PMI Colleges
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| Latin: Fortuna Favet Fortibus | |
| Motto | "Stand Proud, You're Part of the Legacy!" |
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| Type | Public, Non-sectarian Maritime Institution |
| Established | 1948 |
| President | Hon. Rizabel Cloma-Santos |
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Manila, Metro Manila,  Philippines
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| Hymn | The Admiral's Hymn |
| Colors | Orange and Blue |
| Nickname | The Admirals |
| Mascot | Tomas A Cloma |
| Affiliations | Philippine Navy, Philippine Navy Auxiliary, Philippine Ports Authority, Bureau of Customs, |
| Website |
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PMI Colleges, formerly known as Philippine Maritime Institute, is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational higher education, Maritime institution established on September 18, 1948 in Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines where its main campus is located.
PMI Colleges is considered as the second oldest and the largest among over one hundred private maritime schools in the country. At present, it is the biggest nautical school in the country, averaging nearly 3500 nautical and marine engineering graduates every year.
The Philippine Maritime Institute was founded on September 18, 1948 by Atty. Tomas Cloma, also a Self-Styled Admiral and his father Tomas Cloma Sr., discoverer of the Kalayaan Group of Islands. It was the first private maritime school in the Philippines with nineteen (19) students enrolled in the Associate in Nautical Science course in a classroom on a floating barge moored in Pasig River at Plaza Lawton.
The first quarterly enrolment was fifty-four. The school provided a one-year Nautical course in three separate session-morning, afternoon and evening. It was housed in two buildings in David Street, now Burke Street, near Escolta, Manila.
The first graduates successfully passed the Civil Service examination given by the Board of Marine Engineers for Deck Officers. The school had two training ships: the motor launched "Victoria" and the "S/S Clavecillia" which were used as training ships during weekends.
It was granted recognition by the Secretary of Department of Education in January 1950. The Graduates had the same status as those of the government nautical school. Legislation had favored graduates of the school by exempting them from taking the Third Mate’s technical examination given by the board of marine Examiners for Deck Officers until 1954.
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