If you are looking for the best in seamanship instruction, check out Maine's Maritime Academy. A full-time faculty of fifty-five men and women who stress the connections between theory and real world applications teaches the student body at the college.

The full-time faculty comes from many different backgrounds including industrial positions in engineering, marine science, maritime management, ship operations, and specializing in small vessel design and operation. Other part time personnel come from various domestic and foreign universities.

Maine has long been known for the skills of the shipbuilders and sea captains located here. Since the Maine Maritime Academy was founded in the 1930s, the institute has continued to grow steadily and currently offers studies in ten undergraduate and graduate academic programs.