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The Australian Maritime College (AMC) is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania.

AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research.

Mission: "The provision of the highest quality higher education, training and consultancy, and the conduct of research of international distinction, relevant to the needs of the maritime sector."

It has two campuses located within 50km of each other in Northern Tasmania, each with different facilities and residence. It also runs the National Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation at Point Nepean, Victoria.

AMC caters for three streams of students:

• Seafaring students
• Degree students
• Pacific Patrol Boat Program students

The Swanson Building at the AMC's Newnham Campus which houses the Maritime Engineering and Business programmes and the towing tank in its basement

The AMC's main campus is situated at Newnham, 6 kilometres from the centre of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. The College Administration and the Faculty of Maritime Transport and Engineering are based at Newnham. Research facilities located at the Newnham campus include the towing tank, model test basin and cavitation tunnel.

Sunken Garden in the centre of Investigator Hall

Investigator Hall is AMC's residence on the Newnham Campus and provides catered accommodation to both AMC and University of Tasmania students. The residence is named after Matthew Flinders' ship HMS Investigator.

The Beauty Point campus houses the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Environment. Research facilities located at Beauty point include the flume tank.

Investigator Hall is AMC's residence on the Beauty Point Campus and provides catered accommodation to both AMC students. The residence is named after James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour.

The Australian Maritime College operates a number of traing vessels including:

• FTV Bluefin
• FTV Reviresco

The AMC and the University of Tasmania, which shares the Newnham Campus, have established Project Unity. This project is examining the feasibility of integrating the two institutions with a working party established and a vision statement drafted. A Heads of Agreement was signed on October 16, 2006 and integration of the institutions is expected to commence on January 1, 2008 assuming the necessary legislation is obtained from the Federal and State Governments. The AMC is expected to retain its own identity and some autonomy as a separate institute within the University of Tasmania once the integration is complete.

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