MS
Marine Resource Management
A professional master's in managing fisheries and other marine resources, built on the assessment science and the economics together.
Marine & Coastal Science
Where the coast is the classroom
Fieldwork from the first semester, on a shoreline that changes every tide.
Study here
Programs built around the water
Forty-two programs across four schools, every one of them within
a mile of open water.
4,180+
Undergraduates
18:1
Student to faculty ratio
94%
In work or study within a year Class of 2025
4
Research vessels
Institutional Research, fall 2026 census.
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences · 28 July 2026
R/V Cascadia Strait returns from six-week Arctic cruise
Six weeks, two mooring recoveries and one redeployment. The recovered instruments hold a full year of measurements from a site that cannot be visited in winter.
Department of Marine Engineering · 24 June 2026
Engineering team places in an autonomous vehicle competition
The student competition team finished third at a regional autonomous underwater vehicle event, in the first year they had a basin to test in.
Department of Marine Engineering
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences · 11 June 2026
Autonomous glider completes an unattended shelf crossing
A glider flew repeat sections across the shelf break for eleven days without intervention and returned a complete record, including two exchange events.
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences
Department of Marine Engineering
Department of Life Sciences · 2 June 2026
First cohort graduates from MS Marine Mammal Science
The graduate program in marine mammal science has produced its first graduates. All five have positions in assessment, consulting or doctoral study.
Department of Life Sciences
What's on
Upcoming events
Open day
Community Tour of R/V Cascadia Strait
Open tours of the research vessel at the university dock. Free, no booking, and the crew answer every question asked.
Where the work happens
Field stations and the fleet
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences · 28 July 2026
R/V Cascadia Strait returns from six-week Arctic cruise
Six weeks, two mooring recoveries and one redeployment. The recovered instruments hold a full year of measurements from a site that cannot be visited in winter.
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences
Department of Marine Engineering · 24 June 2026
Engineering team places in an autonomous vehicle competition
The student competition team finished third at a regional autonomous underwater vehicle event, in the first year they had a basin to test in.
Department of Marine Engineering
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences · 11 June 2026
Autonomous glider completes an unattended shelf crossing
A glider flew repeat sections across the shelf break for eleven days without intervention and returned a complete record, including two exchange events.
Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences
Department of Marine Engineering