VMA Global College

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name = VMA Global College
motto =
established = 1974
former_names ="Visayan Maritime Academy"
type = private maritime college
president = Elizabeth Salabas
city = Bacolod City
state = Negros Occidental
country = Philippines
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postgrad =
staff =
endowment = No available figures (Php)
campus = Urban
accreditation =
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fightsong =
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athletics = NOPSSCEA
website = [http://www.vma.edu.ph http://www.vma.edu.ph] |

VMA Global College is a private maritime college in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

History

In 1974, Philippine Ambassador to Japan Roberto S. Benedicto founded the Visayan Maritime Academy. In May 1986, management decided to close down the school. The school re-opened the next year under the management of Asian Mari-Tech Development Corporation under a 10-year lease-purchase agreement. In June 1996, the agreement matured and the Asian Mari-Tech Development Corporation acquired the school. Growth brought about by scholarship programs, international linkages for training and job placement and the move to offer non-maritime courses, caused management to change the school's name from Visayan Maritime Academy to VMA Global College. [cite web | last = | first = | title =Brief History of the College:VMA Global College | url=http://www.vma.edu.ph/?q=history | accessdate = 2008-05-14]

ee also

*List of tertiary schools in Bacolod City

External links

* [http://www.vma.edu.ph Official website of VMA Global College]

References