From the teaching rooms
A shipment is not delivered when the ship departs
The freight ledger that still starts a conversation in the industrial school.
CDR Tobias Wren · Applied Industry
THE SCHOOLS OF LEX ASTRA
Welcome to
Lex Astra
Lex Astra Academy · Stanton
Education at Lex Astra
Founded in 2891, Lex Astra offers study in fleet operations, applied industry, civil service and public affairs. Teaching combines seminars and supervised practical work, with assessment through examinations, written work and oral defence.
Students enter from across the systems and from a range of professions. They study common subjects before specialising, and may pursue careers within or outside the institutions that use Lex Astra instruction.
The Academy’s history →From admission to graduation
Your studies at Lex Astra
Explore each stage to see what you will need to do and where to begin.
Choose your study
Find the programme that fits your work
Read the course outcomes, preparation and assessed tasks. The common Foundation precedes specialist study; visiting students may seek a place on an individual course.
Your preparation
Consider what you want to be able to do, the experience you already have and the time you can regularly set aside.
Course descriptions and reading are available before you apply.
The Academy Review
From the teaching rooms
From the collections
The second signature
Why the Academy has always kept instruction and commission on different lines.
Office of the RegistrarFaculty notebook
A watch that can be relieved
The first test of a command plan is whether another person can use it.
CDR Maren Haldorsen · Command StudiesLEX ASTRA ACADEMY
REGISTER OF INSTRUCTION & COMMISSIONS2891Completion of instruction does not by itself authorize command.Volume I · opening instruction
From the first register
The authority of
the second signature.
The faculty can teach and examine. A commission requires the appointing office. The first register’s distinction still shapes how the Academy records a candidate’s work.
Read the founding leaf →Life at the Academy
The library stays open
after the last lecture.
Reading rooms, command conferences, the induction register and the quiet work between formal occasions.
Explore Academy life →Take part
Bring your experience
to the teaching table.
Prepare a case, help run an exercise, mentor a crew or contribute to the collections. Begin with the work and the time you can offer.
Participation & enquiries →