in accord with ISO 9001:2000. The effectiveness and efficiency of the quality management system is constantly improved – in accordance with requirements and expectations of customers and requirements laid down by law regulations.
In order to effectively manage the quality the Naval Academy has defined the following main processes realized within the framework of quality management system:
- recruitment
- didactics
- research work
- design of educational process.
The conformity of the Quality Management System with the requirements set by ISO 9001:2000 is confirmed by a certificate conferred on the academy by the Certification Office of the Polish Registry of Ships .
The academy also possesses a Certificate of Recognition issued by Ministry of Maritime Industry on 1 July, 2006, granting the authorization to train maritime cadres, valid for 5 years (STCW).
ACCREDITATIONSIn 2002 the State Accreditation Committee was established by Ministry of Education and Sports. It carries out evaluation of the quality of all courses of study offered by higher schools in Poland
Academic accreditation is almost the most important method of evaluating the quality of education in higher schools. The aim of accreditation is to find out if a school satisfies the standards and criteria related to the quality of education, and to perform appraisal whose results will be used to improve the quality. In the process of getting accreditation evaluated are: the mission of a school and the ways it is carried out as well as the results achieved. In other words, curricula, the way the educational process is organized, conditions of studying, (didactic facilities, living conditions, library, computerization), qualifications of teaching staff and research work projects they carry out, concern about future employment of graduates, and others. Community-based accreditation is initiated by the school interested in assessment of and improvements in the quality of education; it reflects the concern of the community about the quality of education. Community-based accreditation is voluntary based and the accreditation procedure results in identifying those courses of study which are characterized by high quality.
The information that a school has accreditation allows students to make a conscious choice of the higher school which provides knowledge and shapes skills and attitudes that can be useful in future work. The opinion by the State Accreditation Commission is obligatory; negative one leads, by decision of Minister of Science and Higher Education, to canceling or suspending the authority to offer given courses of study. In the future the employer will be looking for graduates possessing diplomas of a school which accepted the challenge of being evaluated and obtained the appropriate certificate. The State Accreditation Commission issued positive opinion, valid for 5 years, concerning the quality of education in relation to the course of mechanical engineering.
Education related to the course of navigation and the course of mechanical engineering meets the standards set by STCW 78/95 and expectations of MOD.