\"Mircea cel Batran\" Naval Academy is an institution with over 145 years of tradition in maritime research and higher education, with a good international reputation, the best ranked Romanian university in the field (university of education and scientific research), according to the national hierarchy by Romanian Ministry of Education.
Naval Academy \"Mircea cel Bătrân\" is the first university awarded with the highest rating (High Trust) by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS).
The academic programs offered by the Naval Academy are accredited by ARACIS and certified by the Romanian Naval Authority (RNA) for compliance with the provisions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The quality of the learning process is certified ISO 9001:2015 by Bureau Veritas.
Naval Academy has partnerships with more than 20 higher education institutions in Romania and worldwide, and nearly 100 companies and public institutions in the shipping industry (crewing agencies, port operators, national companies, shipyards, local and national authorities, etc.).