This is a list of oceanography institutions and programs worldwide. Oceanographic institutions and programs are broadly defined as places where scientific research is carried out relating to oceanography. This list is organized geographically. Some oceanographic institutions are standalone programs, such as non-governmental organizations or government-funded agencies. Other oceanographic institutions are departments within colleges and universities. While oceanographic research happens at many other departments at other colleges and universities, such as Biology and Geology departments, this list focuses on larger departments and large research centers specifically devoted to oceanography and marine science. Aquaria are not listed here.
International International oceanographic programs Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, (ICES) International Hydrographic Organization International Ocean Discovery Program, formerly called the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. InterRidge, an international research collaboration on oceanic seafloor spreading zones. Mediterranean Science Commission, (CIESM) North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, part of the International Science Council.
Societies and professional affiliations American Geophysical Union Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation European Geosciences Union The Oceanography Society
Institutions by country Australia Australian Institute of Marine Science, Queensland Australian Marine Sciences Association, the professional body for marine scientists Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, a scholarly society Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania Sydney Institute of Marine Science University of New South Wales, Sydney
Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Dhaka. BSMRMU Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute, Ramu, Cox's Bazar. BORI Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong was the country's first marine research institution, inaugurated in 1971. University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Chattogram. of Oceanography Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki-8602, Patuakhali. Department of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (MFO) Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet. Department of Oceanography Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100. Department of Coastal and Marine Fisheries University of Dhaka, Department of Oceanography
Belgium European Global Ocean Observing System, Brussels. European Marine Board, an international organization based in Oostende, Belgium. European Marine Board Flanders Marine Institute, Oostende. VLIZ University of Liège, Interfacultary Center for Marine Research MARE
Belize Wee Wee Caye Marine Lab on an island off the coast of Stann Creek District.
Bermuda Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, an independent science and education institute in Ferry Reach, St. Georges. BIOS
Brazil Brazilian national programs: Admiral Paulo Moreira Institute for Marine Studies in Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro is associated with the Brazilian Navy. IEAPM National Institute for Oceanographic and Waterway Research. INPOH National Institute for Space Research in São Paulo conducts ocean remote sensing research. INPE
Brazilian universities with oceanography departments or institutes: Centro Universitário Monte Serrat. Oceanografia, UNIMONTE Center for Marine Studies in Pontal do Paraná, associated with the Federal University of Paraná. Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. FURG Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo. USP Universidade do Vale do Itajaí. UNIVALI Oceanography Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Oceanografia, UERJ Universidade Federal da Bahia. Curso de Graduação em Oceanografia, UFBA Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Ciências do Mar, UNIFESP Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. UFSC Universidade Federal do Ceará. UFC Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Oceanografia na UFES Universidade Federal do Maranhão. UFMA Universidade Federal do Pará. UFPA Universidade Federal do Paraná. UFPR Universidade Federal do Pernambuco. UFPE
Bulgaria Agricultural Academy Institute of Fish Resources in Varna. Institute of Fish Resources Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Varna. Institute of Oceanology
Cameroon National Oceanographic Data Centre of Cameroon. NODC
Canada Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, a marine research station in Barkley Sound, British Columbia associated with several nearby universities. Bamfield MSC Bedford Institute of Oceanography, a governmental research facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. BIO Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados is a field station of McGill University. Bellairs Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. CMOS Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Oceanography Department Fisheries and Oceans Canada, organized into seven administrative regions of Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada Institute of Ocean Sciences in British Columbia, operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Maurice Lamontagne Institute in Mont Joli, Quebec, operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Fisheries and Marine Institute Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. NAFC Ocean Frontier Institute, housed at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Dalhousie University. OFI Ocean Networks Canada, an ocean observing program run by the University of Victoria similar to the Ocean Observatories Initiative. Université du Québec à Rimouski, Institut des Sciences de la mer ISMER
China Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology. Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology. SCSIO East China Normal University's State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research SKLEC Ocean University of China in Qingdao, Shandong. OUC State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics in Hangzhou. SOED State Oceanic Administration, First Institute of Oceanography. FIO State Oceanic Administration, Second Institute of Oceanography. SIO. The University of Hong Kong's Swire Institute of Marine Science on the Cape d'Aguilar Peninsula on Hong Kong Island. SWIMS
Colombia Colombian national programs: Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del Caribe, General Maritime Directorate. CIOH Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del Pacífico, General Maritime Directorate. CCCP José Benito Vives de Andréis Marine and Coastal Research Institute in Santa Marta, Magdalena. INVEMAR
Colombian universities with oceanography programs: Colombian Naval Academy: Escuela Naval de Cadetes "Almirante Padilla" in Cartagena, Oceanography program. EAFIT University in Medellín, Marine Sciences Group. National University of Colombia’s School of Mines in Medellín, Oceanography and Coastal Engineering Research Group. OCEANICOS Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá, Dynamics and Management of Coastal Marine Ecosystems program DIMARCO University of Antioquia offers Oceanography undergraduate program and Marine Sciences doctorate program.
