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 organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

s 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

* Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission,

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES; french: Conseil International de l'Exploration de la Mer, ''CIEM'') is a regional fishery advisory body and the world's oldest intergovernmental science organization. ICES is headqu ...

, (ICES) *

International Hydrographic Organization The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography. , the IHO comprised 98 Member States. A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters a ...

* International Ocean Discovery Program, formerly called the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. *

InterRidge InterRidge is a non-profit organisation that promotes interdisciplinary, international studies in the research of oceanic spreading centres, including mid-ocean ridge and back-arc basin systems. It does so by creating a global research community, p ...

, an international research collaboration on oceanic seafloor spreading zones. *

Mediterranean Science Commission The Mediterranean Science Commission, or CIESM, (French: ''Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Méditerranée'') unites 24 Member States, hundreds of marine Institutes, and thousands of marine researchers from all sho ...

, (CIESM) *

North Pacific Marine Science Organization The North Pacific Marine Science Organization, also called PICES (referring to the organization's status as a Pacific version of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), is an intergovernmental organization that promotes and coor ...

(PICES) * Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, part of the International Science Council.

Societies and professional affiliations

American Geophysical Union The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members). AGU's act ...

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), formerly known as the Limnological Society of America and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, is a scientific society established in 1936 with the goal of advan ...

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) is a private, nonprofit organization that was created in 1971. At that time, the members of two regionally based organizations, the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) and the New England ...

* European Geosciences Union *

The Oceanography Society The Oceanography Society (TOS) is a nonprofit society founded in 1988, based in Rockville, Maryland, U.S. and incorporated in the District of Columbia. It is an oceanographical organization that aims to promote communication among oceanographers ...

Institutions by country

Australia

* Australian Institute of Marine Science, Queensland
AIMS
*

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) is an independent learned society that supports and fosters interest in Meteorology, Oceanography and other related sciences. AMOS was founded in April 1987 as a successor to the Austra ...

, a scholarly society
AMOS
* Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra
CSIRO
*

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) is a teaching and research institute of the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania. IMAS was established in 2010, building upon the university's partnership with CSIRO Oceans and Atmosph ...

, Hobart, Tasmania
IMAS
*

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

, Sydney
Coastal and Regional Oceanography Lab

Bangladesh

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (BSMRMU) ( bn, বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান মেরিটাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) was established in 2013, the 37t ...

, Dhaka
BSMRMU
*

Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute () is a Bangladesh government research institute under the Ministry of Science and Technology that engages in oceanographic research. History Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute was established ...

, Ramu, Cox's Bazar
BORI
*

Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) is an institute of Chittagong University in Bangladesh. It was originally established as the Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography in 1971 and under the Canadian Technical Assistance Program, later include ...

was the country's first marine research institution, inaugurated in 1971. * Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki-8602, Patuakhali
Department of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (MFO)
*

Shahjalal University of Science & Technology Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) is a Public university, public research university, research based university in Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is the List of universities in Bangladesh#Public universities, 8th oldest university o ...

, Sylhet
Department of Oceanography
* Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100
Department of Coastal and Marine Fisheries
*

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Department of Oceanography

Belgium

* European Global Ocean Observing System, Brussels. *

European Marine Board The European Marine Board is a pan-European network of national organizations involved in marine research which are either research funding organizations (e.g. research councils or ministries), research performing organizations (e.g. national marin ...

, an international organization based in Oostende, Belgium
European Marine Board
*

Flanders Marine Institute The Flanders Marine Institute (Dutch: Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, VLIZ) provides a focal point for marine scientific research in Flanders, northern Belgium. The Flemish government established the institute in 1999 together with the province of ...

, Oostende
VLIZ
*

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

, Interfacultary Center for Marine Researc
MARE

Belize

* Wee Wee Caye Marine Lab on an island off the coast of

Stann Creek District Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stan ...

Bermuda

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (known as BIOS) is an independent, non-profit marine science and education institute located in Ferry Reach, St. George's, Bermuda, St. George's, Bermuda. The institute, founded in 1903 as the Bermuda Bio ...

, an independent science and education institute in Ferry Reach, St. Georges
BIOS

Brazil

Brazilian national programs: * Admiral Paulo Moreira Institute for Marine Studies in

Arraial do Cabo Arraial do Cabo () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 30,593 as of 2020 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

is associated with the

Brazilian Navy ) , colors= Blue and white , colors_label= Colors , march= "Cisne Branco" ( en, "White Swan") (same name as training ship ''Cisne Branco'' , mascot= , equipment= 1 multipurpose aircraft carrier7 submarines6 frigates2 corvettes4 amphibious warf ...

IEAPM
* National Institute for Oceanographic and Waterway Research

ref name="ABC – Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2013"> * National Institute for Space Research in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

conducts ocean remote sensing research
INPE
ref name="NF-POGO Alumni Network for the Ocean"> Brazilian universities with oceanography departments or institutes: * Centro Universitário Monte Serrat
Oceanografia, UNIMONTE
ref name="Index"> *

Center for Marine Studies The Center for Marine Studies (Portuguese: ''Centro de Estudos do Mar'', CEM) is a satellite campus and marine research station of the Federal University of Paraná (Portuguese: ''Universidade Federal do Paraná'', UFPR), located in the municipa ...

in Pontal do Paraná, associated with the

Federal University of Paraná The Federal University of Paraná ( pt, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR) is a public university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. UFPR is considered to be one of the oldest universities in Brazil. UFPR ranks as 37th best universi ...

. *

Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande The Federal University of Rio Grande ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG)Its official name changed in 2008, dropping the word "Foundation", while keeping the historic acronym (FURG), as per Portaria Nº 653/200/ref> is a public Brazili ...

