Marine Institute

Representing 3000 staff, researchers and students, the University of Plymouth's Marine Institute is the first and largest such institute in the UK
Marine Institute

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Representing 3000 staff, researchers and students, the University of Plymouth's Marine Institute is the first and largest such institute in the UK.

We provide the external portal to our extensive pool of world-leading experts and state-of-the-art facilities, enabling us to understand the relationship between the way we live, the seas that surround us and the development of sustainable policy solutions.

We are integrating our multidisciplinary expertise in marine and maritime research, education and innovation to train new scientists, engineers, policy-makers, artists, technicians and business managers of the future.

The staff represented by the Marine Institute are housed within four University faculties (science and engineering, arts and humanities, business, health and human sciences) and form the broadest portfolio of marine expertise within a single institute in Europe.

We hope you enjoy reading about the scope and the relevance of the research and facilities the Marine Institute represents and the University’s marine education and innovation activities.

Together with our partners, we are responding to the challenge of providing science, education, technological innovation and business leadership for tomorrow’s world.

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Recent highlights

The Queen's Anniversary Prize for pioneering research on marine microplastics pollution and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour

Nearly two decades of world-leading research into the effects of marine plastics on our environment by Plymouth researchers, led by Professor Richard Thompson OBE, has received the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a higher education institution.

Recognition for our discovery of microplastics

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Wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them
<p>Dr Emma Rendle</p>
Dr Emma Rendle will join the crew of eXXpedition for 24 days as it sails from Easter Island to Tahiti
<p>USV CETUS is a C-Worker 4 unmanned surface vehicle developed and supplied by L3Harris Technologies (Credit University of Plymouth)<br></p>
Vessel confirms University’s place at forefront of autonomous ocean science
<p> Ambitious conservation requires a holistic approach that encompasses all aspects of the marine ecosystem (Credit Lauren Porter, University of Plymouth) <br></p>
Scientists call on government to increase UK’s ambition to save our ocean

Our research, teaching and facilities

Did you know...?

  • ? Our researchers discovered, and coined the term, 'microplastics'
  • @ Our work into Marine Protected Areas has informed UK government plans for conservation
  • ? We have unique technology used for multi-driver experiments on marine organisms
  • @ 5 - 10% of our Marine Biology students publish academic papers during their degree

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