MARIBILIS Project
The MARIBILIS project is a supplement project to continue the work done in Marine Research Capacity Development in Namibia, “MARINAM” project in 2012 – 2015 and Improving the Maritime Education in Namibia – HEI ICI project “MARIBIA” in 2013 – 2015.
The MARIBILIS project includes the development of a double degree program in Maritime Engineering between Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Logistics and Maritime Technology and Namibia University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering. The project also includes the integration of the Research vessel R/V MIRABILIS, into the Maritime Engineering double degree program and the Electricity Engineering degree program of NUST with a living lab method.
Project Partners/Affiliates
The Marine Engineering students at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) recently visited the marine cluster of Walvis Bay. The first cohort of students for the BTech (Marine Engineering) were registered in January 2019 as part of the double degree programe.