FURG
*

Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo The Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo ( pt, Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo, IO-USP), due to its name in Portuguese, was founded in 1946. It began as an independent institute, sponsored by the government ...

USP
* Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
UNIVALI Oceanography
ref name="Publons"> *

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ; pt, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) is a public research university in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the country. The universit ...

Faculdade de Oceanografia, UERJ
* Universidade Federal da Bahia
Curso de Graduação em Oceanografia, UFBA
*

Universidade Federal de São Paulo The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

Departamento de Ciências do Mar, UNIFESP
*

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina The Federal University of Santa Catarina ( pt, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC) is a public university in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. Considered one of the leading universities in Brazil, ...

UFSC
*

Universidade Federal do Ceará The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

UFC
*

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

Oceanografia na UFES
* Universidade Federal do Maranhão
UFMA
*

Universidade Federal do Pará The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

UFPA
*

Universidade Federal do Paraná The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

UFPR
*

Universidade Federal do Pernambuco Federal University of Pernambuco ( pt, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE) is a public university in Recife, Brazil, established in 1946. UFPE has 70 undergraduate courses and 175 postgraduate courses. , UFPE had 35,000 students and 2,000 ...

UFPE

Bulgaria

Agricultural Academy The Agricultural Academy ( bg, Селскостопанска академия) is an organization with headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria, for scientific research, for applied, service and support activities in the field of agriculture, animal h ...

Institute of Fish Resources in Varna
Institute of Fish Resources
*

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy ...

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Institute of Oceanology

Cameroon

* National Oceanographic Data Centre of Cameroon
NODC

Canada

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (formerly the Bamfield Marine Station) is a marine research station established in 1972, located in Bamfield, Barkley Sound, British Columbia and run by the University of Victoria, the University of British Colu ...

, a marine research station in Barkley Sound, British Columbia associated with several nearby universities
Bamfield MSC
*

Bedford Institute of Oceanography The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) is a major Government of Canada ocean research facility located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. BIO is the largest ocean research station in Canada. Established in 1962 as Canada's first, and currently la ...

, a governmental research facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
BIO
* Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados is a field station of

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

Bellairs
*

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS; french: Société canadienne de météorologie et d'océanographie) is the national society of individuals and organisations dedicated to advancing atmospheric and oceanic sciences and rel ...

CMOS
*

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

, 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 The Maurice Lamontagne Institute is a marine science research institute located in Mont Joli, Quebec and is part of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; french: Pêches et Océans Canada, MPO), is ...

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 The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre is a Government of Canada research facility and office complex located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is primarily used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Fisheries and Oceans Canad ...

in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
NAFC
* Ocean Frontier Institute, housed at the

Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...

and

OFI
ref name="Smellie 2021"> *

Ocean Networks Canada Ocean Networks Canada is a University of Victoria initiative that operates the NEPTUNE and VENUS cabled ocean observatories in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Salish Sea. Additionally, Ocean Networks Canada operates smaller community-based obs ...

, an ocean observing program run by the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary instit ...

similar to the

Ocean Observatories Initiative The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a National Science Foundation (NSF)br>Major Research Facilitycomposed of a network of science-driven ocean observing platforms and sensors ( ocean observatories) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Thi ...

. * Université du Québec à Rimouski, Institut des Sciences de la me
ISMER

China

* Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology
Institute of Oceanology
* Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology
SCSIO
* East China Normal University's State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Researc
SKLEC
*

Ocean University of China The Ocean University of China (), colloquially known as Haida () is a university in Qingdao. As one of the key comprehensive universities of China, it is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Class A ...

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

OUC
* State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

SOED
*

State Oceanic Administration The State Oceanic Administration (SOA; ) was an administrative agency subordinate to the Ministry of Land and Resources, responsible for the supervision and management of sea area in the People's Republic of China and coastal environmental prot ...

, First Institute of Oceanography
FIO
*

, Second Institute of Oceanography
SIO
*

The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...

's Swire Institute of Marine Science on the Cape d'Aguilar Peninsula on Hong Kong Island
SWIMS

Colombia

Colombian national programs: * Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del Caribe, General Maritime Directorate
CIOH
* Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del Pacífico, General Maritime Directorate
CCCP
* José Benito Vives de Andréis Marine and Coastal Research Institute in Santa Marta, Magdalena
INVEMAR
Colombian universities with oceanography programs: * Colombian Naval Academy: Escuela Naval de Cadetes "Almirante Padilla" in Cartagena, Oceanography program. * EAFIT University in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Marine Sciences Group. *

National University of Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Ces ...

’s School of Mines in

, Oceanography and Coastal Engineering Research Group
OCEANICOS
*

Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a private university whose main campus is located in Bogotá, Colombia, with satellite campuses in Cartagena, Santa Marta and Chía. Established in 1954, the institution was named after the botanist, scientist a ...

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, Dynamics and Management of Coastal Marine Ecosystems progra
DIMARCO
* University of Antioquia offers Oceanography undergraduate program an
Marine Sciences doctorate program

Croatia

* Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split is supported by the Croatian Science Foundation
IOR
ref name="IOR 2017"> * Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research in Rovinj
CMR
* University of Dubrovnik, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research
IMP-DU

Denmark

Danish Maritime Safety Administration The Danish Maritime Safety Administration (DaMSA) ( da, Farvandsvæsenet) was a department of the Danish Ministry of Defence with administration located in Christianshavn, Copenhagen. DaMSA operated throughout Denmark as part of the Danish Sear ...

in Copenhagen
DaMSA
*

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's fi ...

in Copenhagen. * Copenhagen University's Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society
ROCS

Ecuador

Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral The Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) is a public university located in Guayaquil, Guayas Province in Ecuador. ESPOL has five faculties or schools, fifteen research centers, and several associated centers providing twenty-six ...

has programs in Marine Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Natural Resources
FIMCBOR
* Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada, part of the

Ecuadorian Navy The Ecuadorian Navy ( es, Armada del Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian entity responsible for the surveillance and protection of national maritime territory and has a personnel of 9,127 men to protect a coastline of 2,237 km which reaches far into t ...

