Our mission is to advance sustainable use of the marine environment through our systems-thinking approach to research, education and innovation.
With one of the largest marine and maritime portfolios of any institution in Europe, we have a long-held and outstanding international reputation for conducting world-leading, transdisciplinary research.
Through this, with our partners and collaborators, we are developing and optimising positive interventions in response to global challenges, while training the scientists and business leaders of the future.
We have joined forces with the Marine Biological Association and Plymouth Marine Laboratory to launch Marine Research Plymouth. Collectively, we host the largest number of marine scientists in any UK city and establish Plymouth as an international centre of excellence for marine research.
4th in world for marine, 15th in world for climate action (THE Impact Rankings 2022)
Two-time Queen’s Anniversary Prize winner: solutions for the global marine sector (2011) and world-leading microplastics discovery work (2019)
Ranked the top UK university for Marine and Ocean Engineering in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019
Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS is among the scientists on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health
A collaboration led by the University has urged leaders to learn lessons from the management of the High Seas and act to protect Earth’s orbit
The conclusion of the FISH INTEL project was marked with a conference at the University attended by many of its key stakeholders
The Stronger Shores initiative will explore the most effective ways to use the power of nature to restore the ocean’s health
A new study reveals the potential of tidal resources to make a marked difference on a community's clean energy ambitions
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