How to become a seafarer in Romania after school

Officer: maritime academy or college

• Constanța Maritime University (a state university) offers a bachelor's programme in navigation and maritime and river transport.
  Source: Universitatea Maritimă din Constanța: Admitere 2026 — informații
• It also offers naval electromechanics (marine engineering), including an English-taught programme.
  Source: Universitatea Maritimă din Constanța: Admitere 2026 — informații
• Bachelor admission is by competition of application files and requires the baccalaureate diploma.
  Source: Universitatea Maritimă din Constanța: Admitere 2026 — informații
• The baccalaureate diploma is uploaded with the online application.
  Source: Universitatea Maritimă din Constanța: Admitere 2026 — informații
• An officer of the watch certificate (STCW II/1) requires a medical and psychological certificate, the study diploma and the seaman's book.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Brevet / Certificat de capacitate

Rating: rating course

• Helmsman and senior helmsman certificates (STCW II/4, II/5) require a medical and psychological certificate, a study diploma and the seaman's book.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Brevet / Certificat de capacitate
• Motorman certificates (STCW III/4, III/5) have the same set of documents and IMO courses.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Brevet / Certificat de capacitate
• Basic training (Program de pregătire de bază maritimă) is one of the required IMO courses.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Brevet / Certificat de capacitate
• Maritime English is required for rating certificates.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Brevet / Certificat de capacitate

Exams and certification

• The ANR organises the competence assessment for certificates of competency at its headquarters.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
• Registration for the exam is done online.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
• Exam registration needs the seaman's book, the degree diploma, a medical-psychological certificate and the simulator assessment course.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
• Candidates must show the competences required by the rules for the certificate requested.
  Source: Ordinul ministrului transporturilor nr. 1.252/2014 (forma consolidată): criteriile minime de pregătire a personalului navigant maritim român

Documents in order

1. Seaman's book (carnet de marinar), applied for at the ANR.
   Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
2. Study diploma and proof of the training practice: the practice journal with stamps from the ships.
   Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
3. Certificate of passing the evaluation of the training practice.
   Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
4. Then the competence exam and the application for the certificate with the medical certificate, photo and IMO course certificates.
   Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Brevet / Certificat de capacitate

Cadet training at sea

• Sea service (stagiu de îmbarcare) is service on board relevant to the certificate.
  Source: Ordinul ministrului transporturilor nr. 1.252/2014 (forma consolidată): criteriile minime de pregătire a personalului navigant maritim român
• Cadets keep a practice journal with the ships' stamps.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
• The training practice is evaluated before the competence exam.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim
• A simulator competence assessment course is also required.
  Source: Autoritatea Navală Română: Examinare personal navigant maritim

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