Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron is a pioneer in Marine Science and Engineering Technology education in the Nigeria. Its objective is to provide its students a genuinely Marine experience.

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria, formerly known and addressed as the Nautical College of Nigeria, was established in 1979 by the Federal Executive Conclusion No.EC.(77) 172. It was designed as an integrated institution for the education and training of shipboard officers and ratings shore-based management personnel. They graduated its first batch of Cadets in 1983.