List of oceanographic institutions and programs
List of programs around the world doing marine science and oceanography research
The Marine Science Center at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami in the United States This is a list of oceanography institutions and programs worldwide. Oceanographic institutions and programs are broadly defined as places where scientific research is carried out relating to oceanography. This list is organized geographically. Some oceanographic institutions are standalone programs, such as non-governmental organizations or government-funded agencies. Other oceanographic institutions are departments within colleges and universities. While oceanographic research happens at many other departments at other colleges and universities, such as Biology and Geology departments, this list focuses on larger departments and large research centers specifically devoted to oceanography and marine science. Aquaria are not listed here.
International
International oceanographic programs
Societies and professional affiliations
Institutions by country
Australia
Bangladesh
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University , Dhaka. BSMRMU Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute , Ramu, Cox's Bazar. BORI Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong was the country's first marine research institution, inaugurated in 1971.University of Chittagong , Chittagong-4331, Chattogram. of Oceanography Patuakhali Science and Technology University , Dumki-8602, Patuakhali. Department of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (MFO) Shahjalal University of Science & Technology , Sylhet. Department of Oceanography Sylhet Agricultural University , Sylhet-3100. Department of Coastal and Marine Fisheries University of Dhaka , Department of Oceanography
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Brazil
Brazilian national programs:
Brazilian universities with oceanography departments or institutes:
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre , a marine research station in Barkley Sound, British Columbia associated with several nearby universities. Bamfield MSC Bedford Institute of Oceanography , a governmental research facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. BIO Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados is a field station of McGill University . Bellairs Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society . CMOS Dalhousie University , Halifax, Nova Scotia. Oceanography Department Fisheries and Oceans Canada , organized into seven administrative regions of Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada Institute of Ocean Sciences in British Columbia, operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.Maurice Lamontagne Institute in Mont Joli, Quebec, operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.Memorial University , St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Fisheries and Marine Institute Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. NAFC Ocean Frontier Institute , housed at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Dalhousie University . OFI [ 9] Ocean Networks Canada , an ocean observing program run by the University of Victoria similar to the Ocean Observatories Initiative .Université du Québec à Rimouski , Institut des Sciences de la mer ISMER
China
Colombia
Colombian national programs:
Colombian universities with oceanography programs:
Croatia
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
India
Indian national programs:
Center for Marine Living Resources in Kerala, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences . CMLRE
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research . CMFRI
National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. ESSO-INCOIS National Institute of Oceanography in Goa.National Atmospheric Research Laboratory in Andhra, Pradesh. NARL National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research in Goa. NCAOR National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. NCSCM National Institute of Ocean Technology in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. NIOT National Center for Coastal Research in Chennai, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences . NCCR
National Centre for Earth Science Studies in Kerala. NCESS Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture in Chennai, Tamilnadu. CIBA
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology in Cochin, Kerala. ICFT
Central Institute of Fisheries Education in Mumbai. CIFE
Fishery Survey of India in Mumbai. FSI
National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training in Ernakulum, Kerala. NIFPHATT Indian universities with oceanography programs:
Central:
Eastern:
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ’s Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) in West Bengal.Berhampur University , Department of Marine Sciences, Odisha.University of Calcutta , Department of Marine Science, Kolkata. MarineSc Jadavpur University , School of Oceanographic Studies, Kolkata. Ocean-JU Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar , School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, Odisha. IIT Bhubaneswar OC Northern:
Southern:
Academy of Maritime Education and Training in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Andhra University , Department of Meteorology and Oceanography .Anna University , Institute of Ocean Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. IOM Annamalai University , Center of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Tamil Nadu. CASMB Alagappa University , Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Department of Fisheries Science Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli. Department of Marine Science Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kerala. has several departments in its School of Marine Sciences . SMSCUSAT Indian Institute of Science ‘s Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in Bengalaru. CAOS Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies in Kochi, Kerala.Madurai Kamaraj University , School of Energy Environment & Natural Resources, Tamil Nadu. SEENR Manonmaniam Sundaranar University , Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Rajakkamangalam, Kanyakumari. CMST M.E.S. Ponnani College, Ponnani , Malappuram, Kerala. Department of Aquaculture and Fishery Microbiology Nansen Environmental Research Centre India, Kerala, established by joint Norwegian and Indian partners, now a research center of Kerala University . NERCI
Pondicherry University , Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Port Blair, Andaman Islands . Center for Ocean and Island Studies St. Albert's College , Kochi, Kerala. Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture University of Hyderabad , Center for Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, formerly called the formerly Centre for Earth and Space Sciences. CEOAS University of Kerala , Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries .University of Madras , Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. COCS Western:
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR” in Riga conducts research in the areas of Environmental Science and Fisheries. BIOR
Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Riga. LIAE
Lithuania
Mexico
Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada , Institute for Oceanographic Research,[ 23] UABC IIO , UABC Facultad de Ciencias Marinas Autonomous University of Sinaloa , Faculty of Marine Sciences in Mazatlán .[ 24] Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C, under the direction of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico) , in La Paz, Baja California Sur . CIBNOR
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , located in La Paz, Baja California Sur . CICIMAR
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, in Chetumal, Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula, under the direction of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico) . ECOSUR
Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education on the Pacific Coast of the Baja Peninsula. CICESE National Autonomous University of Mexico , Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, campuses in México City, Mazatlán and Puerto Morelos. ICMYL Universidad del Mar , Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca UMAR University of Colima , Facultad de Ciencias Marinas. FACIMAR