, in

Guayaquil , motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Ecuador#South America , pushpin_re ...

INOCAR

Finland

Finnish Environment Institute The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) ( fi, Suomen ympäristökeskus, sv, Finlands miljöcentral) is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute under the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. SYKE has four office and research facilitie ...

's Marine Research Center
SYKE
*

Finnish Institute of Marine Research The Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR) ( fi, Merentutkimuslaitos and sv, Havsforskningsinstitutet) was a research institute founded in 1918 that was subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The institute's main objec ...

in Helsinki. *

Finnish Meteorological Institute The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI; fi, Ilmatieteen laitos; sv, Meteorologiska institutet) is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport ...

's Marine Research unit
FMI

France

Académie de Marine The Royal Naval Academy of France (french: Académie royale de marine) was founded at Brest by a ruling of 31 July 1752 by Antoine Louis de Rouillé, comte de Jouy, Secretary of State for the Navy. This institutionalised an earlier initiative b ...

, originally the Royal Naval Academy of France
Académie de Marine
* Banyuls-sur-Mer Oceanographic Observatory, also called Laboratoire Arago
OOB
* European University Institute of Marine Sciences in Brest
IUEM
* French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in

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IFREMER
*

Institut océanographique de Paris The Institut océanographique de Paris ( en, Oceanographic Institute of Paris), is an oceanographic institution founded in 1906 by Albert I, Prince of Monaco, which also includes the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. The building was designated as a ...

, associated with an organization with the same name in Monaco. * Institute of Environmental Geosciences in Grenoble, associated with the Grenoble Alps University
IGE
* Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

LEGOS
*

Lille University of Science and Technology , image_name = Lilliad Learning Center Innovation.jpg , image_size = , caption = Université de Lille I , established = 1559, 1854, 1970 , type = Public: science and technology , president ...

's Wimereaux Marine Statio

ref name="Schmitt 2012"> * Marine Biological Station and Concarneau Marinarium, associated with the

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Station Marine de Concarneau
* Marine Station of Arcachon, associated with the University Bordeaux, on Arcachon Bay
Station marine d'Arcachon
* Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

MIO
* Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service in Brest
SHOM
* Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer on the

French Riviera The French Riviera (known in French as the ; oc, Còsta d'Azur ; literal translation " Azure Coast") is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend fro ...

. ww.obs-vlfr.fr Obs-Vlfr* Oceanography and Climate Laboratory in Pari
LOCEAN
*

Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute is an oceanographic institute situated on the Île des Embiez. The island is in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in South Western France. Founded by Paul Ricard and Alain Bombard ...

on the island of

Embiez The Île des Embiez () is a French island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the largest island in the Embiez archipelago. It is located off the coast of the port of Le Brusc in the commune of Six-Fours-les-Plages, in the Var department in the Proven ...

near Six-Fours-les-Plages. * Roscoff Marine Station, associated with Sorbonne University, is the oldest marine research station in the world.SB-Roscoff

Germany

* Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven
AWI
* Center for Marine Environmental Sciences in Bremen

*

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel The GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), former ''Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences'' (German: ''Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften'', IFM-GEOMAR), is a research institute in Kiel, Germany. It was formed in 2004 ...

GEOMAR
* German Marine Research Consortium in Berlin
KDM
* Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht, part of the Helmholtz Association, has research programs in marine sciences
HZG
*

Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment The Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (german: Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, abbreviated ICBM) is one of ...

in Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven
ICBM
*

Integrated School of Ocean Sciences The Integrated School of Ocean Sciences is a platform for postgraduate education that serves the multi- and transdisciplinary research community in ocean sciences in Kiel, Germany. It is part of the Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean" at Kiel ...

at Kiel University
ISOS
*

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (german: Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, abbreviated IOW) is a research institution located in Warnemünde (Rostock), Germany. It is part of the Leibniz-Association, cooperates wit ...

in Warnemünde
IOW
*

Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research The Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT) (Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research) in Bremen, Germany is the only scientific institute in Germany that exclusively investigates tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems and thei ...

in Bremen
ZMT
* Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in

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MPI-M
* Senckenberg by the Sea in Wilhelmshaven
Senckenberg am Meer
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The Future Ocean The Future Ocean is a Cluster of Excellence founded in November 2006 in line with the German excellence initiative by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), the Muthesius Kunsthochschule (MKHS), the Institut für Weltwirtschaft (I ...

, a collaborative research group based out of Kiel. *

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

's Institute of Oceanography
IfM

Greece

* Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Anavyssos
HCMR
*

University of the Aegean The University of the Aegean ( el, Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου) is a public, multi-campus university located in Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, Syros and Lemnos, Greece. It was founded on March 20, 1984, by the Presidential Act 83/1984 ...

in Mytilene, Lesvos
Department of Marine Sciences

Iceland

* Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Hafnarfjörður, associated with the Ministry of Industries and Innovation
MFRI
*

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

's Marine Academic Research in Iceland group in Reykjavik
MARICE

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 The National Atmospheric Research Laboratory(NARL) is an autonomous Research Institute funded by the Department of Space of the Government of India. NARL is engaged in fundamental and applied research in the field of Atmospheric Sciences. The r ...

in Andhra, Pradesh
NARL
*

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, (NCPOR) formerly known as the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. It is an autonomous Insti ...

in Goa
NCAOR
*

National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Chennai is a research institute under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India with a vision to manage the Indian coast in a sustaina ...

