Warsash Maritime Academy (
WMA, formerly
Warsash Maritime Centre) is a
maritime training college and is part of
Southampton Solent University. The academy campus is just east of
Southampton aside the
River Hamble and
Warsash village. The college provides education, training, consultancy and research to the international
shipping and off-shore
oil industries. It is one of the United Kingdom's colleges responsible for the training of the
British Merchant Navy. The courses on offer cover a wide range of maritime education and training from deck and engineer officer cadetships, including degree pathways, to senior officer certificates of competency, together with the associated safety training.