30 PhD programmes in Oceanography in North America

The Scripps Institute of Oceanography PhD program at the University of California, San Diego is organized into three separate academic programs. 

Through research and course work, Oceanography students at the University of Delaware learn about remote sensing, the development of microelectrode probes and sensors, cutting-edge data assimilation and visualization techniques and autonomous underwater vehicles.

The Department of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa is located on the University’s largest campus (about 20,000 students), overlooking Waikīkī and downtown Honolulu, the State Capitol and business and cultural center of Hawaiʻi.

Admission to the M.S. or Ph.D. Oceanography program at Florida State University is granted upon a favorable majority vote of the faculty and upon agreement of a faculty member to act as a major professor. 

The Biological Oceanography program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studies the life in the oceans—the distribution, abundance, and production of marine species along with the processes that govern species' spread and development.

Oceanography and Coastal Sciences from Louisiana State University applies physical, biological and geological oceanography and coastal science research to pressing issues such as coastal land loss, fisheries management, and environmental hazards. 

The Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (MPO) program at the University of Miami, prepares students to conduct research in meteorology and physical oceanography. It seeks to advance students’ knowledge and understanding of the physical and dynamical processes in the atmosphere and ocean. 

Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE) at University of Hawaii at Manoa is an academic department in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. 

Advance your knowledge and skills, conduct impactful research with leading scientists, and work collaboratively with coastal communities and organizations to develop innovative solutions that will help shape a healthy ocean and thriving global future. We offer a Ocean Futures degree at Arizona State University. 

The Oceanography course at Rutgers University is centered in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, which serves as a focus of interdisciplinary studies and research in estuarine, coastal and open-ocean environments.