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Department of Navigation

The Department of Navigation, in its present form, was established in 2006 following a restructuring of the Faculty of Navigation, which merged three former departments into a single unit. An earlier restructuring in 1991 divided the former Institute of Marine Navigation into the Departments of Navigation and Technical Navigation. The current Department is the direct successor of the Institute of Marine Navigation.

 

Profile

The Department of Navigation teaches students of Navigation and Transport, as well as students from other faculties. It also conducts research in maritime navigation and the safety of shipping.

Its main areas of activity include:

  • Marine navigation and voyage planning, especially in restricted waters
  • Electronic chart and integrated navigation systems, e-Navigation and autonomous navigation
  • Navigation equipment and systems
  • Astronavigation
  • International collision regulations at sea
  • Fundamentals of electronics, computer science and computer networks.

Teaching

Navigation – Maritime Transport pathway (bachelor’s/first-cycle)
The Department delivers modules in:

  • Navigation
  • Astronavigation
  • International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Fundamentals of Electronics
  • Computer Science
  • Information Technologies
  • Spatial Information Systems
  • Specialised Lecture
  • Elective Lecture
  • Diploma Seminar

Navigation – various pathways (master’s/second-cycle)
The Department delivers modules in:

  • Navigation Infrastructure
  • Fundamentals of Ice Navigation
  • Maritime Information Systems
  • Electronic Chart Systems
  • e-Navigation
  • Voyage Planning for Tankers
  • Maritime Applications of GIS Technology
  • Hydraulic Structures and Navigation Infrastructure

Transport – Transport and Logistics pathway (bachelor’s/first-cycle)
The Department delivers modules in:

  • Fundamentals of Nautical Science
  • Computer Science and Information Technologies
  • Fundamentals of Electronics
  • Transport Infrastructure

Transport – Maritime Transport and Logistics Systems pathway (master’s/second-cycle)
The Department delivers modules in:

  • Databases and Data Warehouses

Space and Satellite Technologies (Faculty of Electrical Engineering)
The Department delivers modules in:

  • Space Navigation
  • Satellite Techniques for Earth Observation