Successful graduates of the specialty graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Graduates can hold the following positions: “engineer on duty in an engine room with service” or “engineer on duty in an engine room with unserviced service” on civilian ships with unlimited power of ship’s power plants (KSU), “second engineer on a ship with a KSU propulsion power of over 3,000 kW”, “chief engineer on a ship with a KSU propulsion power of up to 3,000 kW” and “chief engineer on a ship with a KSU power of up to 3,000 kW”. Graduates of the specialty can be appointed to various management positions both in the field of maritime and river transport, and in industry.
The general educational and general engineering training meet the requirements and correspond to the specialties of the professional field “Mechanical Engineering” of the field of “Technical Sciences”.
The English language training also includes the study of professionally specialized vocabulary and terminology.
The profiling and special training are in line with the requirements of the International Maritime Organization and the Maritime Administration of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The curriculum for the specialty also includes one-time additional training under Appendix 1 to Art. 4, para. 2 and 3 of the Transitional and Final Provisions to the Regulation amending and supplementing Regulation No. 6 of 2012 on the competence of seafarers in the Republic of Bulgaria. In this way, those who successfully complete the training course, in addition to a higher education diploma, receive all necessary certificates for successfully completing their cadet internship and for appearing before the Maritime Administration Agency for an exam to obtain a watch engineer certificate.
The training is conducted in specialized offices, laboratories, simulators and training grounds with operating machines, mechanisms, systems and models.
The training practice is maritime, technological and navigational: maritime is carried out in a training camp and in sea conditions; technological – in workshops, and navigational – during overseas sailing trips. In the conditions of each of them, the activities of management, operation and repair of ship power systems are mastered.
The training ends with passing state exams in the specialty and in English.
The educational and qualification degree “bachelor”, obtained during training in the specialty “Ship machinery and mechanisms”, allows graduates, after additional training, to acquire a master’s degree and the right to take the exam for “chief engineer of a ship with a CSU over 3,000 kW”.
