Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology

rdf:langString Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology

rdf:langString 韓國海洋水産硏修院

rdf:langString Han'guk Haeyang Susan Yŏnsuwŏn

rdf:langString KIMFT head office, Busan, 2013

rdf:langString 한국해양수산연수원

rdf:langString Han-guk Haeyang Susan Yeonsuwon

rdf:langString The Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology, or KIMFT, is a maritime education and research institute operated by the government of South Korea. It is based in , Nam-gu, Busan, with an auxiliary campus on Yeongdo island near Busan Port. Each campus includes a dormitory for trainees. The Institute was formed in 1998 from the merger of the Korea Fishing Training Center with the Korea Maritime Training and Research Institute. The first was established in 1965 as the Korea Deep-sea Training Institute. In 1978, it became an independent corporation. The research institute was founded in 1983, attached to Korea Maritime and Ocean University. The two were merged by an act of the National Assembly of South Korea passed in 1997. In addition to its research work, KIMFT offers a range of professional certifications. These include a certification in fish medicine.