It is a Seafarers Training Academy, working under Federal Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Government of Pakistan as an autonomous department.

It is affiliated with NED University of Engineering and Technology and is also recognised by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.

Pakistan Marine academy covers an area of around 136 acres on the water front in Karachi Harbor, Hawksbay Road.

Officers and staff from Pakistan Navy and known merchant mariners, trained from the private workshops took hold of the administration of this institution.

Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto inaugurated the institution in a stone laying ceremony.

He embraced the academy with all the lacking facilities which included 8-bedded hospital; Engineering and Nautical model rooms.

In 1979, Seamen Training Centre(STC) was also shifted inside the academy from Haji Camp which worked under Ministry of Communications.

In 1986, Pakistan Marine Academy was affiliated with Karachi University and became a degree awarding institution.

It is mandatory for the marine engineering cadets to do one year apprenticeship in either Pakistan National Shipping Corporation or Karachi Port Trust Workshops after passing out from the academy.

In Self Finance Scheme the one has to deposit a certain amount (which may vary each year) in Pakistani Rupees excluding Academy Fees.

[1] For the associate degree program in marine engineering or nautical science only male citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are eligible to apply.

He must be declared medically fit by the military hospital and Mercantile Marine Department of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping.

Cadets from friendly countries are admitted only when sponsored by the government of their respective nations on a government-to-government arrangement and on the basis of the availability of seats.

He must be declared medically fit by military hospital and Mercantile Marine Department of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping.

All the graduates of the institution from the two years degree program become the part of the Association and are referred as Marine Academy Old Boys (MAcOBs).

The objective of the Association is to create sense of belonging amongst the Old Boys of the institution and help the fresh blood with their career.