35 PhD programmes in Oceanography

The goal of the Ph.D. in Ocean Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology is to educate the next generation of transdisciplinary ocean scientists and engineers by combining the basic and applied sciences with innovative ocean technologies, and to advance interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of the physical, biological, chemical and human dimensions of ocean systems. 

The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers Ph.D. degrees in the physics, chemistry, and biology of the atmosphere-ocean system. 

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.

Our center at New York University offers an interdisciplinary PhD in Atmosphere Ocean Science and Mathematics (AOSM). 

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

Physical Oceanography is the field of study that deals with mechanisms of energy transfer through the sea and across its boundaries, and with the physical interactions of the sea with its surroundings, especially including the influence of the seas on the climate of the atmosphere. The Physical Oceanography program is offered by the University of California, San Diego.

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 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.

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.

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. 

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 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. 

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. 

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.