Overview
Physical Oceanography at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has important applications in global climate and coastal studies. It is also a key element in interdisciplinary studies of primary production, hydrothermal vents, and oceanic flux and storage of carbon dioxide.
Features
These complex oceanic motions occur over a wide variety of space and time scales including:
- Grand persistent currents, like the Gulf Stream and the wind-driven ocean gyres
- Transient eddies and waves of all sizes and speeds from surface gravity waves, to slower internal waves beneath the sea surface, to planetary-scale Rossby waves
- Estuary and rivers outflows onto the continental shelf
- Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions, both local and global
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- From instabilities of large-scale currents such as the Gulf Stream that generate long-lived "rings," much as atmospheric storm systems are spawned from the Jet Stream
- To salt fingers, no bigger than a centimeter, which produce efficient vertical exchanges of salt and heat between different water masses
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Oceanography View 25 other PhDs in Oceanography in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- In the application, you will be asked to supply the names and email addresses of three people to submit letters of recommendation on your behalf
- Transcripts
- You will be required to describe the grading system(s) used at all colleges and universities you have attended. Explain the specific meaning of any numeric values, letter grades, and rankings
- English Language Proficiency (IELTS or TOEFL)
- Statement of Objectives
Tuition Fee
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International
59750 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 59750 USD per year during 60 months. -
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59750 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 59750 USD per year during 60 months. -
In-State
59750 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 59750 USD per year during 60 months.
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