Oceanography

The graduate program in Oceanography is offered in a joint doctoral program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Almost all areas of physical oceanography are covered by faculty and staff of the two institutions, including modeling, theory, observations of the ocean at sea and from space, and laboratory models.

Details of the graduate program in oceanography can be found here -  MIT/WHOI Joint Program. Only doctoral candidates are considered for admission in the Joint Program, and the degree is conferred together by the two institutions.

WHOI, located here, about 70 miles south of Boston, is one of the world's leading oceanographic research centers and its facilities include a fleet of research ships and submersibles operating around the world, and extensive laboratory facilities. Students may reside and conduct research at either institution, and much effort has been made to render communication and travel between the institutions as easy as possible. All students are jointly supervised by MIT faculty and WHOI staff and have access to all of the capabilities and expertise of both institutions.

Among the research foci of the Department in oceanography are construction of the first three-dimensional time-evolving estimates of the oceanic general circulation employing both a new numerical model and global observations; the interactions of mesoscale eddies with biological fields; deep convection and thermohaline circulation; and study of the interactions of the tropical oceans with mid-latitudes - see here for more details.

See here for funding/stipend information.

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Physical and chemical oceanography are supervised by the Joint Committees of WHOI and PAOC.

See here for Physical Oceanography
See here for Chemical Oceanography

Other areas of oceanography, including geological, geophysical, and biological sciences, as well as engineering, are supervised jointly by WHOI staff and faculty in EAPS and other MIT departments.

Applicants interested in any of these programs may write to

MIT/WHOI Joint Program Office
Room 54-911
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139.

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