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
The research was conducted by scientists at the University working with the charity eXXpedition
The collaborative project will upgrade the offshore infrastructure of Smart Sound Plymouth
The University is building on its links with UK law firm Ashfords LLP
Professor Richard Thompson OBE is one of three recipients of the prestigious annual accolade
Scientists from the University have assessed the environmental impact of the largest offshore mussel farm in Europe
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