Generally Under Trainee Officers of Bangladesh Navy undergo total 4 years training. Among 4 years, in the first 3 years they are being trained as part of pre commissioning training. Later on 1 year post commissioning training is conducted on board ships as part of watch keeping. In the initial days of their training, all Officer Cadets undergo 10 weeks Jt services training in Bangladesh Military Academy with Army and Airforce Cadets. In the Naval Academy they continue for another 18 months in 3 semesters. The 4th semester training is conducted onboard ship for 6 months. Then they are promoted to the rank of Midshipman and are allocated with branches. Later on the Executive and Supply branch Midshipmen undergo XOBC and SOBC training respectively for 1 year in BNA. In the mean time Technical branch Midshipmen (Engineering and Electrical) continue their MIST Level-1 in BNA for same duration (01 year). On successful completion of 3 years pre commissioning training all Midshipmen are commissioned in Bangladesh Navy as Sub Lieutenant. After comminsioning, Sub Lieutenants of Executive and Supply branch join ships for watch kepping for the duration of 1 year. Aafter sucecessful completion of 4 years training, the Executive branch and Supply branch Officers are awarded with Bsc in Maritime Science and BBA in Logistics Management respectively. The Technical branch officer (Engineering and Electrical) are sent to Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) at Dhaka for a period of 3 years. After graduation from MIST they are also sent to different ships for 6-12 months duration to obtain Watch Keeping Certificate.