MARINE ENGINEERING

What Is Marine Engineering?

Generally, Marine Engineering refers to engineering involving boats, ships, oil rigs and any other marine vessel. It can also refer to: 

• The engineering of vessel's propulsion systems (Marine Propulsion)

• The engineering of structures to support vessels (Marine Architecture)

Marine Engineering incorporates a broad range of skills and knowledge. It is the branch of study that deals with the design, development, production and maintenance of the equipment used at sea and on board sea vessels. Basically, it is quite a vast field and it has many sister arenas such as naval architecture and nautical science.

A Marine engineer is a professional who is responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair of all major mechanical and engineered equipment on board a ship. There are many mechanical systems that help in the operations of any vessel like the propulsion mechanics, electricity, and power generation system, lubrication, fuel systems, water distillation, lighting and air-conditioning system etc. These are all included in the technical responsibilities of a Marine engineer.

Marine Engineering Course In MKJB

The Marine Department is well equipped with training facilities. The course also benefits from the facilities available at other relevant Departments where students also learn Electrical wiring, Welding and using Lathe machine.

Marine Engineering is quite a difficult course compared to the other courses. But it is also a versatile course. In other words, learning this course doesn't mean we have to be a Marine Engineer in the future. We can go to other Engineering fields or join the Royal Brunei Navy. In this course, we also learn the basics of  what most students in other courses have learned. During Pre-National Diploma (PND), we learned the basic engineering subjects such as Manufacturing Technology, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Technology, Welding & Fabrication Technology, Electrical Technology, Practical Computing, Mechanical Science, Maths and Language & Communication. There is no more Pre-National Diploma available starting this year.

Now that we have entered Diploma level, we have started to learn Marine subjects. We study Naval Architecture, General Engineering Knowledge (GEK) and Industrial Gas Turbine (IGT). 

In the past, our course rarely accepted female students. So previously, there were only a few girls accepted. From what I can see now, this year the syllabus has changed and been upgraded. There are many girls in the new intake.

The Marine Department in MKJB is proud to say that it now has its own building but we cannot occupy it yet.

For more information about Marine Engineering, go to this website http://www.marineengineering.webs.com/