Port Ember Maritime University - Wikipedia

The Port Ember Maritime University is a massive and famous university situated in Port Ember. It is renowned world wide as a pioneer and leading institution in maritime studies and training.

HISTORY

The university was established on a secluded harbour northwest of Gaz Town in 1725, by the new British Governer shortly after regaining control from the Copperbeard Consortium pirates. The university was established with the purpose of training locals in the art of ship building and sea travel.

The first infrastrure which was build was a small dock followed by a large simple manor which doubled as accomodation and classrooms.

The university was despised and mocked during its founding era by the locals who deemed the institution as useless and as an insult, as the locals had a extensive history of shipbuilding and sea travel and warfare and was at war with majority of the sea traveling nations of the world for almost a 100 years. The locals believed their vast experience and backgrounds from accross the globe was superior to the knowledge the university attempted to teach.

The university received royal funding and kept expanding the grounds with more infrastructure, and by 1755 the "keep" construction phase was completed. This phase added a working defensive fort for protection against naval attacks and a massive area surrounding the keep was walled. This turned this university into a castle. The local British war fleet then called the university docks their home port, shifting from the busy port at Gaz town.

Shortly after this construction a British inspectorate team visited the university, and the governor of the island was removed with immediate effect. The reasons given was that the fort build was extrenely costly and served no proper purpose, as the docks there only housed the war fleet, but the docks at Gaz Town was more important as it is the trading dock of the island, and the fort there needed desperate repairs. Furthermore the university cost the empire a massive amount of gold and the success rate was fraudelent, as the university had a mere 25 students, although the governer told the crown there was over 5000 students enrolled. The governer was sent back to England in disgrace to be tried for fraud. A new governer was appointed, and he historicaly gave over control of the university to a native, the first official Counseler of the university- High Counseler George Black.

Under his leadership the university immediately changed its curriculum and taught all the localy aquired knowledge, and attracted other leading engineers, shipbuilders, academics and scientists from around the world. This was a massive success and the university soon had thousands of students.

ORGANISATION

The university is unique as its sole fields of study is Maritime orientated, and offers academic studies, skills training and has an active research lab and think tank, all focused on the maritime field.

The university consists out of the following departments:

Alpha Hall. This department offers bachelors, masters, honours and doctorate degrees in all maritime focussed courses.

- Maritime Studies (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Maritime History (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Naval Law (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Naval Engineering (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Oceanography (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Cartography (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Hydrography (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

- Marine Biology (Bachelors: Masters; Honours; Doctorate Degrees)

Bravo Hall. This department offers degrees and skills training courses. It is focused on practial work and all graduates leaves the university with at least 1 year of practical on the job training.

- Seamanship (All levels plus certification and licensecing)

- Shipbuilding

- Boatbuilding

- Shipbreaking

- Dive Courses (All levels up to masters)

- Ship Labouring

Charlie Hall. This department does not offer any courses as it is a research department. It researches a massive scope of maritime related subjects. This department is staffed by permanent researchers and freelance researches from all over the world.

Delta Hall. This small department is a think tank and launches projects to solve specific current maritime challenges. Each project draws the brightest minds of that specific field for the duration of the project.

BUILDINGS

The university is still surrounded by a large stone wall and is still classified as a castle complex. The university is known worldwide affectionately as "the castle".

The original fort still exists and maintained. It is no longer in use as a military installation, but is now home to a large maritime history museum.

Each department has a independent building complex which houses its classrooms and labs.

Each department has its own living quarters in the form of large mannors occupied by fraterneties and large apartment blocks for the rest of the students.

A small neighborhood of villas exists and houses the permanent staff and visitors from abroad during research projects.

The original manor still exists and is used as an office complex for the central administration staff.

The original docks is still in use and harbours many yachts, boats and ships owned by the university which is used for sport, education and training.

Adjacent to the docks is a shipyard where students gain practical experience by physicaly constructing ships.

CULTURE

The university hosts a yearly ball to where all alumni is invited to.

A yearly yacht race is held by the university open to all students and alumni.

The university owns a historic pub on the premises named "The Pirates Beard" and its interior has been maintained and original since its construction. This pub brews its own rum named Ember Rum. The pub is open to the public.