PhD in Marine Sciences, Technology and Management

The mission of this Program is to train the best professionals and researchers in the field of Marine Sciences, Technologies and Management in their different scientific, technical, economic and social applications, to generate quality research and international impact and to provide the industry the best tools to improve its competitiveness on a global scale.

The program was born within the CEI Campus do Mar. It is an international and cross-border doctoral program offered by the universities that are members of the Campus do Mar: in Galicia (Spain) the universities of A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo, and in the north of Portugal the universities of Aveiro, Minho and Tras os Montes e Alto Douro and the University of Porto.

In addition to these universities, this doctoral program is joined by the Spanish public research organizations CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) and IEO (Spanish Institute of Oceanography), with their marine research centers located in Galicia, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas- CSIC and IEO centers in Vigo and A Coruña.

Lines of investigation

• physical oceanography
• chemical oceanography
• geological oceanography
• biological oceanography
• Remote sensing
• observation networks
• Equipment and sensors
• Impact on the coast, hydrography and ocean dynamics
• Impact on biogeochemical cycles
• Impact on biodiversity
• Impact on food webs
• Impact on exploitable resources
• Legal and economic assessment of global change
• Resource research based on knowledge of ecosystems
• Assessment of the ecological status of ocean systems
• Evaluation of fishing and shellfish resources
• Geological Resource Assessment
• Economics, legislation and management of marine resources
• Technology applied to resource management
• Evaluation of the impact of the exploitation of resources
• Marine ecology and crops
• Feeding and nutrition in aquaculture
• Animal welfare
• Biotechnology applied to aquaculture
• Harmful algal blooms and marine biotoxins
• Pathology and immunology of organisms in culture
• Economics, legislation and management of aquaculture
• Genetics and genomics applied to aquaculture
• New products of marine origin
• Workability, quality and safety of seafood
• Markets, commercial networks and valuation of sea products
• Obtaining, management and recovery of marine by-products
• Hydrodynamic modeling of coastal systems and transition waters
• coastal geology
• Modeling of sedimentary transport in fluvial and coastal systems
• Flows of matter across borders
• Biodiversity and ecology
• Pollution and environmental impacts
• Diagnosis and response of coastal ecosystems to climate change
• Legal and economic evaluation of ecosystems and environmental impacts
• Environmental analysis and evaluation
• Spatial planning of the coast. Comprehensive planning of coastal zones
• Coastal economic activity: evaluation and sustainability
• Governance of the marine and coastal environment, integration of terrestrial and marine public policies and social responsibility
• marine reserves
• Sustainable tourist use of the coast
• Society and Heritage: history, population, conservation
• Integrated coastal zone management, reclamation and protection structures
• Security, risk and responsibility
• Organization of public crisis response devices
• Projects and design of maritime works. Logistics and security
• Governance in ports and maritime activities
• Communications, control and signaling at sea
• Maritime transport, logistics platforms and intermodality
• Management of the maritime company. Company law. Market and international relations
• Human resources in maritime activities. labor law
• Financial evaluation and planning
• Competitiveness and sustainability. Knowledge and innovation networks in maritime activities
• Alternative energies
• Electric power supply systems
• Economy and energy efficiency. Regulation. Energetic politics