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 The National Centre for Earth Science Studies(NCESS) (Malayalam: ദേശിയ ഭൗമ ശാസ്ത്ര പഠന കേന്ദ്രം) is an autonomous research centre to promote scientific and technological research and developmen ...

in Kerala
NCESS
Indian universities with oceanography programs: Central: *

University of Allahabad , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

, K. Banerjee Centre for Atmospheric and Ocean Studies
KBCAOS
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 The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

, Department of Marine Science, Kolkata
MarineSc
* Jadavpur University, School of Oceanographic Studies, Kolkata
Ocean-JU
*

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar) is a public technical university established by the government of India in 2008, located at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The institute admits a students for bachelor's, master's progra ...

, School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, Odisha
IIT Bhubaneswar OC
Northern: *

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a public institute of technology located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technolo ...

, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
CAS
* Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. Southern: *

Academy of Maritime Education and Training Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) is a private Deemed university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The institute is dedicated for maritime education and training. It is one of its kind technology oriented institute of highe ...

in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. *

Andhra University Andhra University (IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...

Department of Meteorology and Oceanography
* Anna University, Institute of Ocean Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
IOM
*

Annamalai University , logo = CampusmapofAU.jpg , image = Annamalai University logo.png , image_size = 225px , motto = "With Courage and Faith" , established = , type ...

, 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 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is a university in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was hived off the Madurai Kamaraj University on 7 September 1990. The motto of the university is "In Pursuit of Excellence". It is named after the Tamil sc ...

, 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 Pondicherry University, also known as PU, is a Central university (India), collegiate public central university located in Kalapet, Pondicherry in Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 by the ...

, Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Port Blair,

Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...

Center for Ocean and Island Studies
*

St. Albert's College St. Albert's College is an autonomous liberal arts college located at Kochi, India. It has twenty three degree courses, twelve postgraduate courses and seven research centres. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredi ...

, 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: * Goa University, Department of Marine Sciences
Department of Marine Sciences

Indonesia

* Bandung Institute of Technology has programs in Oceanography under the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology and Ocean Engineering under the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. *

Bogor Agricultural Institute IPB University (, abbreviated as IPB) is a state-run agricultural university based in the regency of Bogor, Indonesia. The institute began as an agricultural school formed by the Dutch colonial regime in the early 20th century. After independenc ...

Department of Marine Science and Technology
*

Diponegoro University Diponegoro University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦢꦶꦥꦤꦼꦒꦫ; id, Universitas Diponegoro, abbreviated as Undip) is a public university in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Founded in 1957 as a private university by ...

, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Semarang, Central Java. *

Indonesian Institute of Sciences The Indonesian Institute of Sciences ( id, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, or LIPI) was the governmental authority for science and research in Indonesia. It consists of 47 research centers in the fields ranging from social to natural scienc ...

’s Research Center for Oceanography, Jakarta
Puslit Oseanografi LIPI
*

University of Riau Universitas Riau ( id, Universitas Riau) is a public university in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists o ...

, Marine Science Department, Pekanbaru.

Iran

Tarbiat Modares University Tarbiat Modares University ( fa, دانشگاه تربیت مدرس: ''Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modares'', lit. "Professor Training University") is an exclusively graduate university with its main campus in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1982 a ...

, Marine Science Faculty,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. * Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Tehran. *Khorramshahr Marine Science and Technology University,

Khorramshahr Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 170,976, in ...

KMSU
*

Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran The Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran ( fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقيقات تهران, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi Vāhed-e Olum va Tahghighāt Tehrān'') is a private res ...

, Faculty of Marine Science and Technologies.

Ireland

Marine Institute Ireland The Marine Institute ( ga, Foras na Mara) is a state agency in Ireland that provides government, public agencies and the maritime industry with scientific, advisory and economic development services, aiming to inform policy-making, regulation ...

, a state agency in Galway. *

National University of Ireland, Galway The University of Galway ( ga, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. A tertiary education and research institution, the university was awarded the full five QS stars for excellence in 201 ...

, Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research
The Ryan Institute
*

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...

, SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research and innovation
MaREI

Israel

* Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
*Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Institute, which has research centers in Haifa, Kinneret, and Eilat.IOLR
*

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

, The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences in

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

MarSci Haifa

Italy

Italian National Research Council The National Research Council (Italian: ''Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR'') is the largest research council in Italy. As a public organisation, its remit is to support scientific and technological research. Its headquarters are in Rome. ...

, Institute of Marine Sciences in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

CNR-ISMAR
*National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale) in Sgonico
OGS
*National Inter-University Consortium of Marine Sciences, a collaboration between 35 Italian Universities
CoNISMa

Japan

* Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Onna, Okinawa, includes Marine Science as one subject in the multi-disciplinary research profile of the graduate program
OIST
*

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
JAMSTEC
*

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , abbreviated as , is a national university in Japan. The main campus (Shinagawa Campus) is located in Minato, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest c ...

in Koto, Tokyo
TUMSAT
* Kobe University, Department of Oceanology, Kobe, Hyogo
Faculty of Oceanology
*

University of the Ryukyus The , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1950, it is the westernmost national university of Japan and the largest public university in Okinawa Prefecture. Located in the S ...

in Nakagami, Okinawa includes Oceanography and Marine Biology as areas of study
Faculty of Science
*

Usa Marine Biological Institute The Usa Marine Biological Institute (UMBI) (sometimes referred to as MBI-Japan, Japanese Marine Biological Institute, Usa Kaiyo Center or just Usa) is one of the oldest and largest centers for phycology, marine biology research, graduate trainin ...

in Usa, Kochi.

Latvia

*Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR” in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

conducts research in the areas of Environmental Science and Fisheries
BIOR
*Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Riga
LIAE

Lithuania

* Klaipėda University, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, on the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

coast.

