Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute

Tuvalu Marine Training Institute
Typepublic
Established1978 (1978)
Chief executive officerIefata Paeniu
Academic staff
12
Students120 graduates in 2009 and 2010
Location
8°26′17.6″S 179°10′16.3″E / 8.438222°S 179.171194°E / -8.438222; 179.171194
CampusAmatuku

The Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute (TMTI) is on Amatuku motu, on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu. TMTI provides training to approximately 120 marine cadets each year, to provide them with the basic skills necessary for employment as seafarers on merchant shipping. TMTI operates under the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute Act 2000.