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Taiwan
Tanzania
Turkey
United Kingdom
Bangor University , School of Ocean Sciences. Ocean Sciences British Oceanographic Data Centre in Liverpool. BODC Challenger Society for Marine Science , a learned society.FSC Millport , formerly known as the University Marine Biological Station Millport , on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.Dove Marine Laboratory in North Shields, associated with Newcastle University .Gatty Marine Laboratory , associated with the University of St. Andrews , Scotland.Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Plymouth , Devon.Marine Scotland Directorate, formerly called Marine Scotland Science, headquartered in Leith, Edinburgh.Met Office Hadley Centre , Exeter. Met Office National Oceanography Centre including the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton .National Tidal and Sea Level Facility , including the UK National Tide Gauge Network . NTSLF Plymouth Marine Laboratory in Devon.Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory in Liverpool .Scott Polar Research Institute , Cambridge. SPRI Scottish Association for Marine Science , Dunstaffnage, Oban. SAMS
United States
National agencies and non-profit organizations:
Integrated Ocean Observing System , a network of regional observing systems.Ocean Observatories Initiative , a collaboration between WHOI, OSU, UW, and Rutgers.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ’s Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry ProgramNational Data Buoy Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , within which there are several affiliate “joint” programs co-hosted by other institutions.National Undersea Research Program Naval Oceanographic Office , Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, also home to the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command . NAVOCEANO Schmidt Ocean Institute Sea Education Association , also known as SEA Semester. SEA University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System . UNOLS Universities with oceanography programs:
Northeast:
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine. Bigelow University of Maine , School of Marine Sciences based in Orono and the Downeast Institute at the Machias campus.Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory associated with Columbia University in Palisades, New York.Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, associated with the University of Chicago . MBL Northeastern University , Marine Science Center, East Point, Nahant, Massachusetts. Marine Science Center Stony Brook University , School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, on Long Island, New York State. SoMAS Princeton University ’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory , New Jersey.Rutgers University , Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences , is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey with other marine science field stations in New Jersey.University of Connecticut , Department of Marine Sciences, at the Avery Point campus near Groton, Connecticut, also host to the National Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic and Great Lakes . DMS Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. WHOI University of Delaware , College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, which has a campus in Lewes, Delaware . CEOE University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , School for Marine Science & Technology. SMAST University of New Hampshire ’s School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping , and Shoals Marine Laboratory .University of New England (United States) has programs in marine science at the Biddeford, Maine campus. Marine Programs .University of Rhode Island ’s Graduate School of Oceanography, also has a Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography .Southeast:
Duke University Marine Laboratory near Beaufort, North Carolina . Duke Marine Lab Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography at Nova Southeastern University , Florida.Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Pierce, Florida. HBOI Florida Institute of Technology , School of Marine and Environmental Technology in Melbourne, Florida.Florida State University , Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science in Tallahassee and Coastal Marine Laboratory in St. Teresa. EOAS Old Dominion University , department of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Norfolk, Virginia. OES Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science , University of Miami , Florida. RSMAS Skidaway Institute of Oceanography , Georgia. SKIO University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island . UGAMI University of North Carolina at Wilmington , Center for Marine Science. UNCW CMS University of South Carolina , School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, as well as the Baruch Institute, a research station near Georgetown, South Carolina . SEOE Virginia Institute of Marine Science , located in Gloucester Point, Virginia, part of William & Mary . VIMS Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience , part of the University of Florida , in Saint Augustine. Whitney Laboratory Gulf Coast:
Dauphin Island Sea Lab on the barrier island where Fort Gaines is located, part of the University of South Alabama . DISL Florida Institute of Oceanography , housed at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg . FIO Louisiana State University , College of the Coast & Environment. CCE Texas A&M University , Department of Oceanography, based in College Station, Texas but with a campus in Galveston, Texas . TAMU Oceanography University of Southern Mississippi , School of Ocean Science and Engineering, with locations in Long Beach, Ocean Springs, and the Stennis Space Center. SOSE University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas . UTMSI West Coast:
Cal Poly Humboldt , Marine Sciences program, Arcata, California. Humboldt Marine Sciences Center for the Blue Economy in Monterey, California, managed by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies .Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu and Kaneohe, Hawaii.Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon is operated by Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. CEOAS Hopkins Marine Station , run by Stanford University , in Monterey, California. Hopkins Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Monterey, California. MBARI Moss Landing Marine Laboratories , run by the California State University system, in Moss Landing, California. MLML Naval Postgraduate School , Monterey, California. NPS Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory , part of NOAA , split between Newport, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. PMEL San Diego State University operates the Coastal Waters Laboratory in San Diego, California.Scripps Institution of Oceanography , associated with the University of California San Diego, in La Jolla, California . Scripps Southern California Marine Institute , a multi-campus research station on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles area.University of Alaska Fairbanks , College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, which also houses the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research , is based in Fairbanks, Alaska and also has a small station in Seward, Alaska . CFOS University of California Davis , Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, which also runs the Bodega Marine Laboratory and Bodega Marine Reserve in Sonoma County, California. UCDavis Marine Science University of California Santa Barbara , Marine Science Institute. UCSB MSI University of California Santa Cruz Coastal Science Campus , Institute of Marine Sciences. UCSC IMS University of Hawaii at Manoa ’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology houses the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education and the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory . SOEST University of Washington , School of Oceanography, Seattle, Washington. UW Ocean Western Washington University , Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, Washington . SPMC Inland and Great Lakes:
Venezuela
Vietnam
See also
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