Mexico

* Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, Institute for Oceanographic Research, and Faculty of Marine Sciences
UABC IIOUABC Facultad de Ciencias Marinas
*

Autonomous University of Sinaloa The Autonomous University of Sinaloa ( es, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, UAS) is a Mexican public university based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but with several campuses across the state. References

Autonomous University of S ...

, Faculty of Marine Sciences in

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding ''municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of ...

. *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 Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...

CIBNOR
*Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, located in La Paz,

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 The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, campuses in México City, Mazatlán and Puerto Morelos
ICMYL
*

Universidad del Mar The Universidad del Mar «UMAR» is a public institution of higher education and scientific research of the Government of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, with the support and recognition of the Federal Government, it belongs to the Oaxaca State Unive ...

, Puerto Ángel, Oaxac
UMAR
*

University of Colima The University of Colima (in Spanish: ''Universidad de Colima'') is a Mexican public university with several campuses across the state of Colima, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It was created on September 16, 1940 by the President Lázaro Cárdenas ...

, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas
FACIMAR

Monaco

Institut océanographique The () is an ocean education organization based in Monaco. The institute manages two ocean museums (in Monaco and Paris) and lobbies globally for the preservation of the oceans' ecology. History The Institut océanographique was founded in 1906 b ...

, associated with the organization of the same name in Paris, France
Oceano

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, also known as NIOZ, in Dutch the Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek, is the Dutch national oceanographic institute. It is located on the island of Texel, and in Yerseke, in the Netherlands. The i ...

on the island of Texel, and in Yerseke
NIOZ
*

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen in ...

, program in Marine Biology
RUG Marine Biology

New Zealand

Cawthron Institute The Cawthron Institute is New Zealand's largest independent science organisation, specialising in science that supports the environment and development within primary industries. Cawthron has its main facilities in Nelson. It works with regional ...

in Nelson on the South Island
Cawthron
* National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, whose head office is in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

but with several other sites across New Zealand, was formerly part of the

N.Z. Oceanographic Institute The New Zealand Oceanographic Institute (NZOI) was a department within the Division of Marine and Freshwater Science, as part of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Named the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute in 1955 ...

NIWA
*

Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory (VUCEL) is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology. Located at the southern end ...

on the

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

coast of the North Island
WUCEL

Norway

* Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen. * Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

. *

Norwegian Polar Institute The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; no, Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's central governmental institution for scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The NPI is a directorate under Norway's Min ...

in Tromsø. *

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

’s

Norwegian College of Fishery Science The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS or in Norwegian NFH: Norges fiskerihøgskole) was established in 1972 as a joint responsibility of the three Norwegian universities in Tromsø, Bergen and Trondheim. In 1988, a new organisational stru ...

and Department of Arctic and Marine Biology.

Pakistan

* Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Science, Balochistan
LUAWMS
* National Institute of Oceanography, part of the

Ministry of Science and Technology A Science Ministry or Department of Science is a ministry or other government agency charged with science. The ministry is often headed by a Minister for Science. List of Ministries of Science Many countries have a Ministry of Science or Ministry ...

NIOPK

Philippines

* Marine Science Institute, part of the University of the Philippines,

UP Diliman , image = University of The Philippines seal.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = Official Logo of UP Diliman , motto = Honor and Excellence , established = February 12, 194 ...

, in Quezon City
MSI

Poland

*Institute of Oceanology,

Polish Academy of Science The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

, Sopok
IO PAN
*National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia
MIR
* University of Gdańsk, Institute of Oceanography
UG Oceanography
*Maritime Institute in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

IM GDA
*

Polish Polar Station, Hornsund Polish Polar Station, Hornsund ( pl, Polska Stacja Polarna, Hornsund) is at ''Isbjørnhamna'' in Hornsund, on Spitsbergen in the Norway, Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, operated since 1957. Station The station was erected in July 1957 by the Polis ...

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...

in the Arctic Ocean.

Portugal

*Centre of Marine Sciences in Faro
CCMAR
*Hydrographic Institute in Lisbon
Instituto Hidrografico
* Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of Azores in Horta, Faial. *Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research in Matosinhos
CIIMAR
* Marine Biology Station of Funchal on the island of Madeira. *Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, a multi-university collaboration
MARE

Russia

*Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
MHI
* Nikolai M. Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography in Murmansk. * Russian State Hydrometeorological University in St. Petersburg. *

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

, Department of Oceanography. *

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology ( P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO) RAN, russian: Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт океанологии имен ...

, Russian Academy of Sciences.

South Africa

South African Association for Marine Biological Research The South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR), is a non-government, non profit company and public benefit organisation which contributes to the conservation of marine and coastal resources in the Western Indian Ocean, foun ...

in KwaZulu-Natal
SAAMBRDepartment of Oceanography

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

South Korea

Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) is a private Korean oceanography research organization in Busan, South Korea. Formerly known as the Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), it started functioning with the ...

KIOST
*

Pusan National University Pusan National University (PNU), also called Busan National University, is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in South Korea and second highest public universities in South Korea. Located mainly in Busan (or Pusan), the universi ...

, Department of Oceanography. *

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Spain

Andalusian Center for Marine Science and Technology The Andalusian Center for Marine Science and Technology ( es, Centro Andaluz de Ciencia y Tecnología Marina, CACYTMAR) is a joint institute of investigation sponsored by the University of Cádiz and the Andalusian Council for Education and Science ...

, sponsored by the

University of Cádiz The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It was founded in 1979, a ...

CACYTMAR
*Institute of Marine Science of Andalusia
ICMAN
*Marine Research units of AZTI, located in multiple cities in the Basque region
AZTI
*Marine Sciences Institute in Barcelona
ICM
*Marine Technology Unit, part of the

Spanish National Research Council The Spanish National Research Council ( es, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote res ...

