title: French Corps of Instructors of Maritime Education
text: # French Corps of Instructors of Maritime Education
  
  The French Corps of Instructors of Maritime Education (Les Corps des Professeurs de l’enseignement maritime) is a corps of career officers of the French Navy. The primary mission for members of the Corps is teaching and educational administration.
  
  ## Status
  
  The Corps of Instructors of Maritime Education'constitutes a corps of career officers of the French Navy. This Corps is administered by the ministry responsible for the sea. Recruitment and admission into the Corps have not been carried out since 1 January 2009. The Corps should eventually be integrated into the Corps of Maritime Affairs Administrators, which has taken over the functions of maritime education and training in maritime establishments.
  
  ## Mission
  
  The primary mission for members of the Corps is teaching at the École nationale supérieure maritime (ENSM). They also perform administrative and management functions at the ENSM, in the maritime vocational high schools and participate in the operation of the central administration.
  
  ## Ranks and rank insignia
  
  | Ranks in the general naval hierarchy | Ranks in the Corps of Instructors of Maritime Education |
  | - | - |
  | Vice-amiral | Professur général de 1re classe |
  | Contre-amiral | Professeur général de 2e classe |
  | Capitaine de vaisseau | Professeur en chef de 1re classe |
  | Capitaine de frégate | Professeur en chef de 2e classe |
  | Capitaine de corvette | Professeur principal |
  | Source: | Source: |
  