Open Competition for Academic Positions

The Batumi State Maritime Academy has announced an open competition for academic positions.

The open competition for academic positions will be held by faculties and subject blocks, specifically: a) For educational programs of the Faculty of Navigation: - Subject block №1: - Marine Affairs; - Ship Constructions and Technical Inspection; - Ship Stability; - Marine Navigation and Navigation Tools, - Bridge Resource Management and Watchkeeping - Electronic Navigation and Radar Systems - Marine Communications (GMDSS) - Astronavigation - Cargo Operations - Fundamentals of the Marine Field and Ship Arrangement - Ship Handling and Maneuvering; - Navigation Using Electronic Charts - A Category Professor - 2 - A Category Associate Professor - 1 - B Category Associate Professor - 15 - C Category Professor - 4 - C Category Associate Professor - 4 - Assistant Professor - 1 - Assistant - 1

b) For educational programs of the Faculty of Engineering: - Subject block №1: Ship Mechanical and Power Plants - Technical and Applied Mechanics; - Technical Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer; - Ship Boiler Plants, Turbomachines and their Operation; - Hydraulics, Ship Hydromachines and Ship Auxiliary Mechanisms; - Ship Refrigeration Plants, Air Conditioning Systems and their Operation; - Fundamentals of Pneumo and Hydroautomatics; - Construction, Theory and Operation of Ship Internal Combustion Engines; - Diagnostics and Repair of Internal Combustion Engines; - Automation and Operation of Ship Power Plants; - Ship Technical Maintenance and Repair; - Resource Management of Ship Engine Room; - Reliability and Technical Diagnostics of Ship Mechanisms; - Processes in Ship Internal Combustion Engines. - Thermal Processes in Ship Boiler Plants; - Theory and Complex Management of Ship Auxiliary Mechanisms and Systems; - Management of Pneumo-Hydraulic Automatic Systems; - Automation and Technical Diagnostics of Ship Power Systems and Mechanisms; - Strategic Resource Management of Ship Engine Room; - Alternative Fuels for Ships, Economy and Ecological Analysis.

A Category Professor - 1 B Category Professor - 3 B Category Associate Professor - 5 C Category Professor - 1 C Category Associate Professor - 3 Assistant Professor - 1

Block of subjects №2: Electrical Equipment, Electronic Devices and Control Systems - Theoretical foundations of electrical engineering; - Ship electronics; - Ship power and electrical systems; - Elements of ship automation and automatic control systems; - High voltage systems; - Electric machines and electric drive theory; - Ship electrical equipment and electronic devices and control systems; - Ship measuring instruments and monitoring systems; - Onshore automated electric drives; - Ship navigation, communication systems and household appliances; - Fundamentals of mechatronics; - Modeling of ship electrical equipment and automation tools; - Automation of ship power systems; - Ship and shore power systems; - Control systems for deck and cargo equipment.

Category A Professor - 1 Category B Associate Professor - 6 Category C Professor - 1 Category C Associate Professor - 1 Assistant - 1

b) University-wide and Interdisciplinary Center: Block of subjects №1: - Physics - Mathematics - Information technology; - Chemistry

Category A Professor - 1 Category C Professor - 1 Category A Associate Professor - 3 Category C Associate Professor - 4 Assistant Professor - 2

Block of subjects №2: - General maritime English - MN - Specialized maritime English - MN - Maritime English - EMN - Specialized maritime English - EMN - Maritime English -EE - General maritime English - EE - Maritime English -ME - General maritime English - ME - Special English - PTE - English for maritime operations

Category B Professor - 1 Category B Associate Professor - 4 Category C Associate Professor - 2 Assistant Professor - 2

Block of subjects №3: Maritime safety, law and conventions - Category C Professor - 1 - Category C Associate Professor - 1

Competition Conditions a) Qualification Requirements a.a) Professor of Category A: - a) To occupy the academic position of a Category A professor, the contestant must meet the following conditions: - a.a) A doctoral or equivalent academic degree in the field of competition or a related field; - a.b) At least 6 years of experience working in an academic position at a higher educational institution in the field of competition or a related field; - a.c) At least 4 years of experience in the academic position of a professor at a higher educational institution or in an academic leadership position (e.g., head of an educational program, head of a department, or head of a structural unit for quality assurance). - a.d) Publication and development of at least 1 educational-methodological literature (textbook, guide, lecture course, reader, methodological instructions, or other educational resource) in printed or electronic form within the last 4 years; - a.e) Participation in at least 4 scientific conferences, symposia, congresses, or other scientific-research/educational events within the last 4 years; - a.f) Publication of at least 4 scientific papers in refereed journals and/or scientific collections within the last 4 years, including at least 1 paper in an international refereed and reviewed journal (indexed in at least Scopus, Web of Science, or other international refereed and reviewed scientific databases); - a.g) Participation in international or national scientific, educational, or institutional projects within the last 4 years will be considered an advantage.

b) To occupy the academic position of a Category B professor, the contestant must meet the following requirements: