35 PhD programmes in Oceanography

Dalhousie University's Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography programme offers you the opportunity to gain oceanography research experience that has real-world impact and explore Canada's premier location for oceanographic research and education. Opportunities include careers in industry, government agencies, and private institutions.

Join our Graduate School of the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (GSNOCS). At University of Southampton, we're an interdisciplinary research community working on the latest topics in Ocean and Earth Science. 

This MPhil, PhD programme from Newcastle University provides research training, supervision and collaboration to international standards.

Physical Oceanography at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the exploration and study of the physics and geography of the ocean currents and water properties. 

Chemical Oceanography at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the study of the pathways that chemical species follow on their transit through the oceans.

The mission of the Ocean Sciences - Marine Biogeochemistry graduate program at the University of Miami is to provide our students with specialized knowledge in important ocean science sub-disciplines as well as a broad understanding of the ocean as a key component of the Earth System. 

The Department of Ocean Sciences (OCE) seeks to advance knowledge and understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes in the oceans. The Ocean Sciences - Air-Sea Interaction and Remote Sensing track is offered at the University of Miami.

Biological Oceanography is concerned with the interactions of populations of marine organisms with one another and with their physical and chemical environment. The Biological Oceanography program is offered by the University of California, San Diego.

The Oceanography Program at University of British Columbia builds on a proven record of accomplishments of the core faculty of the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department that supervised several hundred graduate students. 

Embark on a transformative academic journey with Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)'s cutting-edge doctoral program in Ocean Engineering Technology and Informatics.

Oceanography is the interdisciplinary science that focuses on the ocean, its contents, and its boundaries. This program is offered at Texas A&M University.

Students from the Applied Ocean Science program at the University of California, San Diego perform research in marine acoustics, optics, electromagnetics, geophysics, ecology, sediment transport, coastal processes, physical oceanography, and air-sea interaction.

The Department of Ocean Sciences (OCE) seeks to advance knowledge and understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes in the oceans. The Ocean Sciences - Biophysical Interactions programme is offered at the University of Miami.

The Oceanography program at The University of Maine creates and communicates integrated understanding of oceanographic processes by weaving fundamentals from basic sciences and mathematics into a fully interdisciplinary, marine context.

We offer a phd degree in Applied Coastal and Ocean Sciences at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

The Department of Oceanography at University of Cape Town, the only one of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, aims to advance knowledge of all facets of the oceans around Africa and in the Southern Hemisphere.

The goal of the graduate program at the University of Washington, School of Oceanography is to enable your professional growth through courses and independent research. 

Applied Ocean Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a discipline that combines basic research on a wide range of oceanic processes with applied research and engineering design of systems for the exploration, measurement, mapping, prediction, and beneficial use of the oceans.

We seek to promote, among the public and policy makers, responsible science-based stewardship of the oceans. The Ocean Sciences - Ocean Dynamics program at the University of Miami commits to inspire graduates to continued scholarship, service, and innovation in an environment that is inclusive and diverse.

In your Earth and Ocean Sciences PhD degree at the University of Victoria, you will work within a community of diverse and innovative research, preparing a final dissertation that will show your hard work and research focus.