Croatia Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split is supported by the Croatian Science Foundation. IOR Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research in Rovinj. CMR University of Dubrovnik, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research. IMP-DU
Cyprus Τhe Oceanography Center of the University of Cyprus (OC-UCY) is oceanographic research focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean at University of Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus.
Denmark Danish Maritime Safety Administration in Copenhagen. DaMSA Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen. Copenhagen University's Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society. ROCS
Ecuador Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral has programs in Marine Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Natural Resources. FIMCBOR Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada, part of the Ecuadorian Navy, in Guayaquil. INOCAR
Finland Finnish Environment Institute's Marine Research Center. SYKE Finnish Institute of Marine Research in Helsinki. Finnish Meteorological Institute's Marine Research unit. FMI
France Académie de Marine, originally the Royal Naval Academy of France. Académie de Marine Banyuls-sur-Mer Oceanographic Observatory, also called Laboratoire Arago. OOB European University Institute of Marine Sciences in Brest. IUEM French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in Brest. IFREMER Institut océanographique de Paris, associated with the Institut océanographique in Monaco. Institute of Environmental Geosciences in Grenoble, associated with the Grenoble Alps University. IGE Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies in Toulouse. LEGOS Lille University of Science and Technology's Wimereaux Marine Station Marine Biological Station and Concarneau Marinarium, associated with the French National Museum of Natural History. Station Marine de Concarneau Marine Station of Arcachon, associated with the University Bordeaux, on Arcachon Bay. Station marine d'Arcachon Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography in Marseille. MIO Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service in Brest. SHOM Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. [www.obs-vlfr.fr Obs-Vlfr] Oceanography and Climate Laboratory in Paris LOCEAN Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute on the island of Embiez near Six-Fours-les-Plages. Roscoff Marine Station, associated with Sorbonne University, is the oldest marine research station in the world. SB-Roscoff
Germany Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven. AWI Center for Marine Environmental Sciences in Bremen. MARUM GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. GEOMAR German Marine Research Consortium in Berlin. KDM Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht, part of the Helmholtz Association, has research programs in marine sciences. HZG Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment in Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven. ICBM Integrated School of Ocean Sciences at Kiel University. ISOS Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde .IOW Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research in Bremen. ZMT Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. MPI-M Senckenberg by the Sea in Wilhelmshaven. Senckenberg am Meer The Future Ocean, a collaborative research group based out of Kiel. University of Hamburg's Institute of Oceanography. IfM
Greece Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Anavyssos. HCMR University of the Aegean in Mytilene, Lesvos. Department of Marine Sciences
Iceland Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Hafnarfjörður, associated with the Ministry of Industries and Innovation. MFRI University of Iceland's Marine Academic Research in Iceland group in Reykjavik. MARICE
India Indian national programs: Center for Marine Living Resources in Kerala, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. CMLRE Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. CMFRI National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. ESSO-INCOIS National Institute of Oceanography in Goa. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory in Andhra, Pradesh. NARL National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research in Goa. NCAOR National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. NCSCM National Institute of Ocean Technology in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. NIOT National Center for Coastal Research in Chennai, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. NCCR National Centre for Earth Science Studies in Kerala. NCESS