UTM
*

Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands ( PLOCAN) is singular scientific and technological infrastructure(ICTS) aimed to accelerate the development of knowledge and technologies for the responsible and sustainable use of the ocean, in line ...

PLOCAN
*Spanish Institute of Oceanology, Madrid
IEO

Sri Lanka

*National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency
NARA
*

Ocean University of Sri Lanka Ocean University of Sri Lanka was established in 2014 by an act passed by the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It was earlier called the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering. The objective of the university is to conduct academic and p ...

in Colombo. *

University of Ruhuna The University of Ruhuna ( si, රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, රෝහණ සරසවිය (Ruhuṇa Viśvavidyālaya, Rohana sarasaviya),; ta, ருகுண பல்கலைக் கழகம்) is a publ ...

, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology
FMST

Sweden

* Baltic Sea Science Center, Skansen, Stockholm. *

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

’s Baltic Sea Centre, based in Stockholm but with a laboratory in Asko
Baltic Sea Centre
*Swedish Maritime Robotics Centre, Stockholm
SMaRC
* University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, including Kristineberg Marine Research Station and Tjärnö Marine Laboratory
Marina Vetenskaper

Taiwan

* China Maritime Institute in Taipei City
Maritime Institute
*

National Sun Yat-sen University National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU; ) is a public research-intensive university renowned as an official think tank scholars' community, located in Sizihwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. NSYSU is listed as one of six national research universities, ...

, College of Marine Sciences
Marine NSYSU
*

National Academy of Marine Research The National Academy of Marine Research (NAMR; ) a research institute of Taiwan dealing with ocean-related policy planning, research and marine industries development. History The research institute was inaugurated by Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai ...

in Kaohsiung. *

National Dong Hwa University National Dong Hwa University (NDHU; ; shortened as "") is a national research university located in Hualien, Taiwan. Established in 1994, NDHU is widely considered as the most potential research university and the most prestigious university ...

, Institute of Marine Biotechnology
NDHU
* National Taiwan Normal University, Institute of Marine Environmental Science and Technology
NTNU
*

National Taiwan Ocean University National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU; ) is a national university in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. NTOU is a member of University System of Taipei. History NTOU was originally established as the Provincial Taiwan Maritime Technology Co ...

in Zhongzheng, Keelung
NTOU
* National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography
NTU OC
*

Taiwan Ocean Research Institute The Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI; ) is the national marine science and technology institute of Taiwan. TORI is part of the National Applied Research Laboratories under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan). His ...

, Kaohsiung
TORI

Tanzania

Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) is a regional professional, non-governmental, non-profit, membership organization, registered in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The organization is dedicated to promoting the educational, scientific a ...

, headquartered in

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

Turkey

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University ( tr, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, ...

, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir
DEU
*

Institute of Marine Sciences The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) is a Turkish facility that focuses on marine science-related education and research. IMS was founded in 1975 on the Erdemli Campus at METU (Middle East Technical University) in Erdemli / Mersin. Institute's c ...

, part of

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

, Erdemli and Mersin
IMS
*

Istanbul University , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ...

, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management
Deniz Bilimleri
*Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography, part of the Turkish Navy
ONHO

United Kingdom

Bangor University , former_names = University College of North Wales (1884–1996) University of Wales, Bangor (1996–2007) , image = File:Arms_of_Bangor_University.svg , image_size = 250px , caption = Arms ...

, School of Ocean Sciences
Ocean Sciences
*

British Oceanographic Data Centre The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is a national facility for looking after and distributing data about the marine environment. BODC is the designated marine science data centre for the United Kingdom and part of the National Ocean ...

in Liverpool
BODC
*

Challenger Society for Marine Science The Challenger Society for Marine Science (or Challenger Society) is a learned society established in 1903 in the United Kingdom around the interdisciplinary subject of marine science. The central objectives of the Challenger Society are: * To ad ...

, a learned society. *

FSC Millport FSC Millport, run by the Field Studies Council, is located on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The field centre was formerly known as the University Marine Biological Station Millport (UMBSM), a higher education institut ...

, formerly known as the University Marine Biological Station Millport, on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. *

Dove Marine Laboratory The Dove Marine Laboratory is a research and teaching laboratory which forms part of the School of Marine Science and Technology within Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. History The original Laboratory was established in October 189 ...

in North Shields, associated with

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

. *

Gatty Marine Laboratory The Gatty Marine Laboratory is a science facility located in the coastal town of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It is part of the University of St Andrews and home to the Scottish Oceans Institute, an interdisciplinary research institute studying ...

, associated with the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. *

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) is a learned society with a scientific laboratory that undertakes research in marine biology. The organisation was founded in 1884 and has been based in Plymouth since the Citadel Hi ...

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

, Devon. * Marine Scotland Directorate, formerly called Marine Scotland Science, headquartered in Leith, Edinburgh. *

Met Office Hadley Centre The Met Office Hadley Centre — named in honour of George Hadley — is one of the United Kingdom's leading centres for the study of scientific issues associated with climate change. It is part of, and based at the headquarters of the Met Off ...

, Exeter
Met Office
* National Oceanography Centre including the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. *

National Tidal and Sea Level Facility Established in 2002, the National Tidal and Sea Level Facility is responsible for monitoring sea levels in the UK. The NTSLF comprises the UK National Tide Gauge Network, geodetic networks, and gauges in the British dependent territories of t ...

, including the

UK National Tide Gauge Network The UK National Tide Gauge Network is part of the National Tidal and Sea Level Facility. It was set up in 1953 to record sea levels around the coast of the UK, after the east coast of England was affected by severe floods. Gauges positioned at 4 ...

