Oceanography

Uncover the secrets of our oceans.

On your four-year integrated Oceanography masters, accredited by the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST), you will join one of the largest marine science communities in Europe, learning about the breadth of oceanography and the oceans whilst building your practical knowledge and skills.

You will study at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), one of the world’s largest centres devoted to research, teaching, and technology development in ocean and Earth science, and will graduate primed to pursue an extensive range of careers.*

While at Southampton, you will study:

- Coastal change, from beach dynamics to sea level rise

- Ocean currents

- Globally connecting tropics to poles

- The physical and chemical controls on life in the oceans

You will develop your practical skills in the laboratory and on board our research vessels, which are moored minutes away from the lecture theatres, take part in a dedicated oceanography field course and research-orientated independent projects, and learn from academics who have influenced policy and decision-making at government at national and European level and benefit from links with industry, government and other major oceanography and marine biology centres around the world.

*Ocean and Earth Science at Southampton is ranked 8th in the UK and 39th globally, QS World Rankings by Subject (Earth and Marine Science), 2023 and 98% of Ocean and Earth Science graduates were in employment or further study 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes 2020/2021).