This paper compares the marine engineering courses of two maritime institutions: Mokpo National Maritime University of Korea in the East Asia region and Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in the Southeast Asia region. It shows examines educational marine engineering programs, along with the different divisions and courses at each college. It demonstrates a divergence in methodologies and course offerings to cultivate competitive graduates. The comparative assessment completed is intended to offer broader knowledge on how each institution tackles the requirements of the STCW, and to meet the present and future demands of the maritime industry. Different course offerings are compared along with the units and hours allocated to each subject, and the differences in marine engineering academic and training requirements to graduate. Students must satisfactorily earn 150 units to complete their choice of major. Statistical procedures were used in this assessment and analysis from Excel programs.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
  1.1 Research Background
  1.2 Purpose and Objective
 2. Maritime Education and Training
  2.1 The Amended STCW Requirements
  2.2 The MMU Marine Engineering MET (MMU, 2015a)
  2.3 The PMMA Marine Engineering MET (PMMA, 2017)
 3. Discussions
  3.1. Mar-E Curricula Comparative Assessment
  3.2. PMMA Mar-E curriculum
  3.3. MMU Mar-E curriculum
 4. Conclusions
 References

• Hong-Ryeol Kim(Division of Cadet Training, Mokpo National Maritime University)
• Jae-ung Lee(Division of Marine Mechatronics, Mokpo National Maritime University)
• Bu-Gi Kim(Division of Marine Mechatronics, Mokpo National Maritime University) Corresponding Author