NTSLF
*

Plymouth Marine Laboratory Plymouth Marine Laboratory (abbreviated as PML) in the city of Plymouth, England, is a marine research organization and registered charity. It is a partner of the UK Research & Innovation's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). PML's chai ...

in Devon. *

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory The former Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) is based in Brownlow Street, Liverpool, England. In April 2010, POL merged with the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) to form the National Oceanography Centre. The Liverpool labora ...

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

. *

Scott Polar Research Institute The Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is a centre for research into the polar regions and glaciology worldwide. It is a sub-department of the Department of Geography in the University of Cambridge, located on Lensfield Road in the south o ...

, Cambridge
SPRI
*

Scottish Association for Marine Science The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is one of Europe's leading marine science research organisations, one of the oldest oceanographic organisations in the world and is Scotland's largest and oldest independent marine science org ...

, Dunstaffnage, Oban
SAMS

United States

National agencies and non-profit organizations: * Integrated Ocean Observing System, a network of regional observing systems. *

, a collaboration between WHOI, OSU, UW, and Rutgers. *

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States. Established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center, GSFC empl ...

’s Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program *

National Data Buoy Center The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS). NDBC designs, develops, operates, and maintains a network of data collecting buoys and coastal statio ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...

, within which there are several affiliate “joint” programs co-hosted by other institutions. *

National Undersea Research Program The National Undersea Research Program (NURP) is a U.S. government program that operates six facilities for undersea research, including the world's only permanent undersea research facility, Aquarius. The program is operated under the auspices of ...

* Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, also home to the

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM) or CNMOC, serves as the operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program. Headquartered at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, CNMOC is an echelon three command reporting to ...

NAVOCEANO
*

Schmidt Ocean Institute Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit operating foundation established in March 2009 by Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt. The Institute's goal is to advance innovative oceanographic research and discovery through technological adv ...

* 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 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, founded in 1974, is an independent, non-profit oceanography research institute. The Laboratory's research ranges from microbial oceanography to the large-scale biogeochemical processes that drive ocean ecos ...

in Maine
Bigelow
*

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universities, flagshi ...

School of Marine Sciences
based in Orono and th
Downeast Institute
at the Machias campus. *

Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory The Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is the scientific research center of the Columbia Climate School, and a unit of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. It focuses on climate and earth sciences and is located on a 189-acre (64 h ...

associated with

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in Palisades, New York. * Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, associated with the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

MBL
*

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

, Marine Science Center, East Point, Nahant, Massachusetts
Marine Science Center
*

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...

, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, on Long Island, New York State
SoMAS
*

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, New Jersey. *

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

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 The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

, 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 The National Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic and Great Lakes (NURC-NA&GL) is one of six undersea centers established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Undersea Research Program. It is co-located with the Univ ...

DMS
*

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, acronym pronounced ) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering. Established in 1930 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it i ...

on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
WHOI
*

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, which has a campus in Lewes, Delaware
CEOE
*

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth or UMassD) is a public research university in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It is the southernmost campus of the University of Massachusetts system. Formerly Southeastern Massachusetts Un ...

, School for Marine Science & Technology
SMAST
*

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...

’s School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering,

Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) / NOAA-UNH Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC) was founded in 2000 by Dr. Larry Mayer to find ways to process the massive amounts of data coming from sonar systems at rates commensurate with data colle ...

, and

Shoals Marine Laboratory Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) is a seasonal marine field station located on Appledore Island, Maine, in the United States. Appledore Island is the largest of the Isles of Shoals archipelago, a group of rocky islands just offshore of the coastlin ...

. * University of New England (United States) has programs in marine science at the Biddeford, Maine campus
Marine Programs
*

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Island ...

’s Graduate School of Oceanography, also has a

Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography The Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography is a research program for students at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography. It began during the 2004–2005 academic year. It combines oceanography, oc ...

. Southeast: *

Duke University Marine Laboratory The Duke University Marine Laboratory (commonly referred to as the "Duke Marine Lab") is a research facility and campus of Duke University on Piver's Island, near Beaufort and the Outer Banks, North Carolina specializing in studying marine biolog ...

near

Beaufort, North Carolina Beaufort ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Established in 1713 and incorporated in 1723, Beaufort is the fourth oldest town in North Carolina (after Bath, Nor ...

Duke Marine Lab
* Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography at

Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University (NSU or, informally, Nova) is a private nonprofit research university with its main campus in Davie, Florida. The university consists of 14 total colleges, centers, and schools offering over 150 programs of study. ...

, Florida. *

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI, FAU Harbor Branch) is a non-profit oceanographic institution operated by Florida Atlantic University in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. Founded in 1971 as non-profit research organization, the i ...

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Florida, Dania Beach, Davie, Florida, Davie, Fort Lauderd ...

in Fort Pierce, Florida
HBOI
* Florida Institute of Technology, School of Marine and Environmental Technology in Melbourne, Florida. *

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

, Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science in Talahassee and Coastal Marine Laboratory in St. Teresa
EOAS
* Old Dominion University, department of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Norfolk, Virginia
OES
* Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

, Florida
RSMAS
* Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Georgia
SKIO
* University of Georgia Marine Institute on

Sapelo Island Sapelo Island is a state-protected barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is accessible only by aircraft or boat; the primary ferry comes from the Sapelo Island Visitors Center in McIntosh County, Georgia, a seven-mil ...

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 Georgetown is the third oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County, South Carolina, Georgetown County, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Lowcountry. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census ...

SEOE
*

Virginia Institute of Marine Science The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) is one of the largest marine research and education centers in the United States. Founded in 1940, VIMS is unique among marine science institutions in its legal mandate to provide research, educatio ...

, located in Gloucester Point, Virginia, part of William & Mary
VIMS
*

Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience or Whitney Marine Lab at the University of Florida is a research and teaching facility, that conducts research pertaining to Marine Bioscience. The Marine lab can be traced back to the benefactor Cornel ...

, part of the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

, in Saint Augustine
Whitney Laboratory
Gulf Coast: *

Dauphin Island Sea Lab The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is Alabama's primary marine education and research center. DISL is the home site of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium and was founded by an act of the Alabama State Legislature in 1971. It also has a p ...

on the barrier island where Fort Gaines is located, part of the

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...

.
DISL
*

Florida Institute of Oceanography The Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), located on the campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, is an entity of the State University System of Florida that works collaboratively with 32 institutions and agencies from across ...

, housed at the

University of South Florida St. Petersburg The University of South Florida St. Petersburg is a campus of the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida. Opened in 1965 as a satellite campus of the University of South Florida, it was consolidated with the other two USF campus ...

FIO
*

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

, College of the Coast & Environment
CCE
*

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

, Department of Oceanography, based in College Station, Texas but with a campus in

Galveston, Texas Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galvesto ...

TAMU Oceanography
*

University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...

, 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 The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) is part of the University of Texas at Austin but is located in Port Aransas, Texas. Founded in 1941, UTMSI has 15 faculty members and 21 students. Notable alumni include Nancy Rabalais. F ...

in Port Aransas, Texas
UTMSI
West Coast: *

Cal Poly Humboldt California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt also known as Cal Poly Humboldt, Humboldt or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California or California State Polytechnic Universit ...

, Marine Sciences program, Arcata, California
Humboldt Marine Sciences
*

Center for the Blue Economy The Center for the Blue Economy (CBE) is a research center managed by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, California. The CBE research focuses on the Blue Economy. The CBE was founded in 2011. It received the ini ...

in Monterey, California, managed by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. *

Hawaii Pacific University Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) is a private university in downtown Honolulu, Makapuʻu and Kāneʻohe, Hawaii. HPU is the largest private university in the central Pacific, most noted for its diverse student body of nearly 5,000 students, re ...

in Honolulu and Kaneohe, Hawaii. * Hatfield Marine Science Center in

Newport, Oregon Newport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868. Newport was named for Newport, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the city had ...

is operated by Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
CEOAS
* Hopkins Marine Station, run by

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, in Monterey, California
Hopkins
*

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is a private, non-profit oceanographic research center in Moss Landing, California. MBARI was founded in 1987 by David Packard, and is primarily funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ...

in Monterey, California
MBARI
* Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, run by the California State University system, in Moss Landing, California
MLML
*

Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It offers master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces, DOD ci ...

, Monterey, California
NPS
* Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, part of

NOAA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...

, split between Newport, Oregon and Seattle, Washington
PMEL
* San Diego State University operates the

Coastal Waters Laboratory The Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory (CMIL), formerly known as the Coastal Waters Laboratory, is an academic laboratory operated by the College of Sciences of San Diego State University (SDSU), in the Point Loma district of San Diego, Calif ...

in San Diego, California. *

Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (sometimes referred to as SIO, Scripps Oceanography, or Scripps) in San Diego, California, US founded in 1903, is one of the oldest and largest centers for oceanography, ocean and Earth science research ...

, associated with the University of California San Diego, in

La Jolla, California La Jolla ( , ) is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California, United States, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. La Jolla is surrounded on ...

Scripps
*

Southern California Marine Institute The Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI) is a multi-campus research facility and non-profit oceanographic institution headquartered in Terminal Island, California. History In the late 1960s, marine scientists working at six campuses of th ...

, a multi-campus research station on

Terminal Island Terminal Island, historically known as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhoods of Wilmington and San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long Be ...

in the Los Angeles area. *

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for cla ...

, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, which also houses the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, is based in

Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...

and also has a small station in

Seward, Alaska Seward (Alutiiq: ; Dena'ina: ''Tl'ubugh'') is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approxima ...

CFOS
* University of California Davis, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, which also runs the Bodega Marine Laboratory and

Bodega Marine Reserve Bodega Marine Reserve is a nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, admini ...

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 The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) is a regional undersea research program within the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST) at University of Hawaii at Manoa, in Honolulu. It is considered one of the more important ...

SOEST
*

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

, School of Oceanography, Seattle, Washington
UW Ocean
* Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, Washington
SPMC
Inland and Great Lakes: * National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. * University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. *

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

, which houses the

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is a research institute that is sponsored jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and the Uni ...

and the

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research The Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) is a scientific institute that is part of the University of Colorado Boulder. Its research mission is to " evelopscientific knowledge of physical and biogeochemical environmental processes at ...

. *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Oceanography program
U-M

Venezuela

Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela The Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela (in Spanish: ''Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, IOV'') is an academic and research institution within the Universidad de Oriente which specializes in applied research and teaching in the fields of ...

in Cumana.

Vietnam

* Institute of Marine Environment and Resources in Haiphong, part of the

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology ( vi, Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam) is the largest and most prominent research institute in Vietnam. It was founded on 20 May 1975 as the Vietnam Academy of Science, and ren ...

IMER
* Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

, part of the

. IMGG
* International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh
ICISE
*

Nha Trang Oceanography Institute The Nha Trang Oceanography Institute or Institute of Oceanography in Nha Trang is an oceanography institute located at 1 Cau Da St., next to Cau Da Wharf, about 6 km from the center of Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam Vietnam ...

Khánh Hòa Province KH may refer to: Places * Cambodia (Kampuchea, Kambuja, ''Srok Khmer''), a sovereign state with ISO 3166-2 alpha code KH ** .kh, the Internet country code top-level domain for Cambodia * Kutná Hora District, Czech Republic (vehicle plate code) * ...

VNIO
* University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Water-Earth-Environment Program
WEO
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